Debating Botswana
OUR COMPANY
Debating Botswana is an initiative established to create a series of safe spaces for engagements by young people with relevant leading key experts and policy makers on Botswana’s key development issues.
OUR MISSION
Empowering Visionaries, Amplifying Impact: Fostering thought leadership to bridge gaps, connect ideas, and strengthen collaboration for a sustainable livelihood.
OUR VISION
Leading the way in generating insightful perspectives and advancing conversations that transform societies.
FOREWORD BY FOUNDER
“The youth cannot freely and fully participate in development agenda setting if they are still treated as imposters – doubted of their leadership capability merely because of their age. Debating Botswana calls for greater inclusion and representation of youth in various platforms of decision-making: locally, regionally, and globally. Therefore, is important for Botswana to shed light into the enriched calibre of young talents that continue to shape the nation’s development agenda – entrepreneurs, advocates, policy analysts, social activists, and many other grassroots leaders. Our primary goal is to promote youth involvement in inclusive national decision-making processes through a robust youth leadership programme that is both locally and nationally
impactful.”
WHAT WE OFFER
Promote a strong sense of patriotism and thought leadership among youths as they tackle key development issues of Botswana
Promote youth participation in decision-making bodies and policy formulation
Develop Debating Botswana’s leadership mentorship programme of skilled young Batswana talent to be groomed for leadership positions
Strengthen the capacity of our Research and Development to collaborate with key stakeholders for the benefit of informing policy design, implementation and accountability.
Establish smart partnerships with youth-serving organizations and related stakeholders across Botswana, to promote co-creation of solutions that enhance inclusion, engagement and impact
DEBATING BOTSWANA FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Inter-Varsity Debate Competition
The inter-varsity debates are themed, “Towards a Youth Inclusive Transformation Agenda: Developing More Resilient Pathways to Youth Employment”. The aim is to place the student body at the centre of offering relevant and context specific solutions to challenges of youth unemployment.
Youth In Public Policy Hackathon
The YPPH is a platform created by Change Africa to encourage meaningful dialogue and engagement amongst young people and policy makers in Botswana. The programme is backed by Change Africa’s researcher’s roundtable, which is an in-house research database that conducts independent research on behalf of Change Africa’s clients.
OUR PARTNERS
