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About This Initiative
The OSI Youth Initiative seeks to empower youth to become active citizens, willing and able to influence public life and promote open society ideals.

Global Youth Panel Debates Decisions of UN Climate Change Conference
December 7, 2009
Outcomes from the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference will be debated by more than 1,000 members of the Debatewise Global Youth Panel, with support from the Open Society Institute.

"Hate Speech Transforms Roma into 'Tenants' in Their Own Home": Red House Debate
Sofia, Bulgaria
November 19, 2009
Roma youth who were recently trained in debating by the Bulgarian National Debate Association participated in this OSI-supported event.

IDEA Youth Forum
Bosnia & Herzegovina
July 23, 2009
The IDEA Youth Forum is a two-week summer event aimed at bringing 200 high school students and their teachers together to attend debate training sessions and to engage in discussions on current issues.

Debate Showcase
OSI-New York
April 8, 2009
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This round-robin invitational debate was sponsored in part by the Open Society Institute and organized by the International Debate Education Association and Hobart & William Smith Colleges.

Youth Action Fund
The Youth Action Fund aims to identify, inspire, and support dedicated young people who can mobilize their peers to promote open society ideals.

Debate Program
The Debate Program encourages youth to engage in reasoned discussion about issues important to their lives and to call for positive change around the world.

Youth Citizen Journalism
The Youth Initiative has sponsored a series of youth citizen journalism workshops to accompany the Moving Walls International documentary photography exhibit across the Middle East and North Africa.

OSI Grantee iDebate Press Releases Two New Publications
December 8, 2009
In January 2010, iDebate Press is publishing the next two volumes in its Sourcebook on Contemporary Controversies series.

Global Youth Panel Debates Decisions of UN Climate Change Conference
December 7, 2009
Outcomes from the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference will be debated by more than 1,000 members of the Debatewise Global Youth Panel, with support from the Open Society Institute.

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