The Belgrade Open School and the Partners for Democratic Change Serbia held a debate titled "Is It Good to Say What You Think?" In which students of the current 26th generation of the Future Studies education programme took part. The debate was held on April 11 in the premises of the Belgrade Open School.

The event was opened by Danijela Grubnic and Kristina Kalajdzic, representatives of BOS and Partners, who welcomed all participants and introduced them to the topic of the debate.

Vladimir Medjak, vice president of the European Movement in Serbia, and Marko Selic, writer and musician, were introductory speakers and debate was started by their presentation. Marko emphasized the importance of critical thinking and argumentative advocacy, as well as the importance of creating a healthy environment in terms of debate and exchange of views. Vladimir talked about the importance of transparent, timely and clear information, wishing the participants to always keep in mind when talking about debates and conflicting opinions. In addition to introductory speeches, their task was to brief students on the subject of debate and help them compile arguments and counter arguments during the debate.

Students, divided into teams, defended the view that it is always good to express their opinions or, on the contrary, that it is better to keep it for themselves. It was particularly challenging for students to have a short period of time to prepare arguments and counter arguments both before and during the debate itself. After the presentation of all the teams, Vladimir and Marko made their comments and gave the closing statement and afterwards the referee's team proclaimed the winners and presented awards.

The trial team consisted of Uros Misljenovic, project manager in the Partners for Democratic Change of Serbia, Danijela Grubnic, coordinator of educational programmes of the Belgrade Open School and Jelena Babic, programme manager of BOS. Evica Kuc, the communication and development manager of BOS, was in charge for the regularity and respect of the rules of the debate.

There was a summing up of the impressions on the cocktail that was organized for all the participants where the discussion on this ever-present topic continued.