IGOR PAVEL

He attended the School of Social Work and Gea Collegu: Entrepreneurship. Actively participated in the establishment of the non-governmental sector in the field of mental health and, as a volunteer or project manager, gained experience in numerous international projects in Slovenia and with work in the social cooperative Cooperativa Sociale Lavoratori Uniti “Franco Basaglia”, Trieste, Italia.

Create space between social and economics by promoting the employment of vulnerable target groups in economic activities. With programs to recruit vulnerable target groups, one of the founders of the non-governmental organisation ŠENT, the Slovenian Association for Mental Health and soon afterwards Dobrovite d.o.o., a company for training and employment of persons with disabilities.

Co-author of Social Enterprise, from idea to practice, 2005, a publication that defined social entrepreneurship in Slovenia. Currently Director Dobrovite d.o.o. and professional director of employment programs at ŠENT. Also a member of the Executive Board of the European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE), a European NGO that develops and promotes the recruitment model of vulnerable target groups in Work Integration Social Economy (WISE).