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Welcome to the 2009 IDEA Youth Forum Website!

Welcome to the 2009 IDEA Youth Forum Website!

This year's Forum will take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina from July 23 to August 5. Reserve those dates to attend the event of your lifetime!

The Youth Forum is a two-week summer event aimed at bringing 200 high school students and their teachers together to attend debate training sessions and to engage in discussions on current issues. This year we will be discussing the topic of energy and climate change and youth issues. Participants from over 30 countries are divided into small groups in order to engage in a personalized learning process, which allows for cultural exchange amongst diverse groups of students, teachers and educators.



Photo galleries

Some photos from the Youth Forum 2008!

View photos from socials and the trips!

The Bulgarians welcomed us with bagpipes and traditional costumes at the opening ceremony!

Check out the pictures from from the Championship and the magnificent Plovdiv, where we held the last years KPDC finals!

Lesson plans

Find lesson plans that help you prepare your students to compete at the Karl Popper Debate Championship below!

Read them, comment them, teach them, criticize them and share it with the rest of the community!

Join the Lesson plans competition and win international public exposure!

Visas

To avoid any potential trouble at the borders ALL minors (under 18) coming to the Youth Forum need have a permission from their parents allowing the children to travel with the assigned coach to the Youth Forum. The coach serves as their legal representative. Please use the forms below - fill in forms both in English and Bosnian!

iContact Sign-Up

iContact Sign-Up

Attending the Youth Forum

Check list for the Youth Forum!

1 Registration

In case you are applying for the Youth Forum fee waiver, you will have until May 15, 2009. In case you are not seeking financial support in the form of a fee waiver, the deadline is May 31, 2009!
REGISTER debaters

REGISTER coaches