What We Do

Nearly a year after the first MeLItA events in Estonia, we gathered teachers and students in Slovenia to test and provide feedback on teaching materials using debate-based methods to increase media and information literacy.

We are excited to announce the first of the IDEA and member-hosted events supported by Erasmus+, a series of educational, exchange and planning events taking place in 2023.

123 students from all over The Netherlands and Belgium gathered for the second leg of the annual returning Benelux DebatCompetitie (BDC). By the end of the day the Stedelijk Gymnasium Hilversum and Haarlemmermeer Lyceum topped respectively the Lagerh...

A singular event for debate experts, including everyone from organisational staff to coaches and adjudicators, the IDEA Debate Exchange provides the opportunity for networking, exchange of knowledge, and skill development.

IDEA Youth Forum returns as an exchange and learning opportunity for high school debaters.

The event will focus on developing debate training skills combined with a non-formal education approach.

The Dealing with Euroscepticism (DESUS) project is a pan-European effort to raise awareness and deepen the understanding of young European citizens about European values, counter disinformation about the EU, and promote positive narratives through in...

Ukraine's debate community needs our help. Debate organizations across Ukraine have had to stop their meetings and tournaments, and focus purely on survival. Motions and arguments have been replaced by violence of inhuman proportions. We therefore ca...

Young people are taking on today’s most pressing issues - they are advocating for a greener, sustainable future, women’s, LGBTQ, and minority rights, an end to discrimination, and wealth inequality. Some question or even oppose those movements. Unfor...