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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...

IDEA is looking for new members to join its Board of Directors. The Board supports the organisation’s strategy, governance, and mission to promote debate and critical thinking among young people.

Having confirmed Skopje for EuroSDC 2026, the Steering Committee is now announcing the beginning of the selection process for EuroSDC 2027 host.

The EuroSDC community has selected the North Macedonia bid to host EuroSDC 2026. Further announcements are to follow as the tournament draws nearer. See you in Skopje next year!

Join the Green Debate Tournaments this May! Are you passionate about the environment and ready to test your debating skills? Join us this May for two online tournaments, which are part of the Empowering youth work for the green debate project.