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RECUP MASTERCLASS on Loneliness: Exploring Cultural and Urban Solutions

On 23 January 2026, the URBACT RECUP Network hosted its second masterclass, focusing on the pressing issue of loneliness and how it can be addressed through culture, creativity, and integrated urban strategies. The online session brought together experts and participants from across Europe to exchange knowledge, experiences, and practical approaches.

RECUP Partners Meet in Dubrovnik for the 5th Core Network Meeting

On 13–14 May 2026, RECUP partners gathered in Dubrovnik for the project’s 5th Core Network Meeting, hosted by the Dubrovnik Development Agency (DURA). The meeting marked an important moment as the project entered its final phase, with a strong focus on refining Integrated Investment Plans (IIPs) and preparing for the final event.

Bliv en del af URBACT’s Accelerator for Ukraine og Moldova: en skræddersyet mulighed for læring for byer

En ny mulighed for at styrke kapaciteten inden for genopbygning, revitalisering, resiliens og krisehåndtering i Ukrainske og Moldoviske byer.

Eat4Climate – The First Steps of the Journey

Launched in November 2025 and led by City of Mouans-Sartoux as Lead Partner, and François Jegou as Lead Expert, the Eat4Climate Transfer network brings together six cities committed to changin eating habits in order to reduce the carbon footprint of food systems. Through the adaptation and the transfer of Mouans-Sartoux’s Good Practice, partners are working to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable and climate friendly food systems.

RECUP MASTERCLASS - Grants and Beyond: Rethinking how we fund culture and creativity in cities

The RECUP Masterclass“Grants and Beyond: Rethinking How We Fund Culture and Creativity in Cities” explored how cities can move beyond traditional grant-based systems and develop more sustainable approaches to financing culture.

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

In Braga, Portugal, social innovation experimentation has been underway since 2015. What began as

a strategic vision developed during the URBACT BoostINNO network - a plan to harness the city's

human potential rather than simply its economic resources - has evolved, over a decade and through

successive waves of funding and iteration, into something far more substantial: the Human Power

Hub, a permanent, municipally-anchored platform for social innovation that has helped create over

50 social enterprises, brought more than a thousand citizens into active co-creation processes, and

generated 200 jobs in the social economy.

The Human Power Hub is not a conventional incubator. Where most innovation centres operate on

Business-to-Business or Business-to-Consumer logic, Braga's model is built on the different premise:

a Human-to-Human philosophy, the idea that the most powerful driver of social change is a person

supported to become a change-maker. The Human Power Hub (HPH) functions simultaneously as a

physical space, a methodology toolkit, a governance framework, and a community ecosystem, all

woven into the fabric of municipal public policy through BragaHabit E.M., the city's housing public

company.

Recognised as an URBACT Good Practice in 2024, the HPH model has embarked on a new chapter. Six

European cities, Bologna, Espoo, Gdańsk, Kyiv, Leipzig, and Málaga, have come together alongside

Braga as the lead partner, under the HPH Europe URBACT IV Transfer Network to adapt, test, and

ultimately build their own versions of the Human Power Hub. The collective ambition goes well

beyond the 30-month URBACT project timeline: the network is working toward a new European

model for social innovation, a constellation of locally rooted Human Power Hubs, connected by

shared methodologies, common impact frameworks, and a culture of mutual learning.