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What We Do

IDEA focuses on fundraising, capacity building, and delivering training for debate coaches, teachers, judges and debaters. Explore our activities, projects and the latest stories.

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Events

IDEA Youth Forum 2025
EVENT Jul 08, 2025

IDEA Youth Forum 2025

The IDEA Youth Forum 2025, an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange, will take place in Prague from July 8th to July 15th. At this IDEA flagship event, young people from across Europe come together to learn, collaborate, and engage in meaningful dialogue about the...

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Green Debate Tournaments
EVENT May 10, 2025

Green Debate Tournaments

We are excited to invite you to two Green Debate Online WS Tournaments, which will be held on Saturday 10th May and Saturday 31st May. These events are a great opportunity for teams of all skill levels. Whether you are a novice or part of a national ...

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Recent projects

Speak Together
PROJECT Feb 29, 2024

Speak Together

Through the "Speak together" project we are supporting integration of Ukrainian refugees and marginalized youths. Through debate, we aim to foster inclusion, critical thinking, and European values. Our activities include creating an inclusion toolkit...

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Voice of Vocation
PROJECT Nov 01, 2023

Voice of Vocation

The Voice of Vocation (VoV) aims to enhance vocational education (VET) by equipping teachers with debate-based methods that support the development of soft skills and active citizenship in students. The project will be implemented in close collaborat...

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PODCAST Feb 21, 2022

How to improve the mental well-being of debaters

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