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European Cup, Strasbourg

9 - 11 May 2014
Amsterdam youth discuss violence and crime prevention with police and politician
AMSTERDAM:
Violence and crime prevention

Youth, police and politicians discuss
8 March 2014
Resources:
The International Women's Day essay

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Debatabase:
Ukraine in crisis - articles and resources

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World Open Debating Championships 2015 Las Vegas
World Open Debating Championships 2015  Las Vegas will...
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Invitation to the Heart of Europe
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24 Feb 2014
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Debate @Europe

Debate@Europe is an educational project for young people in six countries across Europe.

It fosters dialogue and mutual understanding through online and offline debates on European issues.

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Youth Forum

The IDEA Youth Forum is IDEA's flagship event joining together hundreds of students and educators. This year, IDEA and its partners will host 250 young people from over 40 countries the 18th Forum.

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Free Speech Debate

Freespeechdebate.idebate.org is in partnership with Free Speech Debate a multilingual website based at the University of Oxford for the discussion of freedom of expression in the age of the internet and mass migration.

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Debate decide 2012

2012 Presidential Debates Guide

Learn the basics of the American electoral process and the issues that President Obama and Governor Romney will debate.

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Big Apple Cogers

The Society of Cogers, founded in the City of London in 1755, can claim to be the oldest “free speech” forum in the world, and is quite possibly the world's oldest debating society.

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Youth in the 21st Century: Debating and producing media

This project brings youth together to learn and debate the important issues of their region and produce media projects about the relationship between media and society.

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DiN

Debate in the Neighborhood (DiN) takes debate and its benefits out of these traditional settings and transplants it right into the heart of diverse and urban communities.

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Securing Liberty

Securing Liberty challenges high school students in the US and from around the world to reflect on questions concerning the relationships between Security and Liberty.

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Egypt
27 Feb 2014 - 31 Mar 2014
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21 Mar 2014 - 23 Mar 2014
Liverpool IV 2014
Liverpool
United Kingdom
22 Mar 2014
Bratislava Schools Debating Competition 2014
Bratislava
Slovakia
3 Apr 2014 - 7 Apr 2014
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Dumaguete City
Philippines
7 Apr 2014 - 12 Apr 2014

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