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Micro-Baguio: a 15 minute city

An urban planning concept where residents can access most of their daily needs—work, shopping, healthcare, education, and recreation—within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their home.

Applications Open for 7th Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation

Cities and local governments worldwide are invited to submit their innovative urban governance solutions for the prestigious biennial award recognising excellence in sustainable urban development.

Colin MacFarlane wins 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award

Award-winning book challenges cities to confront the sanitation crisis as a fundamental issue of democracy, equity, and human rights.

Saebit Talk Talk

A citizen participation platform to increase participatory planning

SDG Progress Report 2025

Only 35% of 2030 sustainability goals on track, with 18% moving backwards

UNDRR Disaster Risk Encyclopedia

Educational resources to help professionals understand and manage global disaster risks

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Barcelona Activa, The Economic Development Agency of Barcelona City Council
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Barcelona Activa, The Economic Development Agency of Barcelona City Council

Barcelona Activa works with small businesses and start-ups to promote entrepreneurship and provide employment opportunities in the city.
Transit Oriented Development Strategy
Quito, Ecuador

Transit Oriented Development Strategy

A strategy focussing on social inclusion, urban regeneration and the environment is being implemented in Quito.
Gender Justice Strategy
Bogotá, Colombia

Gender Justice Strategy

Shaping policy to create a safe, equitable and inclusive city for women.
Children First
Bogotá, Colombia

Children First

A sustainable mobility program for children.
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.
Interactive energy classification map
Vilnius, Lithuania

Interactive energy classification map

An innovative interactive energy map lets Vilnius citizens access and compare energy performance data for every apartment block in the city, online.

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Carolina Anselmino
Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Carolina Anselmino

Individual | Chief of Staff
Berlin, Germany

Andreas Jaeger

Individual | Urban Planner & Policy Researcher
Kh Md Nahiduzzaman
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

Individual | Urban Planner & Policy Analyst
Lahore, Pakistan

Mishel Ijaz

Individual | Project Coordinator
Mersin, Turkey

Elif Tanburoğlu

Individual | Head of Foreign Relations and Projects Office/Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
Bilbao Metropoli 30
Bilbao, Spain

Bilbao Metropoli 30

Institution | Public-private partnership, whose aim is to promote the revitalization and development of the metropolitan Bilbao.