[POLIS] Pi Lambda Sigma Competitors

CISV educates children and youth around the world to build peace and understanding. Thanks to over 50,000 dedicated volunteers in 70 countries, we run residential camps, family-based exchanges, and local community projects. We give children and youth the opportunity and space to learn with each other, have fun, and build lasting friendships. We help them develop to their full potential, gain inter-cultural skills and understanding, and inspire them to be a force for good and make a positive difference. Interested in volunteering with CISV? Visit https://cisv.org/

For more than 40 years, the National Collegiate Conference Association (NCCA), sponsor of National Model United Nations (NMUN), has provided quality college/university level programs that bring together the next generation of international leaders. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For a brief historical overview read History of the National Collegiate Conference Association (NCCA) and National Model United Nations (NMUN), available on our web site. Our Mission The NCCA is a nonprofit organization that advances understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues. We positively affect the lives of participants and prepare them to be better global citizens through quality educational experiences that emphasize collaboration and cooperative resolution of conflict. We envision a world comprised of civically engaged people who strive for peaceful, multi-lateral conflict resolution and equitable, sustainable human development. Visit the Participants page on our web site for diversity data. Guiding Principle Cooperative, hands-on learning allows students to confront a range of topics with the perspective of their assigned country or organization. Through these experiences - during preparation, in committee sessions, and even in hallway caucuses - students develop an appreciation of differing viewpoints, experience the challenges of negotiation, see the rewards of cooperation, broaden their world view, and discover the human side of international relations and diplomacy.

International Debate Education Association (IDEA) was created by The Open Society Foundations (OSF) in 1999 to coordinate its debate programs. Today, IDEA is a global network of organizations that uses debate as a way to give young people a voice. IDEA is the world's leading provider of debate education, providing resources, training, and events to educators and young people. The network works with schools, universities, debate organizations, and community groups and collaborates with foundations, NGOs, businesses, and governments. All this helps IDEA to promote mutual understanding, democracy globally and peacebuilding by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally. IDEA's Activities IDEA's activities include a wide range of educational and strategic initiatives, from developing training programs to international student exchanges and international youth forums. We have organized debates in more than 50 countries around the world in 60 languages! Currently, IDEA is officially registered and operates in the following locations: IDEA Middle East and North Africa IDEA United Kingdom IDEA Netherlands IDEA Central Asia IDEA South East Europe IDEA CA is the leading regional provider of debate education in Central Asia, providing resources, training, and events to educators and young people in across the region and the CIS. It has been actively working with young people through debate since 2010, starting as a Soros Foundation program. IDEA CA became an independent organization in 2014, continuing the empowering of young people by teaching them critical thinking, argumentation, active listening, and respect for dissenting opinions, therefore building a culture of open and equal dialogue in Central Asia. Through its activities, IDEA CA gives young people an opportunity to be heard through education, debate and by raising their awareness about worldwide issues.