The Debate Manual

One of Spaces outcomes was the Debate Manual of Basement, which includes the most important indicators for the activity. The manual is an outcome of two year of work with NED with spaces project and also with 8 years with unfinanced debates that happens at Basement from time to time.

Debate Manaual Link (Arabic Edition)

The manual includes detailed instructions of how Basement’s debates are managed. The details are the following:

General Introduction;

Definition of debates;

Types of debates;

Goals of Debates; and

Modules of Debates.

Debate Basics;

Thesis;

Contents;

Methods of Posit; and

Strategy.

Basement and Mechanisms of Debating;

Criteria of Selection;

Public Open Calls;

Selecting Participants;

Debate Skills Trainings;

Implement Workshops on Researching Methods;

Sketches and Articles; and

The Public Event.

The booklet was supervised by Mr. Abdul-Salam Al-Shuraihi a well-known broadcaster and a debate facilitator which helped the extract the full Basement experiences on debates to make it a standardized and written to help interested people of using such methods to organize their debates in Yemen or elsewhere.