FUTURE OF EUROPE DEBATE TOURNAMENT INVITATION LETTER
We are excited to invite you to participate in the upcoming DEUS Online Debate Tournament, which will take place on November 9, 2024. This tournament is designed for high school debaters and will be conducted in the WS format, with all topics connected to the DEUS project. We specifically intend for the tournament to be very welcoming for novice and less experienced debate teams.
We thank all DEUS partners for all their work so far. Besides IDEA, we had partners from 11 other countries: Croatian Debate Society, the Czech Debate Association, Dare to be Grey (Netherlands), the Estonian Debate Society, HERMES (Croatian Education and Development Network for the Evolution of Communication), the National Debate Society of Italy, Latvian Debate Center, Lithuanian Debate Center, Polska Debatuje Foundation, ARDOR (Romanian Association for Debate, Public Speaking and Rhetorics), Slovak Debate Association, Commun Global (Spain), and Za in Proti (Slovenia).
This tournament is a prelude to the last DEUS event, a conference in Brussels, which will happen in early December.
Below, you will find detailed information about the tournament.
WHEN
Saturday, November 9, 2024
WHERE
Online – the event will be held via Zoom for debates and Discord for communication and coordination throughout the day.
SCHEDULE
All times are in CET (UTC+1)
8:30-9:00 – Check-in
9:00-9:30 – Announcements
9:30-11:30 – Round 1
11:30-12:30 – Break
12:30-14:30 – Round 2
14:30-15:00 – Break
15:00-17:00 – Round 3
17:00-17:30 – Break
17:30-19:30 – Golden Finals, Silver Finals, Bronze Finals
19:30-20:00 – Closing Ceremony
FORMAT
The tournament will follow the World Schools (WS) format, with 30 minutes of preparation time before each debate round. All debates will focus on themes and topics connected to the DEUS project, which explores key societal issues such as Euroscepticism, European identity, and the future of democracy in Europe. Participants are invited to prepare by reading up on EU elections, the European media landscape, as well as polarization. We recommend the following publication, which was created as part of the DEUS project!
REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee for participating in the tournament. The N=1 rule is in place, which means each team must provide at least one adjudicator. If you do not have enough judges, please reach out to us, and we will try to accommodate your teams (subject to sufficient number of judges).
To register your team, or if you would like to participate as an adjudicator without a team please fill out the form. Potential independent adjudicators will not be subsidized.
Please note that debaters from EU member states will be asked to sign a participation sheet for project documentation purposes.
We look forward to hosting you for a day of thought-provoking debates and meaningful discussions on important European topics. Should you have any questions or need further clarification, please don’t hesitate to contact us at jakub@idebate.net.
