On 10th September, representatives of the social-democratic party Austria (SPÖ) visited the International Elias Canetti Society (IECS) in Ruse. The delegation from Vienna, which travelled to Ruse by passing Svistov, is on an educational trip in context of the EUDSR to the Danube delta. The delegates of the SPÖ met with Prof. Dr. Juliana Popova (vice rector of the Angel-Kantchev University Ruse) and Prof. Dr. Penka Angelova (chairperson of the IECS). They got information about the work of the IECS in the fields of culture and civic education and it’s participation in the strategy for the Danube region. Finally, the delegation visited Canetti House, which is regularly used by the IECS as space for cultural events.