The AustralAsian Intervarsity Debating Association (‘AIDA’) is the peak university debating organisation in AustralAsia.  It is an umbrella organisation for university debating societies from countries across the region, including:

• Australia
• Bangladesh
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Korea
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• The Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

AIDA consists of a Council, which meets at each AIDA tournament, and an Executive, which is elected at each Australs Council meeting to carry out the aims of AIDA during the year.

Our Mission:

The aims of AIDA, as enshrined in our constitution, are to:

• Promote debating throughout AustralAsia
• Encourage participation of member institutions and non-member institutions
• Provide members with resources to train debaters and adjudicators
• Provide for the accreditation of adjudicators
• Address the concerns of members
• Assist and monitor the host university of Association Championships
• Improve the participation of women in debating

History

AIDA was created in the early 1990’s with a mandate to coordinate intervarsity level debating in the Asia-Pacific Region. In 1997 the Association adopted its current Constitution, which governs the operation of AIDA and its tournaments.

Originally encompassing only a few nations, AIDA has grown significantly over the past two decades, expanding strongly into South-East and South Asia. Over the past decade, AIDA tournaments have been hosted across the region, in countries including Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia.