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Closing the Digital Divide

An interview with citizen participation expert Adrià Duarte (UCLG), exploring how cities can use digital tools to strengthen local democracy, and put human rights at the centre of digital transformation.

e-sabha app

Connecting Communities with Local Authorities and Government Agencies on a Single Platform.

C6 Finland - Finnish Alliance model

A bold new experiment in multilevel collaboration

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Establishing a Food Policy Council
Bordeaux, France

Establishing a Food Policy Council

Uniting 130+ voices for food reform
Bridge Asset Management System
Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Bridge Asset Management System

Treating bridges as social capital
Gender Justice Strategy
Bogotá, Colombia

Gender Justice Strategy

Shaping policy to create a safe, equitable and inclusive city for women.
Forbidden Culture Week
Malmö, Sweden

Forbidden Culture Week

Celebrating artistic freedom that has at some time, somewhere and for some reason been censored or banned.
Habitat and living conditions improvement in poor communities
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Habitat and living conditions improvement in poor communities

Tackling unsafe homes and domestic violence in informal settlements
Barcelona: Inclusive employment in park maintenance
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Barcelona: Inclusive employment in park maintenance

Successful collaboration between a team specialising in the employment of people with disabilities and the municipal park company has helped provide support to individual employees and made the company itself more responsive to their needs.

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Manchester, United Kingdom

Rachel Morrison

Individual | Senior Nature Based Solutions Advisor
Maria Cortada de la Peña
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Maria Cortada de la Peña

Individual | Technical manager on metropolitan governance
Bogotá, Colombia

Jose Ospina

Institution | Project Manager
Municipality of Tehran
Tehran, Iran

Municipality of Tehran

Institution
Short Annabel
New York City, United States

Short Annabel

Individual | Principal, It's Material
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sandra Bustamante

Individual | PhD in Polítical Science