Hired judges for the KPDC

We were glad to see that 24 people responded to the call for Extra judges. The Forum Coordinator and Chief Adjudicator have selected the following individuals who will complete the judging panel with their extensive experience:

Anca Pusca (ROM/UK)
Arielle Dundas (NL/USA)
Dominik Moskovan (CR)
Kai Klandorf (EST)
Matej Kurian (SR)
Miroslav Josic (CRO)and
Spela Kunej (SLO).

as coach you need to know

... a few administrative matters you need to think about
1 Registration please note the deadline is May 31, 2009! For financial aid May 15

2 visas & document requirements to enter BiH
Please check the following section to verify if you and your students need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina.

To avoid any potential trouble at the borders ALL minors (under 18) coming to the Youth Forum need have a permission from their parents stating that they allow their children to travel with you as the assigned coach to the Youth Forum. Please make sure your students have this form with them! read more.

3 Travel and transportation - We will be providing pickup at the airport, bus and train station upon your arrival to and departure from Sarajevo. Check out the local airlines for affordable flights.

4 Parental permission forms and consent slips: Each participant or in case of minors his/her legal representative (eg. parent) has to sign a consent form. read more

Something more about the event...

The Youth Forum starts with the great competition of nations -the Karl Popper Debate Championship (KPDC). The best teams will then compete in grand finals on July 27th. The new champions will receive the great trophy !

If you want to learn more about the Karl Popper Debate Format, please visit the IDEA main website - section about the formats.

Every person participating as coach or judge is expected to judge duringe the KPDC. In order to do that, please read Judging Karl Popper Debate Handbook Judging KP debate handbook.

After July 27th you will join the new coaches and judges track. During debate training sessions, you will be divided into small groups in order to engage in more personalized teaching, which will give you the opportunity to interact with other teachers and students from rich and diverse cultural, social and educational backgrounds.
These are the set of skills we will be focusing on:

• The art of judging
• Coaching and teaching debate
• Organizing debate events – public debate, tournament, workshops, camps
• Judging on an international level

Apart from the well- prepared, day sessions, we encourage you to take part in evening activities. Come prepared to show your beautiful and varied culture during the Cultural Expo and your talents and imagination at themed parties.

All in all awaitng you are two weeks of great fun, enriching experience and bonding with new friends from all over the world !

To advise your students...

To help your students find the most suitable track please refer to track tracks' description.
Please see section to learn more about administrative matters.
Please contact the Youth Forum Coordinator if you have any questions.