The 2010 IDEA Exchange, hosted by IDEA-Netherlands, will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 27th-28th. Registration is open to young people (15-25 years old) from Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. The Exchange also in
Eighteen high school students and three teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) attend the highly interactive Youth Leadership Program and accompanying Teacher Professional Development Program, in Salem, Oregon, and Washington, DC.
This event, which will take place in Budapest, Hungary on 10-11 April, will bring together youth activists working on the promotion of democratic values and combating populism in the public discourse particularly through the use of the new media from arou
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Registration for the sixteenth annual IDEA Youth Forum has just begun! Here's your chance to be a part of IDEA's biggest event of the year! The 2010 YF will take place in Vlissengen and Middelburg, in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands on July 22-August 4, 2010.
The 2010 IDEA International Tournament of Champions invites high school debate teams from around the world to gather for a weekend of learning, competitive debate, and friendship building activities. The event will be held May 21-23, 2010 in Salem, Oregon on the beautiful campus of Willamette University. Registration ends April 22nd.
Registration has just started for the 2010 IDEA-NFL Southeast Asia Qualifier event. Location and dates for this event have been recently updated.The venue has been moved to Cempaka International Ladies' College in Malaysia. The dates for the tournament have been moved from April 16-17 to May 1-2, 2010. The registration deadline has also been postponed until April 15, 2010.
The 2010 IDEA Youth Exchange will be held on April 10-11, 2010 in Budapest, Hungary. Registration for this event has been extended until April 1st, and the new deadline to apply for accommodations and financial assistance is March 19th.
In addition to the Four-Team Parliamentary Debate divisions in English and Mandarin, the 2010 China Open has recently added a new division in Moot Court. University debate teams can now register for any of these events at the China Open, which will take place May 28-30, 2010 on the campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.
In two weeks, on March 26th, eighteen students and three teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina will arrive in Salem, Oregon for the second annual Bosnia and Herzegovina Youth Leadership Program. Participants were selected for this program during February and are now preparing for their month-long trip to the United States.
Registration for the sixteenth annual IDEA Youth Forum has just begun! Here's your chance to be apart of IDEA's biggest event of the year! The 2010 YF will take place in Vlissengen and Middelburg, in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands on July 22-August 4, 2010.
Attention all middle school debate teams! Registration is now open for the 2010 IDEA/NJFL Middle School National Tournament. This event will be held at Dowling Catholic High School in Iowa City, Iowa on June 24th-27th, 2010.
The first official day of The People Speak Spring 2010 Global Debates competition began this week on March 1st. This is a free competition in which students engage in a global discussion about crucial issues, such as poverty and climate change, and take action in their own community.
The 2010 Prishtina Open, the national debate tournament in Kosovo, was held on February 27-28. The event attracted high school students from across Kosovo to participate in Karl Popper debates. By training coaches and student debate teams, the region's Karl Popper Debate Program is helping to prepare a new generation of articulate and socially aware citizens.
At the "Education in Belarus 2010" conference, a debate club promoted the practice of debate to teachers and students, raising interests in developing new clubs throughout the country.
On February 26th-28th, the 2010 Belgrade Open hosted more than 100 debaters from across Europe. The annual tournament is held in British Parliamentary format and is one of the largest debate events of the year in Central and Eastern Europe.
Registration has just started for the 2010 IDEA-NFL China Qualifier event, which will be held April 10-11 in Beijing, China at the Canadian International School of Beijing. Students who participate in IDEA-NFL Qualifier events, and qualify from their events, have the opportunity to advance to the National Forensic League US National Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on June 13-18, 2010.
On March 27-28, IDEA will host a debate workshop and mini-tournament in Vilnius for university students. The event will focus on British Parliamentary debate and will work to improve participants' debating and judging skills. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
E.U. to impose sanctions on Israel Should the E.U. impose economic sanctions on Israel? Would that have a beneficial influence on the peace process in the Middle East? Added: 31 Jan 2010
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Tying foreign aid to democratic reform Should aid donors place conditions of democratisation on the countries that receive their financial support? Added: 31 Jan 2010
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