Europe
Global Debates Young Leaders' Program
Equip Your Child to Become a Confident Leader Capable of Building Brigdes and Breaking Barriers
Unlock your child's full potential with the Young Leaders' Program — where debate sharpens the mind and develops leadership skills through engaging, hands-on learning experiences. Over the course of two months, participants will develop the skills to speak with impact, think with clarity, and lead with purpose and confidence — preparing them not just for success in school, but for life.
Program Overview
The Young Leaders' Program is a unique after-school weekend program designed to develop sound debating skills and leadership qualities by engaging the students through a participatory and experiential pedagogy. The Young Leaders' Program is delivered as four interconnected— Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced and Professional — learning journeys in association with the Global Citizenship Foundation.
The program provides a unique opportunity for students to develop robust communication skills, democratic-leadership, social skills, debating skills, decision-making skills, collaborative skills by unleashing their competitive, logical, analytical, critical, and creative thinking.
The program embeds approaches such as natural learning, collective engagement, mutual support, and co-operative learning towards ensuring that the child is not forced to learn or to respond to any activity.
To make learning an enriching and immersive experience, the program employs an optimal blend, selection and sequence of fun, serious, interactive and experiential activities— such as Research, Group Discussion, Decision Making, Cooperative Learning, Reading, Storytelling, Campaigning, Little Entrepreneur, Market Skills, Debate, Writing, Drama, Persuasion, Inter-personal Skill Training, Language Training, Negotiation, Thought Challenge, Survival Jigs, SDG Action, Indoor Sports, Games, Assignments, Presentations and other productive activities.
Program Goals
Enhance critical, creative, & analytical thinking
Sharpen communication & decision-making
Develop confidence & leadership presence
Develop collaborative skills
Engage in meaningful debates on real-world issues
Program Agenda
Introduction & Ice-breaker
Date, TBDArgumentation Part 1
Date, TBDArgumentation Part 2
Date, TBDSkills and Drills
Date, TBDWinning When Losing
Date, TBDMini-Debates
Date, TBDRecap + Skills and Drills
Date, TBDDebate Prep
Date, TBDArgumentation Skills 3
Date, TBDDebate Strategy Part 1
Date, TBDDebate Strategy Part 2
Date, TBDDebate Strategy Part 3
Date, TBDDebate Strategy Part 4
Date, TBDDebate Games 1
Date, TBDDebate Games 2
Date, TBDShowcase Debates
Date, TBD
Certification Criteria
To receive certificate of completion, participants shouild meet the following criteria:
Certificate of Program Completion issued by Global Debates in association with the Global Citizenship Foundation.
Lead Facilitator
Aaryan Salman
Debate Coach
About the Global Debates Experience
The Global Debates’ Experience is time-tested & one of the leading set of programs in debate education, public speaking, & democratic-leadership development. Our programs are designed to leverage the power of natural, social and peer-to-peer learning through a heterogeneous group of learners in two age categories— ages 08-17 and 18-27.
Our fun & unforgettable debating & leadership-building experiences promote the development of self-esteem, independence, and responsibility. The Global Debates’ Four-Team Format is unique & acclaimed in developing sound thinking & decision-making skills.
Global Debates is an independent, non-partisan, progressive initiative seeking to develop confident communicators, critical-thinkers, & empowered global citizens and leaders — of today & tomorrow — equipped to shape a more just, inclusive, peaceful, secure & sustainable future for all.
Interested in bringing the Young Leaders' Program to your institution?
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