Governing document INTERNATIONAL DEBATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION-UK

Charity number: 1139452
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 17 FEBRUARY 2010 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON NAME CHANGE ISSUED 18 NOVEMBER 2010

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOSTERING AN OPEN SOCIETY BY SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, TOLERANCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION. THESE OBJECTS MAY BE PERFORMED BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THEY MAY: (A) CONDUCT, OPERATE, CO-ORDINATE, PARTICIPATE IN, AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, CHARITABLE, HUMANITARIAN, AND OTHER PUBLICLY BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, WHETHER THEY ARE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF IDEA OR OF OTHER PHYSICAL PERSONS AND/OR LEGAL ENTITIES, OR SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF, THAT: (I) FURTHER THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF IDEA; (II) FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC VALUES, FREEDOM, AND HUMAN RIGHTS; (III) ADVANCE THE COLLECTIVE COMMON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ITS MEMBERS, BY ENHANCING DONOR POTENTIAL FOR, INCREASING COLLECTIVE CREDIBILITY OF, AND IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AND OPERATED BY IDEA MEMBERS. (B) CONDUCT, OPERATE, CO-ORDINATE, PARTICIPATE IN, AS WELL AS SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, DEEM CONSTRUCTIVE AND APPROPRIATE IN FURTHERANCE OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF IDEA, AND IN KEEPING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF UK CHARITY LAW GOVERNING NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND PUBLICLY BENEFICIAL ACTIVITIES. SPECIFICALLY INTERNATIONAL DEBATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MAY CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: A) INTRODUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT YOUTH DEBATE PROGRAMS BOTH IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY B) ORGANISATION OF LOCAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EVENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: DEBATE TOURNAMENTS, DEBATE CAMPS AND INSTITUTES C) TRAINING OF TEACHERS, EDUCATORS AND YOUTH WORKERS IN THE AREA OF DEBATE, PUBLIC ADVOCACY, CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION; D) GENERATING AND DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION (PUBLISHING OF TEXTBOOKS, GUIDEBOOKS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES- INCLUDING ON-LINE RESOURCES) E) FACILITATING DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES , REGIONS AND COUNTRIES BY DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION, DISTANCE LEARNING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (WEBSITES, ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS AND BOARDS, ONLINE DEBATES).

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WORLDWIDE - IN PARTICULAR THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA AND THE NETHERLANDS


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