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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.

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

How can debate help you make your lessons more engaging and help your students develop skills they will use long after leaving the classroom? The Voice of Vocational Education (VoV) project invites you to explore these questions at our Teacher Webina...

Winter Holidays Open 2026 is getting closer and closer - and we are finally able to share the prepared motions of the tournament!

Within the PEACE project, the consortium developed 12 lessons which should help youth workers and debate coaches who aim to support the well-being of young people. As the project is still ongoing, we are glad to share them for testing purposes and co...

The organizing team for EuroSDC 2027 has received your DCA applications! We are now approaching the next step which is community feedback for the applicants.

You already know that IDTMA 2026 is happening and hosted by our dear member organization SNDI - but you might have not knows that the dates of the tournament have been changed!

Between 13 and 18 September, Brno hosted the Mental Health Exchange in Youth Work training as part of the PEACE project. The event brought together debate trainers, facilitators and judges from across our project partners, and introduced them to a ps...

From August 30 to September 4, youth workers from our partner organizations Hrvatsko Debatno Drustvo from Croatia and ARDOR from Romania gathered in Orahovica for an interactive summer activity focusing on using debate methodology in youth work. The ...

This year's IDEA Debate Exchange brought 50 participants from debate organisations across Europe, including for the first time a member from outside of Europe, together in Brno for a week of learning and exchange.

The 4th annual EuroSDC is taking place in Parma, Italy - from February 25th until the 28th 2027! DCA APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! Thinking about joining the DCA team for the tournament in Parma, Italy? Read the information below.

The Youth4Change project invites youth workers, educators, trainers, teachers, and NGO staff to join a free, two-part online Training of Trainers (ToT) series. Designed to strengthen European youth engagement through non-formal and participatory lear...