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That's a wrap on 2025!

That's a wrap on 2025!

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Closing the Digital Divide

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.
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Global State of Democracy 2025

Global State of Democracy 2025

Democracy on the move
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Digital Democracy - Call for Content

Digital Democracy - Call for Content

The Transformative Force of Digital Democracies
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e-sabha app

e-sabha app

Connecting Communities with Local Authorities and Government Agencies on a Single Platform.
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C6 Finland - Finnish Alliance model

C6 Finland - Finnish Alliance model

A bold new experiment in multilevel collaboration
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Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Chicago, United States

Urban Agriculture Ordinance

A reform of city laws to clarify existing rules and expand the opportunities for food growing and livestock rearing within municipal limits.
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Knowledge Society - citizen participation and open government strategy
Gijon, Spain

Knowledge Society - citizen participation and open government strategy

Gijon City Council in Spain has responded to the need for greater efficiency, transparency and participatory democracy by implementing a digital platform enabling residents to share responsibility for governing and managing the city.
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City Partnership Initiative
Warsaw, Poland

City Partnership Initiative

The first national URBACT-style programme for cities
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Young Consultants Group of Municipality of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran

Young Consultants Group of Municipality of Mashhad

Youth Scientific Cooperation in Urban Management to empower Youth in the decision-making process
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One Less Nuclear Power Plant
Seoul , South Korea

One Less Nuclear Power Plant

The initiative aims at reducing energy consumption and increasing renewable energy production to compensate for one nuclear power plant
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Intersections: Dialogues on Inequalities
Montevideo, Uruguay

Intersections: Dialogues on Inequalities

Design of local policy agenda that addresses the principle of intersectionality
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James Macdonald
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

James Macdonald

Individual | Urban Solar Power + Agritech Consulting
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MohammadMahdi Makhmalbaf
Mashhad, Iran

MohammadMahdi Makhmalbaf

Individual | Planning
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Atlanta, United States

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Graz, Austria

Karl DIckinson

Individual | Editor
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Sustainable Cities Collaboratory
Berlin, Germany

Sustainable Cities Collaboratory

Institution | Network
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Medellín, Colombia

Adriana Escobar

Individual | Comunicadora
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