As you know everyone will be picked up at the airport, bus or train station upon their arrival. Check your arrival details and which bus you will be on. Download the Newsflash attached below!

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

REGISTER staff, trainers, board members, observers

2 visas & document requirements to enter BiH

Please check the following section to verify if you need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina.

To avoid any potential trouble at the borders ALL minors (under 18) coming to the Youth Forum need have a from their parents stating that they allow their 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! This document should be verified by government stamp, for example at the notary.

3 Travel and transportation

We will be providing pickup at the airport, bus and train station upon your arrival to and departure from Sarajevo. All you need to do arrange is your travel to Sarajevo. Here are some links to the local airlines, which offer good and feasible connection to Sarajevo:
Hungarian airlines
Australian airlines
Croatian airlines
Adria airways

There are direct flights to Sarajevo from Zagreb, Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Ljubljana, Skopje, Istanbul and Ancon. Click here to check availability and prices.

The cheapest trip to BiH is by train, but it takes long time. There is train to Sarajevo from Zagreb, Budapest and Belgrade.

4 Consent/permission forms from each participant or participants' parent

Each participant or in case of minors his legal representative (eg. parent) has to sign a consent form. You can find these forms attached below. Please note that there are different forms for US coaches and non-US coaches, US students and non-US students. Please fill in and sign the appropriate form and mail/ fax/ email it to us prior to July 15 or bring it along to the event and hand it in at the registration on spot.

other information:

Participation in the IDEA Youth Forum is conditional. All participants will be reviewed and invited to attend the IDEA Youth Forum by the Participants’ Selection Committee. The only exemptions are individuals coming for the Karl Popper Debate Championship (KPDC) and observers.

Dates: The whole event lasts from July 23 to August 5. You may attend just the IDEA Karl Popper Debate Championship, July 23-27, or just for the separate educational tracks, July 27-August 5

Location: The 2009 IDEA Youth Forum will take place in the Olympic Center, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Attendees will stay at the 4-star hotel Bistrica.

Fees: Whole YF: 600 EUR per person
IDEA KPDC and IND only: 200 EUR per person
Tracks only: 400 EUR per person
Extra €300 fee for each team who fails to bring a coach for the KPDC
Some participation fee waivers available

Cap: The YF is accepting up to 200 participants, or 50 Karl Popper Debate Championship teams. Every institution that participated in past Forums has 1 place granted automatically. After that it’s first come, first served!

For more information please download the registration summary letter attached below!