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The support of extremist and populist parties among young people in the Czech Republic is constantly growing. It is caused by the formal education’s lack of focus on critical thinking, media literacy, and active citizenship. The aim of this project is to tackle this problem by introducing debating as a method of non-formal education in middle schools because debating was proven to improve the critical thinking skills and develop democratic values of its participants. Debate tournaments and educational workshops for at least one thousand pupils (aged 11-15) and fifty teachers will be organized in this project to improve their skills and develop their values. As a part of the organization’s capacity building, a significant amount of time will be devoted to volunteer training and development.