Panel Discussion

Short Description

Panel discussion was used to boost European identity, to develop and apply key competences and to evaluate the different aspects of active social inclusion. It helped in establishing cooperation with other organisations on local level (NGOs providing education for seniors, decision-makers of municipalities, associations representing older citizens, experts, national EU representatives and representatives of the European Commission).

Stages:

Stage/Step 1: Preparatory activities(forming own questions, preparing pictures, presentations and questionnaires)

Stage/Step 2: Conducting the discussion (questions and answer session, delivery of participants presentations)

Stage/Step 3: Recapitulation of the questions discussed and drowning of conclusions

Stage/Step 4: Publishing the discussion results

Target group: older citizens,multiplicators

Age group: all agesGender: mixed

Pedagogical Information

Panel discussions stimulate analytical thinking, receiving feedback from the participants in the project, and allow all participants to express themselves. The aim is to provoke a conversation in which to present different points of view.

European Dimension

Developed European identity and key competences of active social inclusion.

One of the main results was a new society created by the participating seniors for exchanging organizational information, presentations, music, etc. Such kind of society did not previously existin Ruse region/Bulgaria.

The University of Ruse established cooperation with many local and international organizations on the base of adult training.

It put as a future goal the establishment a Centre of Education for Third Age at the University (which was established in 2014).