The kick-off meeting of the INNLocal project

Playtest Session Highlights Innovative Educational Tool from INNlocal Project On Friday, 28 March, a playtest session was held as part of the INNlocal Project – Innovation in and through Local Governments, focusing on the trial of an educational game designed to promote learning in local governance. The session involved students from a master’s program in…

Co-Designing Skills for the Future: Microcredentials Workshop Sets the Tone for INNlocal Conference. The II European (Local) Public Innovation Conference opened on September 16, 2025, at the Silesian University in Opava with a workshop fully dedicated to microcredentials. The session was led by Cláudia S. Costa, Inês Barbedo, and Ana Gonçalves from the Bragança Polytechnic…

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the II. European (Local) Public Innovation Conference, which will take place in September 16–18, 2025, at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic. This hybrid conference is part of the INNlocal project, aiming to explore and promote innovation in local public administration. We invite researchers, practitioners,…

Innovation Journey presented at the II European (Local) Public Innovation Conference in Opava. On 18 September 2025, the INNlocal Project – Innovation in and through Local Governments showcased its dialogical card game – Innovation Journey – during the II European (Local) Public Innovation Conference, hosted at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic. For the first…

INNlocal Focus Group: One More Step Toward Local Innovation The INNlocal project – Innovation in and through Local Governments – held its Focus Group session on March 28, 2025. The session brought together civil servants from various municipalities, politicians, and technical staff, creating a space for shared reflection on innovation in local governance. Key themes…