Two ARGO Debaters make the National Team for IDEA Youth Forum 2011

Teodor Sovaiala Ionescu and Laura Gheorghe, both part of the ARGO Sophomores programme  have been selected to the Romanian National Team for the IDEA Youth Forum, Karl Popper Debating Championship 2011 that will be held in Instanbul, Turkey from the 19th of July to the 1st of August.




They will be part of the team along with Radu Bitu, from AES Ploiesti and will be coached by Bianca Dragomir.

We are very proud of our debaters and wish the team the best of luck in the KPDC and to have a great time , learn useful and interesting things and come back to share with the rest of us:)

ARGO Debater @ Economy Works

Catalina Diaconeasa one our most active ARGO Sophomores managed to win 2 out of 3 modules of the online essay contest Economy Works, organised by SoLib. Prizes for each module were of 100$ in cash.

By winning Catalina made it to the contest's final in Bucharest, along with 8 other high-school students, where she presented her work, in English, in front of a jury composed of economics professors and think thank executives.

The conference consisted of a number of activities, including a practice debate session on economic issues organised by ARGO trainers David Moscovici and Serban Pitic.

We extent our sincere congratulations to Catalina, to the organisers and all the very intelligent and tallented young people that participated.

ARGO@Meeting the Great Debaters Final, Cluj

 Last weekend in Cluj was organised what in our opinion was the most important, well organised and high-level Universities Debating Tournament in Romania for some time now.

 ARGO was represented by Eveline Dicu and David Moscovici (team ASE Bucharest A) and Serban Pitic, debating along Radu Tiganas from Central Debate Bucharest (team UNATC-UNT Bucharest A).

Serban and Radu made it as finalsits and Eveline and David made it to the semi-finals. All three ARGO Debaters  made the top 10 speaker list, Serban Pitic being awarded the 3rd rank in the tournament.

 The tournamet was held in english, in Worlds Format (BP) and was honoured by the participation of 4 great Oxford Union debate judges: Johnathan Leader Maynard, Lizzie Bauer, David Whatson and Neil Dewar that judged debates alongside experienced Romanian judges such as: Emi Beteringhe, Radu Stoita and Anca Pascu.

Congrats to the our friends Petru Seicaru and Laur Balasa, the winners of the tournament. Also congrats to Flavia and Sorina for making the finals and the top 10 Speaker List:) And the great photos.

 Organised very well, with great venues, acoomodation and terrific party-ing. We had a great time and would like to express many thanks to Emil Mesaros and ARDOR Transilvania for organising a great event, to all the people involved (volunteers, BBU Staff), to the great teams at the tournament and our friendly adjudicators:)

New ARGO Debaters 2010

 Anul acesta echipa ARGO s-a mobilizat ca niciodata si astfel am reusit sa organizam demonstrative in 4 scoli ploiestene: CNMV, CN Al I Cuza, Colegiul Spiru Haret si Scoala Nr.8.

 Dezbaterile demonstrative au atras in jur de 80 de elevi participanti la sesiunea de anul acesta a ARGO Interviews.

 Interview-urile au fost o mare placere pentru comisia de selectie formata din Simona Mazilu, David Moscovici, Eveline Dicu si Serban Pitic. Tinerii doritori de a deveni membrii ai ARGO s-au dovedit cu adevarat talentati si dornici de dezbatere.

 La sfarsitul zilei a trebuit sa fie luata o decizie si astfel au fost selectati 53 de noi debateri.
Acestia vor fi impartiti in patru grupe. ARGO Freshmen (clasele a -8-a, a -9-a si a -10-a) cu cele trei grupe : RED Squad (coordonata de Serban Pitic), PURPLE Squad (coordonata de Simona Mazilu) si BLUE Squad (coordonata de David Moscovici) si ARGO Juniors (clasele a 6-a si a 7-a ) - coordonata de catre Eveline Dicu si Serban Pitic.

Se arata un an foarte bun de debate!

World Schools pentru Profesori la Slanic Moldova

In perioada 1-4 septembrie trainerii ARGO Nae Sovaiala si Serban Pitic au fost invitati de catre ARDOR Muntenia si ARDOR Moldova sa sustina trainingul de World Schools Debating pentru profesori-instuctori de club din toata tara, organizat de ARDOR Moldova la Slanic Moldova.

Evenimentul a fost o ocazie foarte placuta de discuta si de a schimba idei cu profesori implicati in miscarea de dezbateri.

Discutiile si trainingul pe tema dezbaterilor World Schools s-au axat pe Istoria Formatului, prezentarea generala a regulilor in prima parte si ,modul de predare si arbitraju, in partea a doua.

La sfarsitul zilei ne-am simtit bine impreuna prin jocuri de socializare si culminand cu un foarte distractiv Fun Debate.

Vrem sa multumim pe aceasta cale domnului si doamnei Zaharia pentru organizarea acestui foarte util si placut eveniment, lui Emi Beteringhe care ne-a recomandat pentru acest proiect si tuturor participantilor care contribuie cu energia si timpul lor la miscarea de dezbateri din Romania.

Mult succes tuturor celor care au participat si sa ne vedem cu bine la viitoare evenimente

Trainerii ARGO dau o mana de ajutor in prezentarea formatului World Schools la Nationala

 Anul acesta Forumul National ARDOR a marcat o premiera foarte importanta pentru miscarea de dezbateri din Romania. Primul turneu national in formatul World Schools, turneu care a avut loc in urma unui training prin care detaliile formatului au fost clarificate atat pentru debateri cat si pentru arbitrii participanti.

 Vrem pe aceasta cale sa multumim Asociatiei de Educatie Sociala si in special organizatorilor Formului pentru curajul de a implementa aceasta schimbare si pentru profesionalismul cu care a fost tratat intregul eveniment. De asemenea ne bucuram ca am putut prin reprezentantii nostri Serban Pitic si Iulian Maier, care au sustinut alaturi de traineri AES instructajul despre WS, sa contribuim la o prima nationala de WS cat mai faina!

Pentru cat mai multe nationale de WS!

Debate Answering the Challanges of Immigration and Multiculturalist Project - European Project ARGO in Partnership

          

The project is supported by European Union,  “Europe for Citizens’ Programme”

Title of the project »DEBATE ANSWERING THE CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRATION AND MUTLICULTURALISM«

The  national Slovenian debate organisation ZIP,  Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga/Pro et contra, institute of culture of dialogue www.zainproti.com  is a  leading applicant and a coordinating organisation.

Other partners in the projects are:

from Italy, Associazione per una cultura e la promozione del  dibattito, Padua

from Lithuania, Debatų Centro/Educational Debate Center, Druskininkai,  www.debate.lt  

from Macedonia,   Mladinski obrazovni forum/Youth educational forum, Skopje, http://www.mof.org.mk/

from Poland, Fundacja Res Publica im. Henryka Krzeczkowskiego, Warszawa, http://publica.pl/aktualnosci/

from Romania, ARGO Debate Ploeiesti/Asociatia Romana pentru Gandire si Oratorie, Ploiesti, http://argodebate.blogspot.com

Description of the project

The event aims to deliver a high-standard public exchange of opinions on diverse topics surrounding the integration and expansion of the European Union and the challenges and opportunities these processes bring for the future of the European polis and wider. The main features of the planned event are: i) high-quality training for the development of skills necessary to express opinions in the public sphere. By integrating students into a week-long educational event they are able to upgrade their factual knowledge gained in the sphere of formal education with the tools necessary to successfully implement it and at the same time promote importance of non-formal learning (public speaking, argumentation lectures and drills in small groups with highly qualified trainers from across Europe and wider); ii) to provide a safe and open forum for the participants to express their opinions and views on the development of the European union, its role and form of the European citizenship. The multi-cultural background of the participants will help them to become more aware of the diverse cultures that Europe has to offer and at the same time provide them with the tools necessary to critically evaluate and promote the idea of the common values that they share (open forum discussions, lectures on diverse European processes, integration of the selected themes into the methodology of formal debating); iii) to educate young intellectuals  now, so that they will be able to use their role and skills to further the idea of the need to promote a trans-national public discussion of the European citizenship and its relations to the world (materials will be available for the dissemination before, during and after the event); iv) to provide a platform for the visibility of the selected themes and the importance of non-formal education (in the event promotion we will inform media partners and invite experts and elected representatives and local authorities to participate in discussions).