This challenge aims to explore the future of social innovation and entrepreneurship and involve students into an active learning environment, in collaboration with the Challenge Provider, ESIC. Students will be involved in an innovative learning environment, dealing with in-presence participatory workshops and lectures and online meetings and seminars with experts and academics. Specifically, participants will be instructed to approach the main contents of the course according to Futures Literacy perspective, to develop anticipatory and proactive scenarios. During the challenge students will get inspirational talks from professionals who have worked with international cooperation/NGOs and international organizations, and meet educators and practitioners involved in the third economy sector. The students from different academic backgrounds, organized in groups, will be encouraged to explore creative and challenging life contexts and to design training programs for future social entrepreneurs.Their projects will be evaluated and discussed during the final week in the presence of ESIC and ECIU representatives and could contribute to the future agenda of social economy sectors in Europe.

The 2026 edition of the Challenge will offer in-presence lectures by researchers of both Trento and Linkoping University, participatory workshops and online seminars with international experts and practitioners. Innovative learning models will be implemented in classes and assessments evaluation, encouraging students' creativity and critical thought; each group of participants will be supervised by Teamchers that will assist them in dealing with their projects and progressing in their learning paths. Finally, issues related to European innovation and cultural diversity could also be explored during the two weeks of international mobility (Trento and Norrkoping Campus) during meetings with community and institutional representatives that may contribute to enrich the participants’ educational experience.