Workshop with Focus Groups at the Technical Faculty in Bor
A workshop with focus groups was held at the Technical Faculty in Bor as part of the MINIPART project – Improving Participation in Spatial Planning of Mining Аrеаs, funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia through the PRISMA Program.
The event included work in six groups, each designed to represent segments of the population whose needs are often not separately addressed in spatial planning processes: women, youth, persons with disabilities, rural residents, ethnic minorities, and the elderly.
The aim of the workshop was to test methods developed within the MINIPART application, as well as to discuss and compare digital and analogue participation methods. Participants first worked individually within their respective groups and then jointly reflected on how these methods could be improved to better capture the needs of different population segments and to encourage broader public involvement in decision-making processes.
The MINIPART project team organised the event and ensured professional facilitation of all six focus groups, each of which was led by two moderators. The moderators included team members Dr. Tamara Maričić, Dr. Marijana Pantić, Prof. Dr. Milena Toković, Prof. Dr. Milovan Vuković, and M.A. Dušanka Milosavljević, as well as the project’s external collaborator Prof. Dr. Ana Perić. The team was supported by students from the University of Belgrade – the Faculty of Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, and Faculty of Architecture: M.A. Stefan Zdravković, М.А. Sandra Vukašinović, M.A. Vladimir Popović, M.A. Marko Petrović, M.A. Matij Mitrović, and Danica Stojanović.
The workshop brought together 26 participants and was conducted as a full-day event. Written and audio materials were collected and will be analysed during the forthcoming stages of the project.
On this occasion, members of the MINIPART team also met with the Dean of the Technical Faculty in Bor, Prof. Dr. Dejan Taničić, as well as with the technical service team of the Faculty, with whom they had previously been in telephone and electronic communication regarding the successful implementation of project activities.
This research was supported by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, #GRANT No 7598, MINIPART.
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