Three Spanish service providers in the field of disability and special needs: AMPANS, AMADIP and ASPRODES FEAPS, gathered in a consortium to promote a cohesive European Development Plan in what concerns developing knowledge and competencies on “Social Innovation Ecosystems in Services for People with Intellectual Disability". Social Innovation has big potential in addressing more effectively and efficiently social needs and challenges. In inline with the Country specific recommendation fostering knowledge and training in social innovation in social services in Spain could bring essential contribution to several challenges such as: • High, yet stable level of unemployment, particularly among young people and people with disabilities, including an increasing share of long term unemployment• Linear cost cutting in healthcare and social services (especially on the local level) endangers the access to quality services for persons with disabilities • High and further increasing level of persons with disability at risk of poverty or social exclusionSocial innovation approaches are particular important in services for persons with intellectual disability since are :• Open rather than closed when it comes to knowledge-sharing and the ownership of knowledge;• Multi-disciplinary and more integrated to problem solving than the single department or single profession solutions of the past;• Participative and empowering of citizens and users rather than ‘top down’ and expert-led.• Demand-led rather than supply-driven;• Tailored rather than mass-produced, as most solutions have to be adapted to local circumstances and personalised to individuals.For this reason the consortium will promote inclusive training and learning activities on social innovation ecosystems in services for people with intellectual disability as essential contribution to the better fulfilment of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Around 30 professionals from the 3 partners organization of the present consortium, are foreseen to take part within the 7 mobility activities over a period of 18 months as a structured European Development Plan in Adult education (exchanges of best practices, job shadowing and immersion, inclusive interactive learning activities together with services users with Intellectual disability) within different specialized structures and organizations in France, Italy, Portugal, Great Britain, Belgium and Luxembourg.The hosting partners (organizations or associations) are all recognized for their actions and developed expertise in developing innovative services to better meet emerging/ unmet needs, eaither in digital social innovation, employment and self-empoyment of people with disabilities etc.. The activities proposed are supposed to achieve the following objectives: • Develop life long learning and inclusive taining opportunities and settings with the aim to provide social empowerment for all stakeholders• Acquire and disseminate on Social innovation Eco Systems in service for people with intellectual disability • Provide training on how to design of innovative solutions and services and develop working environments that enable and encourage social innovation • Enhance self-determination, autonomy of the user with disability and contribute to the better implementation of the UN CRPD in the service provision in Spain. • Provide opportunities for self-development and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in order that they can be readily acknowledged as people with knowledge and skills that can be incorporated into the pool of assets in their community.• Promote the development, testing, nurturing and implementation of innovative practices in the field of training / learning • Increase knowledge exchange between actors in the social innovation ecosystem. • Promote civil society’s role and position in innovation in training and learning.The European Development plan is committed to an approach that recognises that not only professionals but also service users, their families and carers have a need for lifelong learning. The project brings innovation to the inclusiveness of the training and learning strategic plan of the consortium which promotes activities accessible for users with intellectual disability in line with art 9 and art 21 of UN CRPD. The Consortium strongly believes that the service user with intellectual disability is to be considered as an individual with unique experiences, knowledge and skills who requires access to lifelong learning and personal development opportunities on an equal basis with others.