What We Do

Amsterdam was selected to host EuroSDC 2028. The landmark fifth edition marks a major homecoming for the tournament, taking place in the very city where IDEA was founded nearly three decades ago in 1999.

Croatian Debate Society opens the call for Independent Adjudicators for the upcoming edition of Winter Holidays Open!

In the end of September, Matija Pušnik, Head of Education at IDEA, attended the EU Youth Conference, organised by the Department of Education and Youth, National Youth Council of Ireland, as part of the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU

EuroSDC 2028 will take place in Amsterdam from February 26 to 28, 2028, hosted at Cartesius Lyceum and the University of Amsterdam's Roeterseiland Campus. IDEA is proud to support convenors Daan Koning, Leander Mathissen, and Lina Fefer alongside DSD...

Prague Debate Spring is a long-running international debating tournament organised by the Czech Debate Association. The 2027 edition will again take place in Prague.

The International Conference on Debate and Dialogue (ICDD) is the Qatar Debate Center's academic platform, dedicated to advancing knowledge at the intersection of debate, dialogue, and argumentation, and drawing on related fields including philosophy...

Youth4Change aims to strengthen youth´s democratic participation and political engagement across Europe. The project creates an inclusive space for developing critical thinking, communication and leadership. It also connects young people with politic...

Classroom Reboot, a two-year project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, brings together six organisations from Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia, and the Netherlands with a shared goal: to make debate-based learning accessible...

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...