Pro et contra

Friday, 7th November 2008
8.30 Round table discussions in the classrooms, debaters from other countries and
Ljutomer students, Ljutomer debaters are moderators, topics multiculture dialogue,
safe school, drugs and alcohol abuses, education in mother tongues.

Judges meeting.

10.00 Opening of the tournament
Special guests: Slovenian members of EP and invited Ambassadors from the participating
countries, round table discussion with tournament participants and Ljutomer students
about migration, enlargemnent and multicultural dialogue, education and work in other
EU countries.

11.30 ROUND 1 MULTI LANGUAGE DEBATE prepared

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 Announcement of impromptu motion

15. 00 ROUND 2, impromptu

17.00 ROUND 3, prepared

18.30 Snacks

19.30 ROUND 4, prepared

Saturday, 8th November 2008
8.45 Announcement of impromptu motion

9.30 ROUND 5, impromptu

11.15 Announcement of impromptu motion

12.30 ROUND 6, impromptu

13.30 - 14.30 Lunch

14.30 SEMI FINALS prepared

16.00 FINALS prepared

17.30 Closing ceremony

Saturday night party

INTERNATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL DEBATE WEEKEND
Ljutomer, Slovenia, 6th - 9th November 2008

ZIP, Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga, Slovenia and Gimnazija Franca Miklošiča
Ljutomer kindly invite you to our traditional annual INTERNATIONAL HIGHSCOOL DEBATE
WEEKEND and International High School Debate Tournament in Ljutomer.

The debate format is Worlds School Debate Format. Majority of debate rounds in English.

However, to celebrate a year of intercultural dialogue one of the debate rounds will be
multi - lingual. Pairings will be done on the basis of common language - should not be
English - two teams are sharing. Hopefully, there will be possible that lots of teams will
be able to debate in their native language. That is why it is essential everybody when
applying, including judges, lists all the languages they can communicate in. We will invite
Slovenian members of European Parliament and the Ambassadors of all participating
countries to come and listen to these debates.

The topic areas: inter culture dialogue; inter religious dialogue; safe school.
Motions for prepared debates and for the multi - language debate will be announced
the first week in September.

We expect at least 50 teams to participate at the tournament. Please, have in mind
that one team means 3 debaters. Everybody who comes needs to debate all the debate
rounds. In case you have an extra debater, they will be put in the mixed debate teams -
the vital issue is that everybody debates all the time. Teams (3 debaters) need to be
accompanied by a judge, the rule is one or two teams one judge, three teams two judges.

As we would like to host debaters from as many countries as possible, we are limiting
the number of teams per country to 3. However in case there is bigger interest in your
country, please, contact us and we will see what can we do about it. Because ZIP can not
make a selection when more teams apply from one country, we will accept only the applications
sent by national debate organisations in cases where such organisation exists. We are going
to close the registration when we reach the team cup, so please do not wait and register as
soon as possible.

For all guests from other European countries the arrival day is Wednesday or Thursday
the 5th or the 6th, the departure day is Sunday, the 9th of November. The tournament will
be held on Friday and Saturday, the 7th and the 8th of November. The participants from
oversees are invited to come earlier being guests of Slovenian debaters. It is expected
that the teams coming on Wednesday participate in the classrooms on Thursday morning.
There will be also some sight seeing organised and the optional practice debates and
introductions to Worlds School Debate Format for the ones who are not so familiar with it.

Debaters will be offered home stays by Ljutomer debaters, judges will be placed in
nearby hotel. The participation fee for person (debater and judge) is 30 EUR.
The payments should be made in cash on the arrivals.

All the inquiries about the tournament and registration, please, address to me
at bojana.skrt@siol.net, all the questions about Ljutomer, school, home stays,
travel to Liana Miholič, the coach of the Ljutomer English Debate Club at the
liana.miholic@guest.arnes.si

At the end of this message please, find enclosed the tentative schedule.
The application form is in the attachment. Please, fill the application form and
send it to bojana.skrt@siol.net as soon as possible but no later than 15th of October.

Looking forward seeing you in Slovenia.

Bojana Skrt, ZIP
Liana Miholič and Martina Domajnko, Gimnazija Franca Miklošiča Ljutomer

Results, the team and speaker rankings can be Downloaded here

Director of the Academy: Bojana Skrt, ZIP, Slovenia

Head of Trainers: Alfred C. Snider, World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, USA 

Lars Duursma is the current ESL world champion debating. Twice became a European champion ESL (2003, 2005) and reached the EFL semi-finals in 2006. This year he was elected president of the European debating council. As co-founder of a leading Netherlands-based training agency, Debatrix, he\has given debate and persuasion training to all major Dutch political parties, ministries, large organizations, universities and secondary schools. Also, he analyses debates in newspapers and on television. 

Sam Greenland, Hong Kong, experienced British debate organizer how coaches Hong Kong World Schools team. 

Sam Nelson, Cornell University, USA, famous USA debate coach with national championships. 

Loke Wing Fatt, Society of Associated Intertertiary Debaters, Singapore, experienced debate organizer and trainer from Asia, recently organizing workshops and contests in Malaysia and China. 

Branka Josimov, Association for Creative Communication and Debate, Serbia, veteran of international debate training and an originator of Balkan debating. 

Maja Nenadovic, Croatia, experienced debate trainer in Europe and South America, now finishing her doctoral work in Amsterdam. 

NEW ADDITION - Chris Burk, University of Texas at Dallas, USA, leading USA debaate coach with an academic background in international relations. 

PENDING - Jason Jarvis, Korea Development Institute Graduate School of Public Policy and Management, Korea, the leading debate promoter in Korea and throughout Asia. Has sponsored high school and university workshops in Korea.

We organize IDAS2005 for ALL university students from all over the world.
It is designed for students who want to develop their rhetorical and debate skills and deepen their knowledge on current socio-political issues. We will have various workshops in small groups – for experienced, for less experienced debaters and also for debaters with no experience. At the end of the Academy everybody will debate and have the opportunity to learn from each other. 

Basic activities
Activities during the Academy will be divided in three parts:
1.Interactive debate training during the first days of IDAS 2006. This is the main and the most important part. The Academy will consist of lectures, workshops and debates. We will provide further knowledge on debating and public speaking by working with famous debate trainers for students whose debating skills and experience vary and bring together international university students and experts to engage in discussions on the issue of importance, confronting their own views, opinions and ideas as well as those of others. 

2.Debate tournament: we will have a real debate tournament at the end of the Academy. There will be a chance for participants with different levels of experience to debate with each other and by that learn from each other. 

3.Evening activities: we will organize a kitch-party, a country exhibition (presentation of food & drinks, history, politics, etc. of every country participating – the real international cultural exchange), fun games, dancing + lots of talking and getting to know each other (maybe even a chance for a romance?). 

Outline of a day’s schedule:
      8.00 – 9.00 am: Breakfast
      9.00 – 11.30 am: Lectures and discussions
      11.30 am: Coffee Break
      12.00 – 1.30 pm: Debate and public speaking workshop
      1.30 – 3.00 pm: Lunch break
      3.00 – 5.00 pm: Debate and public speaking workshop
      5.00 pm: Coffee break
      5.30 – 7.00 pm: Practice debate
      7.00 – 8.00 pm: Dinner
      8.00 – 9.30 pm: Open forum, experts, academics, high governmental representatives,
 media and general public invited

Would you like to see more pics from the IDAS 2005? Go to http://bonafides.fotopic.net. Thanks to Simon for sharing!!
If you would like to share your pics, and don’t know how, go to our Forum and click Album, you can Upload all your pics there! (For questions please contact peter) 

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IDAS is finished. Winners of the Tournament are Simon Grabrovec (Slovenia) and Jake Meany (USA) as the closing opposition..
Other teams in Finals: Urška Derganc (Slovenija) and Filip Popovič (Slovak republic) opening government; Špela Kunej and Špela Kranjc (Slovenia), closing government; Primož Karnar (Slovenia) and Ivan Velev (Bolgarija), oppening opposition.

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DAY 5 - Last chance to learn

This was the last chance, to try tricks in practice debates. Is knifing a good strategy? Well, if you did not try it, don’t to it on the Turnaments, that starts on day 6. So come back to see some more pics and the results of the Tournament. Pictures come shortly.

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DAY 4 - Ask the USA if you dare

 

Next to every day lectures, worshops and practice debate, the day was something special.  Meeting with the Ambasador of the USA in Slovenia mr. Thomas B. Robertson. Without the USA we would probably speak Russian, German or Serbian on this even is one of the things he told us, to start sparks in our mind, as he staded. Of course, questions from the debaters were no jokes, so he had to find answers on why the USA bombed civilian buildings in Serbia (remember China ambasy?), why spreading human rights and democracy means torture and using Chemical weapons etc. He behaved as a good Ambasador, defendig the USA stand point, some say in a good, some say in a not so good way. Pictures come shortly.

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DAY 3 - Take a breath if you find time

 

If you have seen the schedule, you know, that ZiP and WDI are not making jokes, when it comes to work on the academy. But any how, to take a break and get to know something new about the hosting city, we got to meet the Mayor of Slovenj Gradec.

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DAY 2 - Hello hard work

 

Theres not much time to lose at a 7 days debate event, so the real work starts right away. Morning lectures are a every day thing, so they surprised us today in the midle of the night folowed by the workshops, some of them aslo included winning a new BMW.

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DAY 1 - Getting Started

 

After all the arriving and Simon and Primož (aka Sunshine) doing all the logistics, the first day was not only fun, but first workshops started, and for all of us getting warmed up for debating, the first exhibition debate was presented.  Debate academy is all about meeting people, getting to know new cultures and cultural differencies, and of course getting to know the country, where you traveled to.

Faculty

Director of the Academy: Bojana Skrt, ZIP, Slovenia

Head of Trainers: Alfred C. Snider, World Debate Institute, University of Vermont, USA

Trainers: 
- Branka Josimov, Association for creative communication, Serbia and Montenegro
- Joe Zompetti, State University of Illinois, USA
- Mateja Peter, Post graduate student at Cambridge University, Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga, Slovenia
- Jure Pozgan, Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga, Slovenia
- Maja Nenadovic, Leiden University, Netherlands 
- Sam Greenland, Honk Kong/Great Britain
- Jason Jarvis, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, also director of Asian Debate Institute and World Debate Institute-Asia
- Sam Nelson, Cornell University, USA. Has directed his program to a USA national championship
- Liisa Past, Post graduate student at Oslo University, Estonian Debating Society, Estonia
- Loke Wing Fatt, Society of Associated Inter-tertiary Debaters, Singapore
- Dr Omar Salahuddin, Multimedia University, Malaysia
- Bojana Skrt, Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga, Slovenia
- Masako Suzuki, Doctoral Program Student, Keio University, Tokio, Japan. Twice national champion in Japan
- Dr Igor Žagar, University of Koper, Slovenia 

Organizing committee: Primož Karnar and Grega Gostenčnik, ZIP, Slovenia

Research package editor: Jure Požgan, ZIP, Slovenia

Activities during the Academy will be divided in three parts:
1. Interactive debate training during the first days of IDAS2005. This is the main and the most important part. The Academy will consist of lectures, workshops and debates. We will provide further knowledge on debating and public speaking by working with respectable debate trainers for students whose debating skills and experience vary and bring together international university students and experts to engage in discussions on the issue of international security, confronting their own views, opinions and ideas.
2. Debate tournament: we will have a real debate tournament at the end of the Academy. There will be a chance for participants with different levels of experience to debate with each other and by that learn from each other. The topic area for the tournament will be international security as well.
3. Evening activities: we will organize a kitch-party, a country exhibition (presentation of food & drinks, history, politics, etc. of every country participating - the real international cultural exchange), fun games, dancing + lots of talking and getting to know each other (maybe even a chance for a romance?) .

The focus of the training will be on international security - a very relevant, interesting topic currently discussed by many scientists and politicians. Reform of the UN, pre-emptive attack on Iraq, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, Darfur crisis - these are just some of the issues this topic covers. Participants will be provided with a research package that will provide them with basic knowledge. Even though these content will be very important, the main emphasis will still be on the debate training itself.
At the bottom of the page, find all the MOTIONS!!!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Saturday, 19th November:  
registration from 12.00 - 18.00
18.00-19.00 Dinner
19.00 Opening Ceremony
19.15 Lecture: British Parliamentary Debate Format, Roles of the Speakers, Note-taking
20. 30 Demonstration Debate
Evening activity: Adoption Game (ice-breaker)

Sunday, 20th November
8.45   Morning Assembly
9.00 - 10.30 Lecture: Public Speaking, Method
11.00 - 13.00 Small Group Exercises: Public Speaking
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Motion Announced
15.00 - 16.45 Practice Debate and Feedback
18.00 Reception at the Mayor
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Electives
Evening activity: Countries Exhibition

Monday, 21st November
8.45 Morning Assembly
9.00 - 10.30 Lecture; Argumentation & Refutation
11.00 - 13.00 Small Groups Exercises: Argumentation & Refutation
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Motion Announced
15.00 - 16.45 Practice Debate and Feedback
17.00 Motion Announced
17.30 – 19.00 Practice Debate and Feedback
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Open Forum
Evening activity: MacGyver Game

Tuesday, 22nd November
8.45 Morning Assembly
9.00 - 10.30 Lecture: Government Strategy
11.00 - 13.00 Small Group Exercises: Case Building & Extending
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Motion Announced
15.00 - 16.45 Practice Debate and Feedback
17.00 Motion Announced
17.30 – 19.00 Practice Debate and Feedback
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 Electives
Evening activity: Slovene Night

Wednesday, 23rd November
8.45     Morning Assembly
9.00 - 10.30 Lecture: Opposition Strategies
11.00 - 13.00 Small Group Exercises: Opposition Strategies
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Motion Announced
15.00 - 16.45 Practice Debate and Feedback
17.00 Motion Announced
17.30 – 19.00 Practice Debate and Feedback
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Open Forum
Evening activity: Free Evening (preparation for the tournament ?)

Thursday, 24th November
8.45 Morning Assembly
9.00 - 10.30 Lecture: Points of Information & Manner
11.00 - 13.00 Small Group Exercises: Points of Information
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 Motion Announced
14.30 Tournament, Round 1
16.00 Motion Announced
16.30 Tournament, Round 2
18.00 Motion Announced
18.30 Tournament, Round 3
Evening activity: Kitsch Party

Friday, 25th November
8.30 Motion Announced
9.00 Tournament, Round 4
11.00 Motion Announced
11.30 Tournament: Round 5
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 Motion Announced
14.30 Semi – finals
16.30 Motion Announced
17.00 Finals and awards ceremony
19.00 - 20.00 Last Dinner
Evening activity: Last Party

Saturday, 26th November: Departure

MOTIONS TO BE DEBATED (research packet will be provided, begin now!)
This house believes that China is a threat to international security.
This house believes UN should replace USA in Iraq.
This house believes UN and USA should cooperate when fighting terrorism.
This house supports the admission of Turkey into the EU.
This house supports Chechnya becoming an independent state.
This house supports the 6-parties talks concerning the sitatuation in Northeast Asia.
This house supports that the EU should have an army.
This house would take military measures to stop human rights abuses in Sudan.
This house believes that the USA is the most dangerous terrorist.
This house would stop work on the nuclear enrichment program in Iran.
This house would negotiate with terrorists.
This house would solve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
This house believes Taiwan has a right to become an independent country.
This house would stop producing  nuclear weapon.
This house would destroy all the nuclear weapons in the world.
This house supports the Kurds.
This house fears Pakistan.
This house believes that UN peacekeeping troops do more harm than good.
This house would close USA military basis in Asia.
This house believes that Africa can secure itself.
This house believes that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a failure.
This house believes that Latin America should become a demilitarized zone.
This house believes that military participation in efforts to control illegal drugs has been a failure.
This house believes that all nations should adopt a no first use policy for nuclear weapons.
This house would develop a new generation of nuclear weapons.
This house believes that nuclear electrical power is a security danger.
This house believes that open borders can be a significant threat to international security.
This house would demilitarize space.
This house would make the United Nations responsible for outer space security and development.
This house would not allow human settlement of the moon.
This house believes that the more we venture into outer space the more secure Earth becomes.
This house believes that current security measures have not made airline travel more secure.
This house believes that those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.

Debate academy 03 was a great sucess, so we decided, to make it an annual thing, and make it bigger in year 2004, of course with the cooperation with the World debate Institute, Vermont.

Making it bigger also meant making it in a bigger hotel, and we found a great place in a small town called Ormož. In Hotel Ormož we hosted 75 participants from 13 countries, Lithuania, Latvia, USA, Slovenia, Slovakia, Russia, Croatia, Macedonia, UK, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Sweden.

Because of the bigger number of participants we invited more trainers, so we were glad to host and listen to:
- Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna, World debate Institute
- Joseph O Zompetti, Illinois State University
- Steve Lanos
- Branka Josimov
- Harold Rait

Debate academy is not all about the debate, that`s why we prepared some other interesting activities, one of them a round table discoussion, a Public forum about the relationship between USA and Europe and we were glad to host the ambassador of United States of America in Slovenia mr. Thomas Bolling Robertson and the ambasador of the delegations of European Union in Slovenia mr. Erwan Fouréré.
It was also newer boring in the evenings. The participants could go for a wine tasting in the Ormoz Wine cellar, to taste the great local wines, newertheless Ormoy lies in one of the best wine regions in Slovenia, a Kitch party is also an annual ewent on the Debate academy (thats why all the weird dressed people on the photos), an International everning (presenting each country with local food and drinks), and all the other evenings were free, to party as you wish. And there was no-one bored

The main theme of all the workshop`s on the Debate academ< were the relations between United States and the European Union on different levels (economy, security, politics, culture etc.) in an structured and educational way.

In the year 2003 we had prepared the first International debate academy, that took place in October at the Student dormitory DIC in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Every thing should start small, so we started with 30 participants, students from Slovenia, and some debaters from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany.
Head trainer was Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna from University of Vermont, USA, and he had help from the Slovenian trainers Mateja Peter, Beti Hohler, Anja Serc and Bojana Skrt.

We invited also people, that didn`t had any debate experience to join in and discover the grear debate world and some of them are still debating