OPRO, Institute for applicative studies, brings underdiscussed social issues of older people and other marginalized social groups to the fore. The institute strives to identify and make visible social forces that undermine social cohesion, preserve stereotypes as well as various forms of discrimination. The institute then works towards their deconstruction by employing different methods and formats. It has been organizing a series of panel discussions as the first step towards empowering the least powerful groups, older people included, in Slovenian society. To this end, besides panel discussions, the institute will employ an array of methods: publication and promotion of literary and scientific works, introduction of creative groups for examining single social issues, intensification of the presence of relevant contents in classical media and social networks, launching initiatives as to intensify social inclusion of socially marginalized groups. Additionally, the institute will provide for creative workshops for the inclusion of marginalized groups in entrepreneurship, cultural design, leisure time activities, thus enabling their individual empowerment and individual resistance to the pressures of consumer productivity. (Otto Gerdina)