What We Do

IDEA is calling on debate organisations world wide to help us map debate education across the globe. We are launching a survey, through which we aim to understand who are the organisations using debate, how do they work, who do they reach, and what i...

In the last week of June, a group of educators assembled in Kranjska Gora for an intensive 7-day debate pedagogy training session, co-organised by IDEA and our Slovenian member organisation, Za in Proti.

IDEA is a global non-governmental organization (NGO) (specifically a Stichting/Foundation) headquartered and registered in the Netherlands. IDEA works to empower young people to become active citizens who participate constructively and in an informed...

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...

The 4th annual EuroSDC is taking place in Parma, Italy and will bring together young people from more than 25 European countries to debate pressing issues.

The IDEA Debate Exchange 2026 will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, between 24th and 29th August. This event brings together debate youth workers, volunteers, coaches and organisation leaders from across the whole IDEA network. Registration is now...

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...