SILK operates with a collaborative and multi-level governance model designed to connect local realities with European opportunities, and to ensure strategic, grounded, and interdisciplinary guidance.

We are organised around three key pillars:

🏛️ The EU Klub

A European connector bridging local territories with each other and with the so-called “EU bubble” (Brussels institutions, networks, funding programmes, etc.).
The EU Klub supports access to European initiatives (Horizon Europe, New European Bauhaus, etc.), builds visibility for small territories, and helps position them in strategic consortia and partnerships.

🏘️ Local Klubs

Operational communities in specific regions or territories, focused on implementing concrete collaborative projects — from revitalising local spaces to launching new economic or cultural models.
These Klubs are made up of local associations, entrepreneurs, artists, municipalities, and citizens, working together on solutions that make sense for their places — and sharing practices across the SILK network.

🧠 The Sounding Board

A group of pluridisciplinary experts based in different European countries, bringing insights from urban and rural development, public policy, innovation, finance, design, and community engagement.
They help guide SILK’s strategic directions, ensure relevance and quality in our initiatives, and connect us with emerging trends and key actors across Europe.

This governance allows SILK to stay locally rooted and globally connected, while keeping a clear focus on impact, inclusiveness, and systemic change.