Training
Debating Competition
JCI World Debating Championship to take place in Hammamet, Tunisia.
One of the highlights of the 2009 JCI World Congress in Hammamet, Tunisia will be the JCI World Debating Championship sponsored by 1963 JCI President Eric H. Stevenson.
The World Debating Championship takes place in November, 2009 in three languages, English, French and Spanish. National Organizations are encouraged to register teams for this program as well as for the championships at the area conferences.
A team should have four members: three debaters and one adjudicator. Due to time constraints there will be a limit in the number of teams admitted. The registration forms as well as the rules and guidelines are available for download below.
Changes in the speaking format
To improve the JCI World Debating Championship, in 2008 JCI changed the order of speakers and their allocated time during the Championship.
The new speaking order and time allocated at the Championships:
Captain FOR: (2 minutes)
Captain AGAINST: (2 minutes)
1st Speaker FOR: (3 minutes)
1st Speaker AGAINST: (3 minutes)
2nd Speaker FOR: (3 minutes)
2nd Speaker AGAINST: (3 minutes)
Captain FOR: (2 minutes)
Captain AGAINST: (2 minutes)
The new kit can be downloaded from the JCI website (www.jci.cc/downloads).
To register your team for the Championship, please download the entry form from the JCI website (www.jci.cc/downloads) and send it to programs@jci.cc before the Area Conferences and the World Congress.