80% of what an individual knows and can do is learned outside of formal education. Companies therefore are the main arena of learning opportunities for individuals. Companies on the other hand rely on the knowledge and competences of their management and employees. Therefore providing learning opportunities is at the core of behaving socially responsible towards employees. A learning organization is a socially responsible organization. Since better qualified employees will be more productive and flexible, this is a win-win situation.

In order to support SME in the partner countries the project is proposing the “6x3 for SR” methodology package on CD and online. The methodology focuses on expanding existing activities and planning new ones that will foster the SMEs productivity and social responsibility at the same time. Finally the project will help SME to better manage, monitor and continually improve these activities. This way the process will help to make SR sustainable. Isolated temporary activities can be beneficial and helpful for limited short term purposes. Only as a continuing process however SR can contribute to business success.