On the eve of the Day of Enlighteners the non-formal education team of the International Elias Canetti Society organized and held a working meeting with teachers from different schools in Ruse. The goal was to conduct a dialogue on the role and place of non-formal education and its relation to the formal one, to exchange experience in educational work and strengthen the existing contacts. The main topic of the meeting Can non-formal education be of assistance to formal education? involved in an intensive discussion 18 educators from 9 schools in town. Divided into groups, they discussed problematic issues, facilitated to conduct constructive discussions by a special scheme. The teachers were introduced to an algorithm for compiling a curriculum and conducting non-formal educational units, in which the International Elias Canetti Society has a long and successful tradition.