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Prague once again hosted young debaters from across Europe in the latest edition of the IDEA Youth Forum. During the inspiring week it offered a unique mix of education, dialogue, and intercultural exchange. With a focus on skill-building, peer-led l...

From 28 June to 5 July 2025, educators and youth workers from Croatia, Slovenia, and the Netherlands gathered in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, for the WSDA “Youth Debate and Analytical Thinking Training for Educators and Coaches.” The training was part of...

The IDEA Debate Exchange, our traditional summer event focused on cooperation, youth work, and debate-based learning, is back for 2025. Don’t miss the opportunity to register and take part in a dynamic programme designed to strengthen skills, share m...

This year, we had opportunity to participate as activity organisers in the EYE event in the EYE Village part. During more than two days we engaged with young people from across Europe to teach the principles of constructive argumentation, demonstrate...

At the end of May, we organised the second Green Debate Tournament. This was a one-day online debate competition with an environmental focus, held as one of the final events of the project "Empowering Youth Work for the Green Debate." Debaters once a...

The EYE event is already halfway through, and it has been an exciting experience! We are bringing you a few moments so you can feel the event with us.

The end of May was dedicated to improving the quality of feedback in youth work and advancing the outcomes of the KVAK project. The focus was on developing feedback practices and creating inclusive, supportive learning spaces through hands-on collabo...

On the occasion of Polish Children’s Day, our member organisation Polska Debatuje organized a special event at the 4th Community High School (IV Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące) in Warsaw. The celebration highlighted the goals of the Erasmus+ proje...

May was dedicated to hosting a project meeting where educators and youth workers came together to exchange and develop debate methods for civic education and inclusive work in society. The focus was on sharing practices, building skills, and explorin...

IDEA joined the 2nd International Conference on Debate and Dialogue in Doha to share insights on debate's role in youth education and global cooperation.

On the weekend of 24–25 May 2025, the final stages of the 2024/25 Italian Youth Championship in Debate took place, bringing together 47 students from across the country. Organized in four sections, middle school, high school (Italian track), high sch...

On May 27th, 2025, nine students from the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht) gathered for a Green Debate workshop as part of their Honours programme. The event was organized under the Erasmus+ EU co-funded project Empowering ...