Guatemala

Jóvenes Liderando Debates (Youth Leading Debate)

With financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), NDI developed a policy dialogue and debate program to support young people develop a range of political assets, increase the profile and credibility of their political voices, and connect them with public policymakers. At the start of the program, NDI developed a dialogue and debate methodology that incorporated NDI’s youth theory of change, NDI’s in-house debates expertise, and lessons learned supporting youth debates globally, including the Ana Usharek program in Jordan and the Challenger program in Moldova.

    Program Features
  1. Participants were civil society youth and party-affiliated young people
  2. Three cities: Coban; Guatemala City; Quetzaltenango
    • Program Components
    • Policy Dialogues
    • Debate Training Camps
    • Regional Competitions
    • National Competitions