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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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Culture for Future
Dresden, Germany

Culture for Future

Guidelines for sustainability in the cultural sector
Data Eye
Kurashiki, Japan

Data Eye

An intelligent ICT Implementation project in the Takahashi River Basin.
Citizen-led urban regeneration policy
Seoul , South Korea

Citizen-led urban regeneration policy

Creating positive communities with sustainable urban growth.
Women’s Safe Homes
Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

Women’s Safe Homes

Providing women and children a safe route out of domestic abuse environments
Redesigning the Leopoldplatz Square
Berlin, Germany

Redesigning the Leopoldplatz Square

The redesign and reconstruction of the Leopoldplatz Square took place between 2011 and 2013. The aim of the process was to explore solutions to existing conflicts on the square and to jointly find a way in which all space users would feel comfortable at Leopoldplatz without excluding certain groups.
The electric vehicle capital
Oslo, Norway

The electric vehicle capital

With 60% of emissions in Oslo coming from the transport sector, encouraging people to use electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to make a real difference. In 2008, Oslo adopted a ten-point plan to reduce CO2 emissions, to which the large scale introduction of EVs plays a big part.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mercedes Buenos Aires City Government

Institution | BA Climate Change Proyect Leader
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Sara Udina Armengol - Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat

Institution | Municipality of El Prat de Llobregat. Head of the city’s Department of Planning
Madhumita
Den Haag, Netherlands

Madhumita

Individual
Maria Lucia Camargo
São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Lucia Camargo

Individual | Economist
Anne Schmidt
Berlin, Germany

Anne Schmidt

Individual | Architect, urban designer, researcher
Beirut, Lebanon

Cyprien Butin

Individual | Urban Development Consultant