NDI is hopeful that the information in this guide is useful to both new and experienced debate sponsors. As organizers move forward with their plans, NDI would like to recommend additional resources, including the Debates International website (www.debatesinternational.org), a global resource for debate updates, news, videos, organizing and production materials as well as research and data on debates.
The experienced members of the Debates International network can also serve as excellent resources on holding debates in a range of political environments and cultures. Information on the network members follows. (Tip: Debates International Network Members)
Debates International Network
Africa
- Ghana — Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
- Malawi — Presidential Debate Task Force
- Nigeria — Nigerian Elections Debate Group
- Sierra Leone — Campaign for Good Governance
- Sierra Leone — Guild of Newspaper Editors
Asia
Caribbean
- Guyana — Merundoi
- Haiti — Public Policy Intervention Group (Groupe d’Intervention en Affaires Publiques, GIAP)
- Jamaica — Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC)
- Trinidad and Tobago — Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC)
Central and Eastern Europe
- Serbia — Center for Free Elections and Democracy (Centar za Slobodne Izbore I Demokratiju, CeSID)
- Serbia — Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (Centar Za Istraživanje, Transparentnost I Odgovornost, CRTA)
- Moldova — Promo-LEX Association (Asociatia Promo-LEX)
Latin America
- Argentina — Center for Implementation of Public Polices for Equity and Growth (Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento, CIPPEC)
- Colombia — Social Civic Foundation Pro-Cartagena (Fundación Cívico Social Pro Cartagena, FUNCICAR)
- Guatemala — Association of Guatemalan Managers (Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala, AGG)
- Paraguay — Democracy in Development (Democracia en Desarollo, DENDE)
- Peru — Transparency (Asociación Civil Transparencia, Transparencia)
Middle East
- Regional — Al Munathara