Gabriel Mares, Associate Professor, PhD at “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău. He has background in the field of Sciences of Education and Psychology and experience as expert in different national and international projects funded by Erasmus+, European Social Found etc. Mains topics of the projects was in the field of mental health, education and special education, autism, vocational counseling and inclusion for disadvantaged and special needs people. As trainer in projects for different NGOs, he focused: on innovative and interprofessional approaches in education and therapy, life skills development, positive deviance, use of new teaching methods or curriculum development.