What We Do

IDEA is built on the idea that debate education thrives through cooperation, solidarity, and shared responsibility. Today, we invite the IDEA community to turn these values into action.

Members of the IDEA network gathered in Zagreb for "CollabLab," a three-day intensive focused on elevating the quality of our international work. Moving beyond traditional networking, this lab served as a strategic incubator for members to align thei...

A youth workshop and public debate on climate change was held in Lilongwe, Malawi, bringing together university students and community stakeholders. Participants received debate training before engaging in a public discussion on environmental policy,...

Prague Debate Spring is a long-running international debating tournament organised by the Czech Debate Association. The 2026 edition will once again take place in Prague and involve teams, adjudicators, and youth workers from across the world.

World Schools Debate Academy (WSDA) is an intensive summer debate academy focused on the World Schools debating format. The academy will again take place in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, at the end of June.

The European Schools Debating Championship (EuroSDC) 2026 will take place in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 27 February to 2 March 2026. The tournament is organised for high school debating teams from across Europe and will be hosted at Yahya Kemal Co...

My City. My Country. My Europe

Agree to Disagree: Strengthening Debate Skills introduces a pilot programme in Norway and the Netherlands to equip students aged 13–16 with debate-based skills in critical thinking and communication. Teachers and staff will be trained to apply the me...

IDEA at the European Youth Event 2025 (EYE) is a year-long cooperation with the European Youth Forum, focused on delivering youth-led debate activities in Strasbourg.