Since 2002 · Nordic · Baltic · European
Small towns.
Big ideas.
A network for smaller and medium sized places across the Nordics, Europe and the Baltic Sea Region.
We bring municipalities, regions, schools, NGOs and researchers together around planning, identity, participation and entrepreneurship — and turn the meetings into real projects.
- 2002
- Network founded through the PIPE project
- 20+
- Transnational projects delivered
- 15
- Countries with partners and members
- 1
- Annual gathering, hosted by a member town
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Latest news
2 October 2026
New ICN Homepage
The new website is now live
The new website is now live and available. A few adjustments and improvements are still being made, but the main features are already in place.
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19 August 2025
World cafe in Bialystok
ICN annual meeting in cooperation with FCIS 15 years anniversary
22-24 October there will be an event in Bialystok, focusing on social innovations and especially in Poland, an exploring the FCIS strategy 2030. FCIS…
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20 March 2025
ICN met in Berlin and paved the way forward !
The Berlin meeting showed a boost in activities for the ICN. At the moment there are about 10 projects which are already in the pipeline for developme…
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28 February 2025
We can !
Citizen participation in Jekabpils, Latvia
The association Lauku Partnerība Sēlija has launched the implementation of the "We Can" project in the rural areas of Jēkabpils Municipality. The proj…
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10 January 2025
Pomeil web page launched
A new webpage for the POMEIL Erasmus + project is recently launched. The Pomeil project is developing and includes partners from Greece, Poland, Eston…
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Membership is open to municipalities, regions, organisations and individuals who work with the development of smaller places.