DIGIT-ABLE boosts digitalization among social enterprises, particularly WISEs and service providers for people with disabilities. These enterprises face barriers such as a lack of advanced digital skills and insufficient investment in digital infrastructure. DIGIT-ABLE aims to bridge this gap by fostering collaboration with tech companies, boosting digital skills, and enabling a more inclusive and tailored digital transition.

Project objectives:

• Provide Social Enterprises - WISEs and service providers, with a specific focus on those providing services to people with disabilities - with advanced digital skills through capacity building
• Foster collaborations with tech organisations to drive the adoption of new technologies
• Enhance digital social innovation capacity

The partners:

• EASPD
• ENSIE
• Lichtwerk
• AMICA
• ADV Romania
• De Omslag
• Femxa
• Maatwerk
• APASS
• Stichting Waag Society
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The DIGIT-ABLE project will host five Transnational Study Visits bringing together social economy actors for learning, exchange, and hands-on experience on digital transition and inclusion. Participants will explore how WISEs, social enterprises providing services to persons with disabilities and all social enterprises integrate social impact, sustainability, and digital innovation, while discovering practical tools, assistive technologies, and collaboration opportunities that support their digital transformation across Europe.

The DIGIT-ABLE transnational activities in Belgium will take place in Leuven and West Flanders on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. Participants can choose between two parallel study visits and peer learning sessions, each taking place in a different region of Flanders and offering a distinct programme.

The study visit in Leuven is open to all social enterprises, but with a programme is primarily designed for work integration social enterprises (WISEs), as well as their enabling organisations and policymakers.

The programme foresees a visit at ViTeS, one of Flanders' major WISEs, to discover how circular economy activities create meaningful employment opportunities for workers with support needs. In the afternoon, we will explore Flanders Make, where cutting-edge manufacturing technologies are developed and demonstrated in collaboration with WISEs to support more inclusive and productive workplaces through digital innovation.

The study visit in West Flanders is primarily designed for social enterprises providing services to persons with disabilities, as well as their enabling organisations and policymakers.

The visit starts at the Groep Gidts campus in Hooglede, to discover innovative approaches to inclusive care, education, employment and assistive technologies through interactive demonstrations and client testimonies. In the afternoon, the visit continues at Viro in Brugge, to explore innovative approaches to inclusive housing, community participation, supported employment and services for people with disabilities.

Find more information at this webpage on the website of Groep Maatwerk, and read the Guidelines for applicants, downloadable here below.

Apply at this form.

The DIGIT-ABLE project will host a Transnational Study Visit in Iași, Romania, on 19–20 May 2026, bringing together social economy actors for learning, exchange, and hands-on experience on digital transition and inclusion. The activity combines a European peer-learning seminar within the European Social Economy Conference “Enterprising for Tomorrow” with study visits to the ADV Romania Group’s social enterprises and the Digital Innovation Zone (EDIH). Participants will explore how inclusive social enterprises integrate social impact, sustainability, and digital innovation, while discovering practical tools, assistive technologies, and collaboration opportunities that support the digital transformation of WISEs across Europe.

During the conference, the panel "Human resources & digitalization in the social economy — European trends" will be organised, in synergy with the ESIC and BASE projects, bringing validated solutions in HR and digitalization: micro-credentials, blueprints, development pathways, practical assistive tools, and AI that social economy enterprises and service providers can adopt starting in 2026. The panel will run on 19 May 2026, 12:30-13:30 EEST (11:30-12:30 CEST), and it will be possible to follow it both in person and online. Find more information here.

In the framework of the project, four distinct calls will be launched at national and transnational levels to engage third parties, particularly Social Enterprises for Inclusion that are not part of the project consortium, in various capacity-building activities. These include: (1) Local Trainings to be held in Belgium, Romania, the Netherlands, and Spain; (2) four Transnational Study Visits and four Peer-learning Seminars across the same countries; (3) four Local Hackathons; and (4) one Transnational Sustainability and Exploitation Workshop. Each call will be supported by comprehensive documentation detailing the objectives, eligibility criteria, scope of support, and evaluation process, ensuring transparency and clarity for all potential applicants. Participation is open to external organisations, entities, or individuals interested in contributing to or benefiting from the project’s objectives.

Transnational event in Romania (deadline: 27 February) - Link here
Apply via this form

Local training program in Spain (organised by Asociacion Amica) - Link here

Local training program in the Netherlands (organised by De Omslag and Waag Futurelab) - Link here (Waag) - Link here (De Omslag)

Local training program in Romania (organised by ADV) - Link here

Local training program in Belgium > Flanders (organised by Groep Maatwerk, VUB and Lichtwerk) - Link here

The DIGIT-ABLE Guide for Applicants offers comprehensive information on how Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs), service providers—particularly those supporting persons with disabilities—and enabling organisations can access financial support to participate in digital capacity-building activities. Funded by the EU Single Market Programme, DIGIT-ABLE supports the digital transition of social economy actors through lump-sum grants for training sessions, peer-learning events, study visits, and hackathons across Belgium, Spain, Romania, and the Netherlands. The guide outlines eligibility criteria, application procedures, and selection processes, aiming to foster digital inclusion and empower social enterprises in their digital transformation journey.