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Novartis Community Partnership Day Volunteer work undertaken by many employees at Lek, a Sandoz company, enriches life in local communities. Priority is given to intergenerational cooperation, assistan- ce in social inclusion of sensitive groups and concern for the natural environment. Together with schools and educa- tional institutions, the employees share their expertise with children and adolescents and give them a glimpse of their professions, increasing their curiosity. The main initiatives endorsed by Lek, a Sandoz company, for improving ties with the local environment, are the Novar- tis Community Partnership Day and the Open House Day. In 2015, these days of precious socializing were attended by a high number of visitors, which indicates that the acti- vities at our sites, particularly the options for employment, create much interest, and demonstrates the desire and willingness of the employees to contribute to the prosperity of local communities. For more details, please see pages 32 and 33. We enjoyed creative socializing with the Janez Levec Centre users in Ljubljana. We took part in the “Let's Clean Koãevska” clean-up action. We helped tidy up holiday resorts owned by the Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth in Pacug and Piran. We took a walk around the zoo with the residents of the Ljubljana Viã-Rudnik Retirement Home, Bokalce unit.