The general objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of social economy enterprises to operate in a self-sustainable manner by developing entrepreneurial and managerial skills in the field of social economy and increasing the number of social economy entities in the North-East, South-East and South-Muntenia regions in order to facilitate social inclusion, reduce poverty and any form of discrimination by creating new jobs accessible to people belonging to vulnerable groups in newly created social enterprises. The project aims to generate a positive long-term effect as a result of promoting the social economy – both through the training elements for the 112 people, as well as through the 17 new social economy structures developed. The 17 new social businesses started will provide new jobs contributing to the National Employment Strategy 2014-2020 objective of increasing employment. Through the general objective and the specific objectives proposed, the project contributes to the achievement of Specific Objective (SO) 4.16: Strengthening the capacity of social economy enterprises to operate in a self-sustainable manner, as well as the objectives of the priority axis, by developing the social economy that contributes to the creation of new jobs and the development of local services.