What can my school win?
The grand prize:
The top two US teams in the final Global Debates ranking will receive a 100% participation fee waiver and free travel to the Youth Forum 2011 in Istanbul*.
The top two international teams in the final Global Debates ranking will receive a 100% participation fee waiver and free travel to the Youth Forum 2011 in Istanbul*.
Second prizes:
The top two Global Debate Challenge Fall 2010 Campaign entries will win 50% fee waiver for the 2011 IDEA Youth Forum (July 19-August 1, 2011) in Istanbul*.
The top two teams (one international and one US) from the Global Debates Fall 2010 Campaign get a 50% fee waiver to the 2011 IDEA Youth Forum*.
The top two teams (one international and one US) from the Global Debates Spring 2011 Campaign get a 50% fee waiver to the 2011 IDEA Youth Forum*.
Other prizes:
The top 100 teams in the Global Debates Fall 2010 Campaign get one book of their choice from the Idebate press.
The top 100 teams in the Global Debates Spring 2011 Campaign get one book of their choice from the Idebate press.
The top twenty teams (10 U.S. and 10 international) in the final Global Debates ranking win two-year subscription to the Ideabte magazine.
More info on the prizes:
IDEA Youth Forum is the largest and most important single event organized by IDEA. The Forum is organized in a different country each year and since its first edition in 1995 it has provided unforgettable educational experience to over 2,000 secondary school students from over 40 countries. Participants develop invaluable skills of critical thinking, research, communication and public speaking, which lead them to excel in their educational and professional careers.
Idebate magazine is a bi-annual magazine about debating - its community, activities around the world, topic analysis of interesting internationally relevant issues and debate coaching and teaching articles.
Idebate press has issued over 50 publications, which serve as good resource material into many themes from minority issues through to environmental protection. It has also published many manuals and guide books on specific formats of debate and public speaking activities. Snap the invaluable must-have guide of every debater – the Debatebase book.
* Conditions apply (pertinent to grand and second prize winners)
- The prize will be awarded to a team. A team is composed of one coach/teacher and three debaters;
- One school cannot win more than one of these prizes;
- Of the international teams, only one school per country can win one of these prizes;
- In case of providing airfare, only economy class tickets will be issued – participants need to arrange and pay for their own visas and cover any other expenses
