Urban Product

Urban Product

Urban Product asbl

Belgium

Community developmentPoverty & HungerEnvironment & ClimateWater & Sanitation
AssociationInternational reach1-10 staff
Profile last updated: July 18, 2026

About

Urban Product is a non-profit association based in Belgium working on community development, poverty & hunger, environment & climate +3 more.

Urban Product is a non-profit incubator of social innovations based in Belgium. It incubates and strengthens initiatives that redistribute sustainable solutions to increase social impact. Its two main projects are UP! Lokal, a local and inclusive food distribution initiative in Brussels, and UP! Energise, which connects diaspora communities with solar energy projects for schools, health centres, farms and water access in Cameroon, Senegal, Bangladesh, Somalia and other countries. The organisation applies a leave no one behind principle and funds projects through crowdfunding, diaspora investment and matching funds.

Location

Belgium

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

asbl

Legal name

Urban Product asbl

Staff

1-10

VAT number

ES049883891

Focus areas

social innovationincubatorlocal foodsolar energydiasporaBrussels

Languages

FRNLEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Community developmentPoverty & HungerEnvironment & ClimateWater & SanitationEducationHealth

Works for

CommunitiesChildrenWomen & GirlsVictims of violence

How they work

Community programmesCapacity building

Programmes

UP! Lokal

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Poverty & Hunger · Belgium

Local food initiative distributing organic, seasonal fruit and vegetables through neighbourhood grocers and weekly baskets in Brussels, with unsold produce redirected to food recyclers and social restaurants.

UP! Energise

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Environment & Climate · Cameroon, Senegal, Bangladesh, Somalia, Benin, Chad, Jamaica

Solar energy projects for schools, health centres, farms, boreholes and villages, financed by diaspora investment and donations and installed by local technical partners.

Fair Energy

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Environment & Climate · Cameroon, Senegal, Somalia, Bangladesh

Model that channels diaspora funds and remittances into crowdfunded solar and water projects, with matching funds from partner foundations.

Countries of operation

BelgiumCameroonSenegalBeninBangladeshSomaliaChadJamaica

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsEarned income

Ways to support

DonateShop

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

UP!Lokal winner

Be Circular2023

Le Bon Moment campaign winner

Be Planet2026UP! Lokal

Partnerships

Solarly, Nadji.Bi Group, Solar Shine, Kiekebich, Ferme du Montaval, Caring Hearts, Cosmos, Les Gastrosophes, Synergie Renouvelable, Fruit Collect, Iles de Paix

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