Runde Tische

“The round table should seat all knights without one having precedence over the others.” This was the advice the wizard Merlin gave to King Arthur on how to deal with arguments that arose from a seating plan involving a table with corners and edges. The Round Table indeed resulted in the highest possible efficiency and cooperation.

Different institutions frequently work on the same problem, but they do so alongside each other rather than with each other. Roundtables are a promising instrument to bring together these different institutions and to promote dialogue and exchange.

As the Breuninger Foundation puts it: “We see roundtables as an organizational form where the participants engage in a collaborative discourse on a certain issue or question in order to try to negotiate a result that is accepted by all.”

Because of these above-mentioned advantages, the BMW Foundation has joined the Breuninger Foundation in initiating a special kind of debate. The series features a variety of events, including moderator trainings.