TheSE HUBS Project – Co-creating Hubs for Social Enterprises, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, developed and piloted for two years four innovative models for the co-creation of social enterprises hubs that provided comprehensive support, know-how and training to social enterprises in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Poland.

The project’s partners:

• Elaborated the Vision of Co-creating Social Enterprises Hubs through researching and mapping the existing organizations, the hubs and the training programmes for their personnel in their countries. Good practices and 48 role models of social enterprises hubs from all partnering countries were identified and studied.

• Brought Social Enterprises Co-creation Hubs to Life through the training of more than 80 people working in social enterprises and piloted training through job shadowing with the participation of 24 fellows and 24 host organizations from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Poland and the creation of four community based physical spaces for social enterprises.

The aim of the Conference is to contribute to building stronger ecosystems for Social Enterprises in Europe, highlighting the importance of networking through an open-space exhibition for Social Enterprises and Hubs from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Poland and proposing areas for further development for Social Enterprises aligned with the Social Economy Action Plan of the European Commission.