Vito Flaker has received National lifetime achievement award for his work in the area of social protection by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. As his life and work is mostly dedicated to deinstitutionalization and to fight for the right to live in the community, outside institutions, he interpreted this award also as kind of external recognition of the work done in this area in last 25 years.

Vito is the Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, Ljubljana University which is a member of ENTER