Our Challenge

How can we train future social entrepreneurs? What knowledge, skills and methods are required to support and develop social innovation in the future, in response to global issues such as demographic crisis, ecological transformations, social and political trauma and cultural changes? These questions are among the ones that the participants to ECIU Challenge 2026 ‘Engaging with the Future’ will address and research in collaboration with European Social Innovation Campus (ESIC). ESIC is an EU-supported initiative that brings together higher and vocational educational institutions with social economy organizations and enterprises across Europe to support the social economy through education and knowledge development. Together with the students, ESIC would like to explore methods, skills and perspectives to promote social innovation and future preparedness.Collaborating in groups and supported by tutors, participants are called to challenge the world with a visionary attitude in formulating ideas about new educational paths and multidisciplinary competencies for effectively ‘engaging with the futures’.