ESSS project aims to 1) evaluate and assess the needs of social scientists around Social Economy, 2) develop innovative tools that can support active citizenship in lifelong learning, 3) communicate to the participants the principles of Social Economy and the fulfilment of local needs, 4) transfer to them social and entrepreneurial competences and critical thinking, 5) train them on how to become social entrepreneurs, and finally 6) empower them to enter in the labour market.

Apart from management and dissemination activities, the following activities will be implemented: 1) run a research to identify participants’ training needs, 2) create training material for participants around social entrepreneurship, 3) train the trainers in order to secure the sustainability of the project outcomes, 4) deliver training to social scientists, and 5) assess participants’ skills and knowledge prior and after the training.

ESSS results include: 1) production of training material and training workshops, 2) train social scientists acquiring new skills, knowledge and competences around social entrepreneurship, 3) cultivate participants’ own positive attitude and develop innovative ideas, 4) aspire participants to act as social entrepreneurs, 5) enable participants to identify career paths in a new field, and 6) help participants to integrate into the labour market as entrepreneurs.