PONOVNO VELIK USPEH SLOVENSKE DEBATE

Na IDAS 2009 mednarodnem študentskem debatnem turnirju, ki se je zgodil 27. do 29. novembra v Ljubljani, je zmagal slovenski debater Jernej Jenko, drugo mesto je zasedla ekipa iz Univerze Vermont v sestavi Sara Anders in Sam Natale, ki sta bila najboljša posamična govorca na turnirju.    V finalu sta sicer debatirali dve ameriški in dve slovenski ekipi – v drugi slovenski ekipi Ana Stritih in Žan Žveplan, sicer dijaka in člana svetovne srednješolske debatne ekipe 2010.   V kategoriji posameznih govorcev sta se na 4. mesto uvrstila Maja Cimerman, na 9. pa Filip Dobranić.

S finalno debato se je   tako zaključila mednarodna študentska debatna akademija, že sedma po vrsti, ki jo je Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga organiziral skupaj z World Debate Institutom iz ZDA. Akademija, ki se je 21. novembra začela v Ormožu, kjer je potekal predvsem izobraževalni del, se je čez vikend preselila na Fakulteto za upravo v Ljubljani, na kateri se je zgodil debatni turnir. Na IDAS 2009 je sodelovalo nekaj več kot 100 študentov, mentorjev in predavateljev iz 27 držav (Afganistan, Avstralija, Avstrija, Bosna in Hercegovina, Črna gora, Finska, Grčija,  Hong Kong, Hrvaška, Irska, Italija, Makedonija, Moldova, Nemčija, Nizozemska, Poljska, Romunija, Singapure, Slovenija, Srbija, Ukrajina, Velika Britanija, Venezuela, ZDA) 

Vsi debaterji in debaterke so debatirale 6 debatnih krogov, nato so se najboljše ekipe
uvrstile v polfinale (4 slovenske ekipe, 3 ameriške in ena srbsko-grška). Najboljše 4
ekipe so se uvrstile v finale. Vsak debatni krog je imel drugo debatno trditev, za katero so debaterji izvedeli 15 minut pred začetkom in so se morali nanjo sami pripraviti. Debatne trditve so se ukvarjale z: razmerjem med najnižjimi in najvišjimi plačami; odgovornostjo bogatih držav za pogozdovanje brazilskih pragozdov; iranskim nuklearnim programom; pravico do odklonitve nujne medicinske pomoči; vojaško intervencijo v korumpiranih režimih; gladovno stavko kot legitimnim sredstvom izražanja v demokracijah  … 

Debatna akademija, model debatnega izobraževanja, ki združuje predavanja, delavnice in debate, ki smo jo v sodelovanju z World Debate Institute in prof Alfred C. Sniderjem iz Univerze Vermont  razvili v Sloveniji, se je izkazala za eno najboljših metod poučevanja debate. Zato dobivamo tudi vrsto ponudb, da bi podoben model izobraževanja izpeljali tudi v nekaterih drugih državah. Tako smo poleti organizirali debatno akademijo  v Srbiji, v oktobru v Qatarju  - 200 udeležencev iz 15 držav, čez 14 dni  se odpravljamo v Irak, dogovarjamo se za akademijo na Tajskem in Venezueli.

Več o IDAS 2009 si lahko pogledate na: http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/international-debate-academy.html
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/international-debate-academy-off-to.html

Več o Qatar Debate Academy si lahko pogledate na:
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/qatar-debate-academy-opens.html
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-two-at-qatar-debate-academy.html
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-two-at-qatar-debate-academy.html
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/qatardebate-has-2nd-anniversary.html
http//globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/chile-defeats-new-zealand-for-mini-wsdc.html

V ponedeljek, 30. novembra bo eden od predavateljeva na IDAS 2009 in eden od najuglednejših predavateljev debate na svetu prof. Alfred C. Snider iz Univerze Vermont na Fakulteti za upravo najprej imel predavanje za profesorje Univerze v Ljubljani o uporabi debatnih tehnik kot aktivni metodi poučevanja, nato pa še predavanje za študente in študentke pod naslovom »Kako postanem boljši javni govorec, boljša javna govornica.«

Jutri se bo na Fakulteti za upravo pričel mednarodni študentski debatni turnir IDAS 2009, na katerem bo sodelovalo več kot 100 študentov in študentk ter sodnikov iz 25 držav. Vse debate potekajo v angleškem jeziku in so odprte za javnost, tako da vas vabimo, da pridete pogledat. Še vedno imamo nekaj prostih mest za debaterje, tako da se še vedno lahko prijavite in pridete debatirat.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

1400 Check into Bežigrad highschool dormitory  - for Ormož and tournament only participants

14.30 Tournament registration at the Faculty of administration

1530 Opening Assembly - IDAS  Tournament

1600 Round 1

1800 Round 2

2000 Dinner

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 2009

730-830 Breakfast

900 Round 3

1130 Round 4

1330 Lunch  

1430 Round 5

1630 Round 6

1900 Dinner & Break announcement

Break Party

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 2009

730-830 Breakfast

900 Announcement of pairings and motion

930 Semifinals

1130 Final Round

1300 Closing Ceremonies

Tole pa je članek o tem, da smo dobili grant objavljen na vsaj dveh ameriških blogih www.planetdebate.com, povzeto po  http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com 

Bickel & Brewer Announce Grant for International Debate Academy Slovenia

August 01 2009

The Dallas-based law firm of Bickel and Brewer announced today a $5000 grant to the International Debate Academy Slovenia, sponsored by ZIP Slovenia and the World Debate Institute USA, for scholarship funds to bring the best and neediest of students to the 2009 program, a week-long intensive debate training program that will take place in November.

Sarah Marshala, director of the Bickel and Brewer Foundation, called in this message to Bojana Skrt, IDAS director. "I am happy and very grateful for this award, and I am excited about now offering more scholarships than ever. I hope that the example set by this visionary law firm is something that lawyers in Europe will learn from," said Skrt.

Bickel & Brewer is one of the most aggressive, creative and successful litigation firms in the United States. The firm's concentration in complex litigation and dispute resolution is not confined to particular substantive areas of the law, but to the litigation practice itself. As such, many of the firm's attorneys have gained national recognition by handling cutting-edge cases in a wide variety of substantive legal fields. Bickel & Brewer has proven time and again that the well-honed skills of its litigators may be universally applied to forge profitable resolutions of disputes in any area of law or any area of commercial enterprise. Although the trial and forensic abilities of Bickel & Brewer litigators are unparalleled, these tools are often used as strategic deterrents rather than as implements of first resort. Thus, a substantial portion of the firm's practice is preventative counseling and problem solving. The firm recognizes that in many instances its clients' objectives are best served by successfully avoiding litigation and that success is measured by the advice and counsel provided to achieve this end. However, if full-scale litigation is in the client's best interest, no law firm in the country understands and successfully galvanizes the process as well as Bickel & Brewer. http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=the_firm

The International Debate Academy Slovenia is now in its seventh year and has become one of the world's premier debate training programs, focusing on training in the WUDC format. Students from over twenty countries have attended the program, and faculty members come from the top ranks of debate trainers from around the world. http://debate.uvm.edu/idas.html

The dates for 2009 are 21-29 November 2009.

One of the other events Bickel and Brewer supports is the International Public Policy Forum that it operates in partnership with New York University. It is a debate contest that allows high school students from all over the world to compete against each other to earn an all-expense paid trip to New York City for the top eight teams and a chance to win $10,000. Formerly known as the Bickel & Brewer/ NYU National Public Policy Forum, the IPPF is a unique debate competition involving public and private schools from across the globe. Visit http://www.nppf.net/ for more information! See their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/International-Public-Policy-Forum/211483875322?ref=ts