Youth Forum is a 2 week summer event aimed at bringing 250 high school students and their teachers together to attend debate training sessions and engage in discussions on current issues.
Worlds Schools Debate Academy and Tournament July 05, 2009
Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga Slovenia, www.zainproti.com and World Debate Institute, USA, www.debate.uvm.edu kindly invite you to participate at the International Worlds Schools Debate Academy and Tournament Celje Open, 5th – 12th July 2009.
The Academy is divided in two parts. The training part starts on Sunday evening, and finishes on Friday lunch time. The tournament starts on Friday early afternoon, finishes on Sunday evening. The participants can apply for the whole event or for the tournament only.
High school students, teachers, coaches and trainers are invited. At the training part the participants will be divided into three different groups based on their experience and expertise - beginners, intermediate and advanced. There will be a special group for trainers and coaches. There will be small groups with a 1 to 6 student trainer ratio, meaning lots of individual attention.
Participants will be staying in the two-bed rooms in high school dormitory in the center of Celje.
The Caraga Regional SPEAKS Schools Debate Championship is an annual debate competitions in Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines founded by UARCH Institute of Public Speaking and Debate. Participants for the said competitions are all secondary (high schools) students in the region. Caraga Region-XIII is a region comprising of five provinces and six cities of which participants are mostly poor public schools who have passion to learn the art and skills in debating. Anent to this, UARCH Institute of Public Speaking and Debate is hoping to open the 4th Caraga Regional SPEAKS Schools Debate Championship 2009. But due to lack of funds, the said competition in the region is temporarily suspended by 2008. UARCH as an non-government organization (NGO)is looking for foreign assistance in terms of training and funding poor students and public school teachers in the region.UARCH envision to sustain the Caraga Regional SPEAKS Schools Debate Championship by 2009 and beyond in a long term basis through mutual aid and cooperation with other entities.
Heart of Europe is a world-style debating tournament opened for debaters of high schools, which on its previous occasions was extremely successful and very popular among its participants. Despite some difficulties in past years the tournament was not regularly organized but last year we returned to the tradition of hosting this fabulous event.
Heart of Europe 2009 is opened for 16 teams. There will eight preliminary rounds, followed by quarter and semi finals, and of course the final debate.For the participants are prepared:visit of Art Museum, sightseeing tour of Olomouc and international friendship night.
We believe that you appreciate the value of debating and the many skills it develops in young people, the need to research sophisticated topics of politics, science or other important matters of current interest, to work together as a team to develop and prepare their case, and to understand both sides of an argument which helps students to understand that alternative points of view are one of the main parts and the greatest strengths of a democracy.
Heart of Europe 2009 International Debate Tournament August 16, 2009
Heart of Europe is a WSDC-rules tournament opened for high school debaters. Run irregularly the tournament has always been a success among the participants.
2nd Mindanao Schools Debate Championship October 27, 2009
The University of Ambassadors Resource Center for Human Development (UARCH), a non-government organization that operate in the southern part (Mindanao) of the Philippines through the UARCH Institute of Public Speaking and Debate aspire to pursue the 2nd Mindanao Schools Debate Championship 2009 in Davao City, Philippines.For us to achieve our noble purposes in honing the skills of secondary school students and teachers in public speaking and debate, UARCH is seeking for financial assistance and support from other entities
Global Advocacy Institute June 28, 2009 to July 18, 2009
The Global Advocacy Institute provides training for tomorrow’s leaders in tools that help them to promote discussion of issues that are important to them and their communities, and to advocate for positive change.
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operate independently yet cooperate informally with each other. This
website, a joint presentation, is intended to promote both
organizations' interests while maintaining their respective
independence.
