ARGO final at Fiat! Debate International WS Tournament

Cum isi petrec debaterii ziua de 1mai? Joaca in finala singurei competitii internationale de debate din Romania.

Organizat de catre Asociatia de Educatie Sociala Ploiesti, cea de-a sasea editie a turneului "Fiat! Debate" s-a desfasurat in perioada 29aprilie-1mai in Sinaia si s-a bucurat de participarea a peste 20 de echipe din Romania, Republica Moldova si Macedonia. ARGO a fost reprezentat de catre urmatoarii debateri:

• Bogdan Pelin, Ciprian Neagu, Mihai Oprea (ARGO 1) 
• Teo Sovaiala, Sorin Nita, Theodor Moise (ARGO 2)
• Catalin-Radu Barbu, Laura Dragoi, Andrei Olaru, Ciprian Arsenie (ARGO 3)
• Stefania Ionescu, Marius Petcu, Valentin Ionescu (ARGO 4)

insotiti de Eveline Dicu in calitate de coach si Alexandra Neacsu, Iulian Maier si Ana-Maria Neacsu in calitate de arbitri.

Echipele au dezbatut motiuni provocatoare pe subiecte de actualitate cum ar fi: pedeapsa publica pentru cei ce au participat activ la un genocid, legitimitatea fortarii institutiilor religioase de a oficia casatoriile gay, relevanta principiilor morale in dezvoltarea profesionala. 

Trei echipe (ARGO 1, ARGO 2 si ARGO 3) au facut break-ul, intrand astfel in sferturi. ARGO 2 si ARGO 3 s-au confruntat in finala dezbatand daca activistii pentru drepturile omului din Libia ar trebui sa recurga la forme violente sau pasnice de protest. Intr-o finala aproape exemplara, echipa formata din Teo, Sorin si Theo au reusit sa-si impuna principiile si altfel au devenit campionii celei de-a sasea editii Fiat! Debate. 

Multumim pe aceasta cale organizatorilor pentru un turneu de o calitate exceptionala, exact cum ne-au obisnuit, si asteptam cu nerabdare urmatoarea editie.

Bratislava Schools Debating Tournament 2011

In perioada 7 - 11 aprilie ARGO a participat cu 2 echipe la Bratislava Schools Debating Competition


In componenta delegatiei au intrat Catalina Diaconeasa, Raluca Stroe si Laura Gheorghe (New Outlook) si Andrei Dan Olaru, Laura Dragoi, Catalin Radu Barbu si Ciprian Arsenie (T-Squad).




Cele doua echipe au fost insotite de Nae Sovaiala in rol de coach.


Concurenta dura si motiunile variate au pus la incercare atat capacitatile oratorice si gandirea critica a debaterilor nostri cat si cultura lor generala - deloc de mirare in contextul in care BSDC se anunta ca un antrenament pentru Campionatul Mondial de dezbateri academice sustinut in Scotia in August.


In rundele prepared, echipele au dezbatut teme vizand obligatia morala a statelor sa-si deschida granitele pentru imigranti din lumea a treia si dreptul oricarui stat de a judeca orice individ pentru crime impotriva umanitatii. In timpul impromptuului delegatia argo s-a confruntat cu motiuni privind tolerarea discursului “politically incorect” si fortarea companiilor tip junk food sa plateasca daune consumatorilor.


Atat New Outlook cat si T-Squad s-au calificat pana in sferturi de finala unde au pierdut impotriva unor echipe excelente din Singapore, Laura Dragoi si Catalin Radu Barbu aducand acasa doua locuri din Top Ten Speakers - 10 respectiv 8.

Black Sea Open

ARGO a acceptat cu placere invitatia CDOR Socrates de a coordona aspectele tehnice "de debate" ale turneului Black Sea Open, care va avea loc in Constanta, la Colegiul National Pedagogic "Constantin Bratescu", in perioada 20-22 mai 2011.

Echipa ARGO la Black Sea Open va fi condusa de Eveline Dicu (Chief Adjudicator) si Serban Pitic (Assistant Chief Adjudicator). Cei doi, alaturi de alti membri ARGO vor coordona arbitrajul, buna desfasurare a dezbaterilor, vor asigura motiuni de o calitate cat mai buna, respectarea regulilor formatului WS si regulilor de bun simt in dezbateri.

Openul va face parte din seria de open-uri oficiale pentru cluburile din reteaua ARDOR Muntenia.

Echipa ARGO a contribuit desigur si cu expertiza in ceea ce priveste organizarea unui turneu important de dezbateri.

Echipa de organizarea de la Socrates, Constanta a muncit si munceste din greu pentru a asigura cele mai bune conditii pentru participanti.  Pentru noi este o placere colaborarea cu ei si suntem convisi ca impreuna vom da un open de deabate desavarsit.

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!