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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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Don’t sleep, or you will be outvoted
Gdańsk, Poland

Don’t sleep, or you will be outvoted

A viral call to action
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Pre-earthquake measures in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Pre-earthquake measures in Tokyo

The City of Tokyo has introduced a series of measures to reduce the number of people becoming stranded in the metropolitan area in emergency situations.
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Cost sharing and multi level collaboration for social inclusion : Rusken
Oslo, Norway

Cost sharing and multi level collaboration for social inclusion : Rusken

Oslo like every city maintains and cleans its public green spaces as part of its greening activities. At the same time the city is providing vulnerable people with inclusive employment opportunities through two programmes.
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City talks on sustainable energy: the silent majority speaks
Utrecht, Netherlands

City talks on sustainable energy: the silent majority speaks

Utrecht initiated a democratic experiment to share and broaden responsibility for creating an energy plan to help it become climate neutral by 2030.
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The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)
Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)

De Rotterdamse Zaak is a work-based learning company in which both students and senior entrepreneurs support and consult entrepreneurs in marginal economic areas to improve their economical independence.
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Re-Use Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Re-Use Berlin

Improving the appeal of buying and donating quality second hand goods.
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Jakarta, Indonesia

widyaningsih-anastasia

Individual | Urban Designer
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Hazhi Hassan
Munich, Germany

Hazhi Hassan

Individual | Student
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Sajeda Rahaife
Karak, Jordan

Sajeda Rahaife

Individual | Executive manager
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Giancarlo Carboni
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Giancarlo Carboni

Individual | Manager Bureau Social Return, City of Amsterdam
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Michal Derhy-Vieman
Haifa, Israel

Michal Derhy-Vieman

Individual | Founder of "MELACH" - A custom designed urban experience studio, and a product designer.
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Environmental & Public Health International
Chicago, United States

Environmental & Public Health International

Institution | Drinking water training and climate adaptive water system infrastructure development
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