ART-ER manages projects to address social challenges and promote greater equity to significantly and sustainably improve people's quality of life, through a variety of methods including research, knowledge exchange, experimentation, data analysis, and innovative technologies.

The Emilia-Romagna Region recognizes social economy and innovation actors as drivers of entrepreneurial and employment development, capable of generating well-being and improving citizens' quality of life through the implementation of interdisciplinary and virtuous relationships in the territories