On June 10 – 11 – 12, Debate Center organized the National Debate Tournament “Kosovo Open 2022” on the premises of ITP (Innovation and Training Center) in Prizren. Participants were young people aged 15-23 from all municipalities of Kosovo where they had the opportunity to compete in the British Parliamentary Format (British Parliamentary Format). …
The debate was held in the British Parliamentary (BP) format, with beginner and intermediate level debaters. The Opening Government (OG) defined the topic in terms of nonconsensual prostitution that happens through trafficking rings. The team proved their first point with statistics that show that in large-scale prostitution is done involuntarily, therefore it would be unfair…
The debate was held in British Parliamentary (BP) format, with beginner-level debaters. The Opening Government (OG) brought these main arguments: a police department with female officers only would be a safe space for women to express their concerns. A police department with female officers would only be one step further to stop discrimination. The reasoning…
The debate was held in British Parliamentary (BP) format, with beginner-level debaters. The Opening Government (OG) defined the topic by stating that violent video games should be prohibited for children under the age of 18. The main arguments brought by the OG were: violent scenes in video games causing children to blur the lines between…
Debate Center on March 13-14 held a Debate Weekend Academy where about 90 participants from the municipalities of Prishtina, Prizren, Peja, Mitrovica, Ferizaj and Gjilan attended. Participants from six municipalities gathered at the school “Gjergj Fishta” in Prishtina at the two-day academy with the theme “Think globally, change locally.” During this academy the young people…
Are you a youngster aged 17 – 23 years from the Municipality of Prishtina, Prizren, Peja, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj? Debate Center organizes the Weekend Debate Academy on March 12-13, 2022 with the theme “Think globally, change locally”. Within the two-day Academy, young participants aged 15-23 from all over Kosovo will have the opportunity to get…
A meeting was held with the Debate Club in Peja within the project “Youth Inter-Connected”. The young participants had the opportunity to be informed by Ardi Shatri about the format of the debate and the process they will go through over a period of one year. During this time, these youngsters will have the opportunity…
The next meetings were held with the Debate Clubs in Prishtina, Prizren, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Mitrovica, within the project “Youth Inter-Connected”. The participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the differences between formal and informal debate, the format of the “British Parliamentary” Debate – explanations on definition and argumentation, and the importance they have…
International Day of Democracy was established in 2007 by the General Assembly to encourage strengthening and consolidating democracy through national governmental programs. The word democracy is derived from the Greek words “demos,” which means people, and “kratos”, which means power, and can be defined as “the power of the people”. Although this form of government…
Debate Center within the Youth-Interconnected project, in partnership with the local partner NGO INPO in Ferizaj, has started the activities for the Debate League. During the first day, the youngsters had the opportunity to get informed by Ardi Shatri about the format of the debate and the process they would go through over one year.…