International middle school, int. high school tournament in Slovenia

[bojana.skrt at siol.net]

Dear all, 

Firstly, I need to share with me the excitement I feel today: tonight the national Slovenian TV  shows  the 50 minutes
documentary which                  was made              about   Slovenian delegation at the Worlds School Debate Championship 
in July 2007 in Seoul.  I am proud and scared. 

Secondly,  I am very honoured to open the registration for two international events we are organizing in March, 
the International high school debate tournament, held on the 7th and 8th of March in Postojna and 
the International middle school debate tournament, held on 15th of March in Celje.  

All the participants from other countries are invited to come a few days earlier. You will be hosted by the debaters         of the hosting schools (home stays), you will be invited to participate in the regular classrooms and debate activities. Some sight seeing will be organized as well.  

We will appreciate a lot if you can send the information about these events to the debaters, debate coaches, teachers in your country. Please, feel free to ask any questions you might have. I will be more than willing to answer.  

INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT, March 7th and 8th 2008, Šolski center Postojna 
For high school debaters. 
Debate format: Worlds School Debate Format, check the format on www.schoolsdebate.com
Language: English
Debate motions will be connected with EU, the prepared ones will be announced at the       end of January. 
Tournament will have 6 debate rounds  for everybody (3 on prepared, 3»impromptu«), semi – finals and finals on prepared debate motions. 
Participation fee: 25 EUR per person in cash upon arrival.  
Registration is open now. 

VERY IMPORTANT: BY DEBATE TEAM WE MEAN 3 DEBATERS – WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TEAMS OF FOUR OR FIVE DEBATERS. EVERYBODY COMING AS A DEBATER NEEDS TO DEBATE ALL DEBATE ROUNDS. 

Postojna is a town 60 km from Ljubljana on the way to the Adriatic coast, easy accessible by traines and buses from Ljubljana, Trieste or Venice. There are lots of cheap    airlines, like Easyjet and Ryanair, Germanwings and others flying to Ljubljana, Trieste or Venice. Postojna is well known for the extremely beautiful caves. 

Please, check the following web page: http://www.postojnska-ama.si/?lang=en&cat=6  to learn more about the caves. If you want to check the school, here is the link to their web page: http://www.scpo.si/
 
When register please fill the following application form.  Please, have in mind that in case of                very big interest we will need to limit the number of teams per country.  The application form and all inquiries should be sent to bojana.skrt at siol.net 

APPLICATION FORM  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT, Postojna, 7th – 8th of March 2008 

NAME OF THE DEBATE CLUB/SCHOOL: 
ADRESS OF THE SCHOOL: 
COUNTRY: 
CONTACT PERSON: 
CONTACT PERSON EMAIL, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER 

DEBATERS INFORMATION 
Name and surname:
Birth data: 
Gender: 
Nationality: 
Special needs: 

JUDGES INFORMATION 
Name and surname:
Birth data: 
Gender: 
Nationality: 
Special needs: 
Judging, coaching, debate experience: 


INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT, Middle school Frana Roša Celje, 
15 th of March 2008  
For the debaters aged 11 to 14, 6th to 9th grade
Debate format: Karl Popper, 3 persons team,  cross examination
Motion: »Media are responsible for anorexia and bulemia among youth.« 
Language: English 
Tournament: 3 debate rounds and the finals
Participation fee: 15 EUR per person in cash upon arrival. 
Registration is open now. 

Celje is the third biggest Slovenian town, located 60 km west from Ljubljana, easy accessible by train or bus from Ljubljana. When checking the options of flying to Slovenia, you can look also at the Ryanair flying from London to Maribor and of course flights to Ljubljana, Zagreb, Klagenfurt, Graz, Venice – these are the places where you can land and than take a train for Celje. 

Here is the web address of the hosting school: http://www2.arnes.si/~oscefr2s/
The debate club coach name is Dušica Doberšek. Her email address  is: dusica.dobersek at guest.arnes.si,her mobile phone number is: +386 40 802740. 

The application form should be sent to my email address: bojana.skrt at siol.net. All the  questions about the tournament should be addressed to me, all the questions about host families, school, Celje  to the hosting club debate coach at dusica.dobersek at guest.arnes.si 

APPLICATION FORM  FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT, Celje, 15th of March 2008 

NAME OF THE DEBATE CLUB/SCHOOL: 
ADRESS OF THE SCHOOL: 
COUNTRY: 
CONTACT PERSON: 
CONTACT PERSON EMAIL, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER 

DEBATERS INFORMATION 
Name and surname:
Birth data: 
Gender: 
Nationality: 
Special needs: 

JUDGES INFORMATION 
Name and surname:
Birth data: 
Gender: 
Nationality: 
Special needs: 
Judging, coaching, debate experience: 

Looking forward seeing you all in Slovenia, 

Bojana Skrt
director 
Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga, Slovenia  
www.ljudmila.org/debata 
+ 386 41 423377

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