Project "Debate Leader School 2019/2020" is an amazing educational project organized by the Latvian Debate Association "QUO Tu doma?" and supported by the British Council Latvia since 2016. More than 200 students and 70 teachers have already participated in the project. Will you be the next debate leader?

During the project participants get to participate in various lectures and practical workshops, starting with "What is debating and critical thinking?", "What is public speech?", "How to make a good argument?", ending with "Introduction to economics" and "Migration and globalization". Throughout the project, lectures will become more advanced and diverse. Participants are also encouraged to suggest their own ideas on lectures they would find beneficial to have. Working language of the project is English, therefore all participants should have sufficient English language level.

Some of the lecturers that have participated in the project include Inga Spriņģe (Journalist, Co-Founder of the Re:Baltica), Morten Hansen (Head of Economics Department of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga), Andris Grafs (Vice President Latvia at the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance), Dr.Solvita Denisa Liepniece (Assistant Professor at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences), Konstantin Benyumov (Chief Editor at Meduza English), Mārtiņš Zemītis ( European Commission Representation in Riga), Oskars Priede (Public speaking trainer), Liene Gātere (Head of the Transparency International DELNA), Ernests Štāls (Co-founder and Board member of TechChill and TechHub Riga), all Co-Founders and Board Members of the Latvian Debate Association "QUO Tu doma?" and many more amazing professionals!

Schedule of the project:
26th - 27th of October, 2019 (first two-day session);
3rd - 4th of January, 2020 (second two-day session);
End-of-January, 2020 (an international debate tournament in Tallinn, Estonia);
14th - 15th of March, 2020 (third two-day session/also graduation of the project).