The present document contains the final version of the training program developed under the EU-funded Social Economy Transition Skills (SETS) project. The project was implemented over the period 2024–2025 with the objective of strengthening the capacity of Social Economy Organisations (SEOs) and their enabling ecosystems to respond effectively to the twin green and digital transition.
The twin transition — the combined green transition (environmental sustainability) and the digital transition — provided the knowledge base underpinning the creation of these training materials. By integrating green and digital skills, social economy organizations can better align their economic activities with the EU’s objectives for climate neutrality, social inclusion, and competitiveness, while remaining firmly rooted in their people-centred mission. Building transition skills enhances organizational resilience, supports democratic governance through digital tools, and increases access to EU funding and partnerships that increasingly require combined social, environmental, and digital innovation. Green and digital skills enable the development of an integrated, “twin” perspective in which SEOs can champion their inclusive and democratic features to shape technologically intensive contexts.
In this way, the twin transition is not only a technological or environmental shift, but a skills-driven transformation that positions the social economy as a key driver of a fair, inclusive, and sustainable European future.
Therefore, this manual is designed to support the training of trainers working within social economy organizations, providing a tested learning path and training content to help them deliver high-quality, impactful capacity-building for SEOs. The manual focuses on enabling trainers to replicate and adapt the training content to different contexts and audiences. By using this resource, trainers will strengthen their facilitation skills and ensure 5
consistency in learning outcomes. A modular training program including three courses was developed for different target audiences. The modular approach enables other trainers to flexibly
In the remaining sections of this manual, we briefly outline the learning path employed for the validation of the different courses in the training program, a few implementation guidelines and a general overview of the content, learning objectives and structure of the three courses:
- Artificial Intelligence – 3 modules, 13 Lessons.
- Communicating and Collaborating in Digital Environments – 3 modules, 19 lessons.
- Social Economy and Impact Management – 4 modules, 18 lessons.
