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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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The Milan Food Policy
Milan, Italy

The Milan Food Policy

An innovative framework for making urban food systems more sustainable and inclusive.
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OpenBorough: active citizenship via e-participation
Amsterdam, Netherlands

OpenBorough: active citizenship via e-participation

The City of Amsterdam has embarked on a project to make democracy more dynamic and interactive by developing a digital participatory platform to engage with residents.
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Walkable Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland

Walkable Helsinki

How citizen engagement and collaboration can make cities more walkable
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Be circular - Be Brussels
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Be circular - Be Brussels

A call for projects encourages local entrepreneurs to develop creative business initiatives that use circular economy concepts with support from local government agencies.
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City Development Strategy for Sustainable Development - Phase II
Alexandria, Egypt

City Development Strategy for Sustainable Development - Phase II

Local economic development, participatory urban upgrading and environmental rehabilitation are the three pillars of the strategy
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Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural Products
El Alto, Bolivia

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural Products

The project for self-sustaining agriculture focuses on local families and especially on the women who have organized themselves in almost 600 community organizations in order to take care of daily issues in residential areas.
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NAJAT ZARROUK
Rabat, Morocco

NAJAT ZARROUK

Individual | Director of the Academy of UCLG Africa, ALGA
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Guangzhou, China

Yang Rongqian

Institution
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Berlin, Germany

Andreas Jaeger

Individual | Urban Planner & Policy Researcher
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Lima, Peru

Maria Valeria Quintana

Individual
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Tampere, Finland

Irma Rantonen

Individual | Project manager
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Virginia Negretti
Berlin, Germany

Virginia Negretti

Individual | Managing Partner Negretti Expertise
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