Urša Dražič

Urša Dražič

IMPACT VENTURE

Venture name: Urša Dražič
Our name: Urša Dražič
Short description of our activities: My vision is to open a company and assist expats living in Slovenia through tailor-made services, coaching, mentoring and networking so that they have an easier and more purposeful experience while living abroad.
Status: Women (ženske)
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Our support organisation: Skupnost slovenskih podjetnic

IMPACT SOLUTION

The industry we belong to: N. OTHER RETAIL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES (druge raznovrstne poslovne dejavnosti)

We contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): SDG 4 - QUALITY EDUCATION (kakovostno izobraževanje)

Society challenge we tackle and our approach to solving it: Many foreign companies with offices in Slovenia send their senior employees to live and work here for a few years. Quite some of them come with their families. In many cases that means that the spouses, usually women, put their careers on hold to spend a few years here without working and using their potential, which can lead to loneliness and loss of identity. I would like to connect these women with local opportunities, through volunteering or in a different form, so they could give something back to the local community while living abroad.

We want to increase positive impact, including sustainability, social impact, inclusion in charity actions and changes of policies with our following activities:
I would like to close the gap between the expats, who come to live to Slovenia for a few years, and the local community. My vision is to find a way to connect these people (mostly women, spouses of the expats, working for the international companies or embassies etc) with local businesses, humanitarian and social organisations, educational institutions etc. where they could help with their knowledge and expertise and leave their mark in the local community. This way they could integrate better in the new community, they would gain new experiences and it would allow them to start building a new identity and a new social network in Slovenia.

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