EASPD promotes the views of over 20,000 social services and their umbrella associations to promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems. The PIL team including Andrius Tursa, Ieva Giedraitytė, Elma Paulauskaitė and Marius Pranskūnas with collaboration from employment experts from across the EU conducted a study exploring employment models within the social economy and their role in including persons with disabilities into the labour market and society. The study presents a more detailed description of specific employment models for persons with disabilities in social economy in Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Norway and Spain, including illustrative case studies in each country.