First ever IDEA debate forum in Africa

[mzaleski at idebate.org]

Dear All,
I am reporting from Jinja in Uganda where IDEA, together with CRY-Uganda and AJPRODHO Rwanda are organizing its first ever debate youth forum in Africa. The Forum is part of the  Dialogue Through Debate project (www.idebate.org/dtd) supported by the European Commission and involving trainers, coaches and secondary school debaters from Rwanda and Uganda as well as staff from IDEA  and Informal Education Debate Centre from Lithuania. 
The Forum is the last major event of the project which included series of trainings, study visits (Netherlands, Lithuania and Czech Republic) as well as public debates in Rwanda and Uganda.
Sanne, Veronika and Marcin have just arrived to Jinja and we will be starting with a meeting of trainers (16 persons) tomorrow morning - which will continue till Saturday afternoon.
Saturday is the arrival day and we are expecting 100 students and coaches from Rwanda and Uganda.
We will keep you informed about the progress of the Forum on regular basis and will post pictures as well as testimonies of the participants on our website.
If you would like to read more about the DTD project please visit www.idebate.org/dtd and follow the link to discussion board (at the bottom of the page).
All the best
Marcin
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