Partners Albania, together with a network of esteemed European partners, has commenced the implementation of the new project CREASSE – Fostering Rural and Inclusive Social and Solidarity Economy (2024-2026), an Erasmus+ project co-funded by the European Union.

CREASSE aims to increase the socio-labor participation of adults at risk of exclusion due to socio-economic difficulties, by fostering their creativity and participation through inclusive training and education in order to develop Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) activities as a transformational force that can drive systemic and positive change in rural areas.

General Objective of the Project

Encourage the development of collective initiatives and SSE actions as an opportunity to promote the socioeconomic inclusion of people at risk of social exclusion and rural communities.

Specific Objectives of the Project

• To raise awareness of the advantages and benefits of the SSE in order to foster social investment, support SSE actors and social enterprises to start-up, scale-up, innovate and create jobs in rural areas.
• To actively involve the SSE ecosystem to boost the dynamism and development of communities at local, regional and European level.
• To equip guidance adult learning professionals with tools and competencies for effective follow-up during the process of collective entrepreneurship from a collaborative and inclusive approach.
• To empower people at risk of social exclusion for the development of collective initiatives that promote their employability linked to the effective management of collaborative enterprises.

The Concrete Results related to these objectives will be:

• 10 Focus Groups
• 1 European Exchange of Sucess Stories in Social and Solidarity Economy
• 10 Success Stories shared
• 1  Alliances Mapping of the Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystem
• 1 Toolkit for Capacity Building in Social and Solidarity Economy
• 1 Practical Handbook for Social Facilitators to Guide Collective Entrepreneurship.
• 5 Training of Trainers for Social Facilitators
• 5 Pilot Learning Experiences

The implementing partners of the CREASSE project are:

Partners Albania for Change and Development (PA), Albania

Action Against Hunger (ACH), Spain

Synthesis Center for Research and Education (Synthesis),  Cyprus

Consorzio Materahub – Cultural and Creative Industries (Materahub), Italy

Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency (CTRIA), Hungary

As part of CREASSE project activities, Partners Albania organized two focus group discussions in March, with key actors of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, aiming to explore new opportunities for the development of this sector in Albania.

CREASSE is an Erasmus+ project co-funded by the European Union.

🔗 For more information, visit https://www.creasse.eu/.