[university-l] update about IDEA Youth Summer Forum - TOPICS

[Jurate Motiejunaite]

The Forum accommodates two debate tournaments, one in the beginning of
the Forum and a second one in the last days of the Forum. The IDEA Karl
Popper Debate Championships is the first tournament, when students
compete in their national teams. During the second tournament, the IDEA
Karl Popper Mixed Teams Tournament, students compete in mixed teams,
formed of debaters from different countries. 

The IDEA Karl Popper Debate Championships will feature two prepared
topics and three limited preparation debate topics (announced at the
Forum, 30 minutes prior to the round) in the area of water: 

Prepared topic 1: "Dams be damned"
Prepared topic 2: "Private management of fresh water utilities is
preferable to their public management" 

Please check below for a detailed explanation of how the two topics will
be alternated during debate rounds. 

The IDEA Mixed Teams Championships will feature one prepared topic and
three limited preparation debate topics (announced at the Forum, 30
minutes prior to the round) in the area of freedom of expression. The
prepared topic will be: "Hate speech should be a crime". 

Several changes have been introduced in this year's Forum tournaments'
structure:
1.	The IDEA Karl Popper Debate Championships will accommodate six
preliminary rounds after which the first eight teams advance to
elimination rounds. Thus, the first elimination round is quarterfinals. 
2.	During the IDEA Karl Popper Debate Championships two
above-mentioned prepared resolutions will be debated. In addition, two
rounds will be limited preparation debate rounds, with topics being
announced 30 minutes before the rounds. The schedule for the first
tournament, then, is as follows:
Round 1: Prepared topic 1
Round 2: Prepared topic 1
Round 3: Limited preparation debates
Round 4: Limited preparation debates
Round 5: Prepared topic 2
Round 6: Prepared topic 2
Quarterfinals: Prepared topic 
Semifinals: Limited preparation debates
Final round: Prepared topic 2
3.	The IDEA Karl Popper Mixed Teams Tournament will accommodate six
preliminary rounds and advance the first eight teams to quarterfinals.
One topic will be debated throughout preliminary and elimination rounds.
Participants will also debate limited preparation topics, announced 30
minutes before their respective rounds. The schedule of rounds is as
follows:
Round 1: Prepared topic
Round 2: Prepared topic
Round 3: Limited preparation debates
Round 4: Limited preparation debates
Round 5: Prepared topic
Round 6: Prepared topic
Quarters: Prepared topic
Semis: Limited preparation debates
Finals: Prepared topic
 
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