The project helps young people build critical thinking, communication, and democratic participation skills through debate-based learning. The project supports teachers, youth workers, trainers, and educational organisations by developing practical materials that make debate more accessible.

YouthSpeakUp: Empowering Youth with Debate is an Erasmus+ project designed to strengthen the capacities of youth workers and trainers, improve access to educational opportunities for young people with fewer opportunities, and encourage more active democratic engagement through debate methodology.
By providing structured learning resources and practical guidance, the project promotes debate as a tool for critical thinking, media literacy, argumentation, public speaking research skills, and active citizenship.

The project also supports inclusive, student-centred learning environments and helps create sustainable debate activities that can continue in schools, youth centres, and local communities beyond the project itself.