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On 24–25 May 2025, debaters from across Europe gathered at University College Utrecht for the annual Utrecht Open, one of the Netherlands’ most dynamic international tournaments. Organized by the Utrecht Debating Society, the competition followed the...

In beginning of May, IDEA organised a green debate tournament, one day online debate competition with an environmental focus. Debaters used case studies from our project "Empowering Youth Work for the Green Debate" and then used them in the debate.

Prepared debate motions for WSDC 2025 have been announced. Debaters from across the globe will have 8 weeks to prepare for these four topics.

On May 23rd, 2025, the Erasmus+ EU co-funded project Empowering Youthwork for the Green Debate reached Cals College in Nieuwegein, 79 students from four classes participated in a day of debate workshops. These sessions were organized to ensure that e...

At the EuroSDC 2025 in Bucharest recorded your impressions, insights and stories. Now, we are releasing them as a short video report that encapsulates the experience as a whole.

On May 22nd, 2025, students from Lentiz Revius Lyceum in Maassluis took part in the Green Debate series. This event was also part of the Erasmus+ EU co-funded project Empowering Youthwork for the Green Debate, which brings debate closer to the youth ...

On May 14th, 2025, the IV Extremadura Schools Debate Tournament reached its final stage in the Plenary Hall of the Assembly of Extremadura, Mérida. Organized as part of the Erasmus+ project Empowering Youthwork for the Green Debate, the event brought...

During the May 10–12, 2025, the Slovak Debate League Finals took place at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. The prestigious high school tournament brought together 120 debaters and participants from acros...

From 25–28 April 2025, Prague became the centre of the Czech debating season, when it hosted the final tournament of the Czech Debate League together with the Open Tournament. Both events provided a stage where the Empowering Youthwork for the Green ...

Registration is now open for the IDEA Youth Forum 2025, taking place from the 8th to the 15th of July in Prague.

On April 13th, 2025, the Lietuvos Debatų Centras hosted the Outrounds of the 31st Lithuanian Schools Debating Championships (LSDC) in Vilnius. As part of the Erasmus+ project Empowering Youthwork for the Green Debate, the event provided a platform wh...