URBACT.humanpowerhub, R. de São Domingos, 94B, 2º andar, Braga (2026)

09/10/2026

𝗠𝗮́𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

👉 From 5 to 7 October 2026, representatives from the Human Power Hub URBACT Transfer Network came together in Málaga for an intensive programme dedicated to social innovation, social entrepreneurship, youth, education and the development of stronger local ecosystems.

👉 The meeting began with an institutional reception at Málaga City Hall, hosted by the Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre Prados.

👉 The following morning, the URBACT HPH TNM02 Official Opening brought together Málaga Municipality Authorities and Andalusian Regional Authorities, creating an institutional framework for two days of intensive work and knowledge exchange.

👉 Partners then worked on the Human Power Hub Roadmap with Lead Expert Marion Cugnet, continuing the reflections developed during the URBACT University and connecting them with the next stages of the transfer process.

👉 The programme also took the network directly into Málaga’s social innovation ecosystem.
Through visits and exchanges with the Polo de Contenidos Digitales , 42 Málaga, Asociación Arrabal-AID and La Noria Málaga Social Innovation Centre, partners explored how the city and the wider territory are connecting social innovation, entrepreneurship, public policy, community participation and local development.

👉 A central part of the meeting was dedicated to two round table discussions.
↘️ One focused on how to boost social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
↘️ The other explored youth and education as crucial drivers for social innovation.

👉 Together, representatives from Braga, Málaga, Bologna, Espoo, Gdańsk, Leipzig and Kyiv shared experiences, challenges and approaches from their own territories.

The programme also presented two remarkable initiatives from Málaga: Málaga Impacta+, which connects projects generating social, environmental and economic impact with investment and procurement opportunities, and the MAIS Observatory, focused on measuring social impact in public projects.

👏 We would like to express a special thank you to the entire team at Málaga City Council, Asociación Arrabal-AID and La Noria Málaga for the excellent welcome, the openness throughout the programme and the generous sharing of knowledge and experience.

👉 Their contribution was essential in making these days a meaningful learning experience for the whole Human Power Hub Europe network.

👉 For Málaga, hosting TNM02 created an opportunity to place its local experience within a wider European learning process.
For Human Power Hub Europe, the meeting represented another important step in the transfer process.
Because transferring the Human Power Hub is not about reproducing Braga somewhere else.
It is about understanding which principles can travel, which elements need to change and what new knowledge emerges when a good practice meets a different territory.
Transfer does not produce replicas. It produces new knowledge.
Málaga has now added another layer to that collective knowledge.

💬 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀?

25/08/2026

🇮🇪 For three days in Cork, our seven cities are learning together.

👉 The Human Power Hub Transfer Network is taking part in the URBACT University 2026, and representatives from all seven cities in our network are here: Braga, Bologna, Espoo, Gdańsk, Kyiv, Leipzig and Málaga.

👉 Together with representatives from other URBACT Transfer Networks across Europe, we are exploring tools and participatory approaches for stakeholder engagement, peer learning and the development of our future Transfer Plans.

But there is something equally important happening beyond the workshops.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

👉 Every conversation allows us to better understand our different local realities. Every question challenges the way we think about transfer. Every shared experience helps us understand what should remain from the Human Power Hub Good Practice and what needs to evolve in each city.

Because transferring a Good Practice is not about making cities more alike.
𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

👉 Cork is therefore more than a training moment. It is another step in building a European community of cities that learn from each other and transform knowledge into local action.

👉 Follow Human Power Hub Transfer Network and discover what our seven cities are learning in Cork.

💬 How can European cities turn shared knowledge into meaningful local change?

28/07/2026

𝗠𝗮́𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸

👉 Building a strong social innovation ecosystem starts with listening, collaborating and co-designing solutions together.

👉 Málaga hosted the second meeting of its URBACT Local Group (ULG) as part of the URBACT Human Power Hub Transfer Network, bringing together representatives from local government, regional institutions, academia, civil society and the social entrepreneurship ecosystem to continue shaping the city's Transfer Plan.

👉 The meeting focused on analysing and adapting methodologies that will strengthen local social innovation policies while responding to urban challenges through collaboration, participation and shared knowledge. Participants also contributed their expertise to the co-creation of actions that will guide Málaga's local implementation of the Human Power Hub model.

👉 As one of the seven partner cities in the URBACT Human Power Hub network, Málaga is working alongside Braga, Bologna, Espoo, Gdańsk, Kyiv and Leipzig to transfer and adapt an innovative approach to social innovation that empowers cities to tackle social, environmental and economic challenges through collaboration across the quadruple helix: public authorities, businesses, academia and civil society.

👉 Every local meeting represents another step towards stronger ecosystems, more connected communities and more resilient cities.

👉 Together, we are proving that social innovation is not transferred by copying solutions, but by adapting knowledge, building trust and creating lasting local partnerships.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀?

27/07/2026

📖 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙: 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚: 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚, 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚.

Written by Marion Cugnet, Lead Expert of the Human Power Hub Europe URBACT IV Transfer Network, this article explores how a local social innovation practice developed in Braga is evolving into a European learning and transfer process involving seven cities committed to strengthening their social innovation ecosystems.

The article traces the evolution of the Human Power Hub (HPH), recognised as an URBACT Good Practice in 2024, and reflects on the work currently underway through the Human Power Hub Europe Transfer Network.
It explores:

▪ The Human-to-Human philosophy that underpins the Human Power Hub model;
▪ The journey from a local initiative in Braga to a European network of cities;
▪ The diversity, strengths and ambitions of Bologna, Espoo, Gdańsk, Kyiv, Leipzig and Málaga;
▪ The findings of the HPH Europe Transferability Study;
▪ The concept of the Minimum Impact Human Power Hub (MiHPH);
▪ The methodology being used to adapt and transfer social innovation practices across different local contexts.

One of the article's central messages is that transfer is not about replication.
It is about understanding local realities, building on existing strengths and creating the conditions for social innovation to become a permanent and effective component of local governance.

As the network enters its Adaptation and Build phase, partner cities are developing local transfer plans, mobilising stakeholders and shaping their own Human Power Hub models while contributing to a shared European learning process.

We would like to thank Marion Cugnet for capturing the ambition, methodology and collective vision behind HPH Europe, as well as all partner cities, URBACT Local Groups and stakeholders contributing to this collaborative effort.

📖 Read the full article via this link 👇
https://lnkd.in/ejpgfsh8

💬 What role can social innovation play in helping cities build more resilient, participatory and people-centred futures?

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