Handicrafts and social economy: A driver for socially inclusive growth in the CB region

Acronym	SOCIAL CRAFTS
Project Number – MIS	5018949
Priority axis	4 - A Socially Inclusive Cross-Border Area
Investment priorities	9c - Providing support for social enterprises
Intervention fields	113. Promoting social entrepreneurship and vocational integration in social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in order to facilitate access to employment
Call	2nd Call for proposals under priority axes 2 & 4
Lead Beneficiary	International Initiatives for Cooperation
Beneficiaries	Association “Business Center-Maritza” Association Regional Center for vocational education training to CCI National Confederation of Disabled People of Greece Prefectural Association of People with disabilities of Kavala’ s Prefecture
Start Date	Oct 31, 2017
End Date	Jul 30, 2021
Budget	485.749,34 €
ERDF Contribution	412.886,94 €
National Contribution	72.862,40 €
Website	https://socialcraft.eu/

The project includes the establishment of a support mechanism based on IT to allow the artisans of handicrafts to develop themselves into a sustainable network. Targets of the project are the employment of disadvantaged people, trainings to artisans, disadvantaged people, local authorities, sponsors, and other stakeholders, workshops, the development of a joint guide for new work integration SE, the creation of a network of two CB Employment Support Centers for inclusion in traditional handicrafts, delivering (in house) services to traditional artisans and disadvantaged persons and a fully accessible ePromotion platform for handicrafts.