🇮🇹 TC "Debate Lab - Youth Work Open Mic" / 19-27.05.2026 - Furnari (ME), Sicily, Italy / 2025-3-IT03-KA153-YOU-000369484 🗣️
- Be The Change Italy
- Mar 25
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 7
🎤 TC "Debate Lab - Youth Work Open Mic" (DLYWOM)
📆 19.05 - 27.05.2026
📍 Furnari (ME), Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹
🔎 Main Objectives:
Empower youth workers with structured debate methodologies to foster constructive dialogue and democratic participation among young people.
Develop practical facilitation skills using different debate formats to manage sensitive topics safely.
Co-create "Debate-in-a-Box", an Open Educational Resource (OER) containing ready-to-use motions, role cards, and inclusive adaptations.
Build a transnational community of practice and support the creation of local debate clubs to combat polarization and misinformation.
🌍 Partners
🇮🇹 Be The Change
Instagram: http://instagram.com/bethechange_it/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeTheChangeNGO
🇹🇷 Strong Future Association
🇲🇰 Civil Association Center for Regional Sustainable Development Negotino
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crorcrsd_negotino/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crorcrsd
🇵🇱 TA - Stowarzyszenie Warte Uwagi / Association Worth Attention
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warteuwagi.ngo/
🇪🇸 Asociación Sociocultural y Musical A La Mua
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alamua_projects/
🇷🇴 Asociatia Bradul, Muntele si Neagra (BMN)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmnngo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asociatiabmn
🇧🇬 Opportunities Hub Bulgaria
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🌍 Project Overview
"Debate Lab - Youth Work Open Mic" aims to equip youth workers, educators, and community facilitators with the skills to inspire, engage, and empower young people through structured debate, constructive dialogue, and innovative non-formal education methods 🎤🌍.
In a world increasingly marked by polarization, misinformation, and digital echo chambers, this project provides participants with practical tools to create safe spaces for respectful disagreement, foster critical thinking, and promote democratic inclusion.
Through hands-on workshops, collaborative projects, and intercultural exchange, participants will refine their facilitation skills, learn different debate formats, and explore creative ways to address sensitive social issues. The training encourages the use of debate not as an elite competition, but as an accessible and inclusive tool for youth participation and community building across Europe.
đź’ˇ Working Methods
Our training course is designed using interactive, non-formal education techniques and a strong "learning-by-doing" approach 🎓✨. Expect a dynamic mix of:
🗣️ Debate Practice & Role Rotation - Learn and practice different debate formats by constantly rotating roles: Speaker, Moderator, Judge, and Timekeeper.
🧠Critical Thinking & Facilitation Sessions - Develop active listening, constructive feedback, and conflict management skills through practical exercises and logical fallacy games.
🤝 Collaborative Co-Creation - Work in multicultural teams to design and finalize "Debate-in-a-Box", an Open Educational Resource (OER) featuring motion banks, role cards, and inclusive adaptations.
🌍 Intercultural Evenings - The Training Course lives in a multicultural context and we are not gonna miss the change to share and celebrate traditions, music, and cuisine from your country in self-organized cultural nights. 🍽️🎶 📢 Local Action Planning - Prepare concrete strategies and "Local Plans" to organize debate clubs or open mic nights in your local communities right after the training.
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