The Department of Social Assistance from the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology of UVT organized a debate, for the first time nationally, under the title: "The opportunity for the development of military Social Assistance in Romania". The event took place on Monday, March 18, 2024, from 15 p.m., in the Aula Magna of UVT, being followed by other meetings to which decision-makers from the two fields were invited. The participants in the organized debate are university teachers, students, social workers and other categories of interested persons.

Military Social Assistance is a subfield with a tradition in the USA where, since the Second World War, active military personnel, veterans and their families with children have been among those who have benefited from professional support to overcome some social, economic and emotional crisis situations.

In the context of the armed conflict on the border of Romania and the messages regarding the increase in the number of military personnel, with all the effects that arise from this, UVT, through the Department of Social Assistance, organized this first event through which the existing needs were evaluated and the opportunity of the need to take over the goods North American practices in this field.

The debate was moderated by the director of the Department of Social Assistance from the West University of Timișoara, prof. Dr. Cosmin Goian, having as guests Prof. Dr. Viorel Prelici – theoretician and founder of specialized education in Banat, familiar with the social assistance system in the USA. Guests from ISU Banat also participated, lieutenant colonel Irina Vastag, psychologist and doctor of sociology with experience in intervention in crisis situations and MApN major in reserve Dr. Eugen Bucur, with experience in both military activities and social assistance services addressed to children and adults in difficulty.

INFO – Contact person: prof. univ. dr. Cosmin Goian (cosmin.goian@e-uvt.ro).