The kick-off meeting of the INNLocal project

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…

Strengthening Local Innovation: INNlocal Represented by FEFAL at ANAFRE’s XX National Congress. The INNlocal project was represented by its partner Fundação para os Estudos e Formação nas Autarquias Locais (FEFAL) at the XX National Congress of ANAFRE – Associação Nacional de Freguesias, held from 30 January to 1 February 2026 at the Portimão Arena. Bringing…

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…

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…

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,…

INNlocal fosters innovation in Chaves through a working session with local civil servants. The INNlocal project held a working session in Chaves, dedicated to exploring new approaches to innovation in local public administration. The session brought together local civil servants from Chaves City Council for an activity that combined an institutional presentation with participatory dynamics,…