1. ŠENT and SOCIAL ECONOMY ŠENT – Slovenian Association for Mental Health Ljubljana, 22.5.2012

2. ŠENT SOCIAL ENTERPRENERSHIP 1993 start up DOBROVITA plus d.o.o., Company for training and Emloyment of the Disabled

3. ŠENT SOCIAL ENTERPRENERSHIP  1996 PHARE LIEN: Trieste and Ljubljana for Social Enterpri s e  PHARE ACCESS  CBC program m es with Italy, Austria  LDV: Mentoring

4. PROGRAMMES FOR EMPLOYMENT ŠENT is also founder of: 1. Company for Training and Employment of the Disabled: DOBROVITA plus (http:www.dobrovita.com)www.dobrovita.com 2. Institute for Counseling, Training and Rehabilitation of the Disabled - ŠENTPRIMA (http://www.sentprima.com)http://www.sentprima.com PREMIKI - Institute for Consulting, Promotion and Development of Accessible Tourism (www.premiki.com) 4. Employment Centers Employment Center Zavod ŠENTPLAVŽ ( http://www.sentplavz.com) http://www.sentplavz.com Employment Center Zavod Dlan, Employment Center KARSO Zaposlitveni center d.o.o., Employment centre Dobrošin d.o.o.

5. “GREEN PROGRAMS” DOBROVITA plus, d.o.o. KARSO d.o.o. DOBROŠIN d.o.o. Zaposlitveni Center DOBROŠIN d.o.o

6. ECOLOGICAL FARMING AND TOURISM POSESTVO RAZORI (till June 2010) EKOHIŠA KRPLIVNIK ZAVOD PREMIKI – created from project Turag4all (2009-2011), financed from Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs and EU social Funds.

8. BOOKBINDING, CO-OPERATING WORK ZAVOD ŠENTPLAVŽ ZAVOD DLAN

9. BOOKBINDING, CO-OPERATING WORK ZAVOD ŠENTPLAVŽ ZAVOD DLAN

13. ŠENTs Social Firm and Enterprises have in common:  ŠENT is founder and owner,  E mploying people with disabilit i es,  Non profit,  Self sustainable,  Support of local community,  Independent,  User and relatives involvement.

14. ASSOCIATION OF ŠENTs SOCIAL FIRMS Mission: “ To support, strengthen and grow the Social Firm and Social Enterprise sector so that more people facing the most significant barriers to work can gain employment. ”

15. ŠENTs SF&SE strategic priorities  to promote the values and increase the level of understanding around the Social Firm and Social Enterprise model;  to facilitate the start up, development and growth of new Social Firm businesses and strengthen those already in existence;  to serve and grow the membership effectively and efficiently, determining and meeting their needs;  to lead on R&D initiatives to drive development, production and promotion of new and existing resources.

16. ASSOCIATION OF ŠENTs SF and SE number of employees (jan 2012) : EMPLOYEESŠENT PLAVŽ DLANKARSOŠENT PRIMA DOBRO VITA PREMIKI ∑ Pro111511 1 20 Mentors1114310 Disabilities7552138 ∑ 977942 1 75

17. Problems - Stigma - Market competion - State support

18. ŠENT Slovenian Association for Mental Health has:  Long and stabile development in the field  Good trained and experienced staff  Efficient network on local and international level and  Openness to participate on development of Social Enterprenership in Slovenia

19. Thank you for your attention! Dolores Kores, Igor Pavel and Barbara Dolničar web:www.sent.si E-mail: info@sent.siinfo@sent.si Tel: +386 1 230 78 30 Fax: +386 1 230 78 38