From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

The Open Communication

Intercollegiate debating league in Serbia

Field	Value
name	The Open Communication
image	Open communication logo.jpg
formation	1997.
type	Student debating organization
headquarters	Belgrade
location	Belgrade, Serbia
leader_title	President
leader_name	Katarina Lazić
website	http://www.ok.org.rs

The Open Communication Universities Debating Network (/ Otvorena komunikacija) was founded in 1997 in Belgrade. Founded by both professors and students, it was established as an organization which promotes civic discourse, non-violent communication, critical thinking, argumentative presentation of ideas, public speaking as a form of free speech and the use of parliamentary debate as an educational and promotional tool.

Working with students

Preserving the same goals, Open Communication has been working in three University centers (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš) and now has more than 150 active members out of over 850 students that passed its parliamentary debate training program. It currently encompasses 5 debate clubs, among which the Belgrade Law School Debate Club was formed first in 1997. The Club has been functioning since its foundation even during the times when its activities were banned. During that period the Law School Debate Club organized its activities as part of the Alternative Academic Network and Belgrade Open School. However, since the democratic changes in Serbia in 2000, the Law School Debate Club has continuously received generous financial and institutional support from the School of Law.

International recognition

Open Communication is a recognized member of International Debate Education Association (IDEA) and the Serbian representative in the European Universities Debating Council, currently holding the office of Vice President, and it successfully cooperates with numerous international, regional and local organizations through international tournaments and seminars.

Goals

The primary goals and activities of this organization include:

promoting debate through faculty-based clubs;
organizing seminars, debate tournaments and debate academies;
organizing expert lectures, panel discussions and public debates;
pursuing all forms of tolerant, rational and open communication to promote it as political and educational means, as well as a powerful tool for civil initiative and action.

Organizing public debates has been one of the priorities of Open Communication for the last several years. Raising public awareness is one of the crucial aims of our organization, as well as educating students and the society as a whole that peaceful communication through arguments is more efficient, more creative and will bring them closer to their goals.

Regional activities

Open Communication is also active in promoting debating around the region. Trainers who are members of the network have held workshops in Austria, Hungary, North Macedonia and Montenegro over the past year.

References

https://ok.org.rs/upravni-odbor/

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

debating 1997-establishments-in-serbia organizations-established-in-1997

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about The Open Communication — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report