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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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One-stop model for provision of municipal services
Yiwu, China

One-stop model for provision of municipal services

An initiative to assist businesspeople navigating life in Yiwu.
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Museum in the City
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Museum in the City

The City of Eindhoven revolutionises heritage through bold transformation
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Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima
Colima, Mexico

Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima

This project helped implement a strategic plan for reducing fragmentation and spatial disparities, and increasing local capacity building
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Urban Agriculture Programme (UAP)
Rosario, Argentina

Urban Agriculture Programme (UAP)

The objective of the UAP is to implement a participatory process of production, transformation, and commercialisation to improve food supply
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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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Shiraz - The Green City
Shiraz, Iran

Shiraz - The Green City

Increasing green space and limiting unbridled development through reforestation.
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Jorge Aldana Santos
Hamburg, Germany

Jorge Aldana Santos

Individual | International Marketing ∣ Innovation
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New Delhi - NIUA, India

Poonam Prakash

Individual | Town Planner
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Juan Manuel Zorro Aicardi
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Manuel Zorro Aicardi

Individual | Environmental Projects Developer
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Nadim Choucair
Berlin, Germany

Nadim Choucair

Individual | Founder | globalgoals.directory
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Berlin, Germany

Friedemann Walther

Individual | Head of the Division for Active Citizenship and Democracy Support, Senate Chancellery of the federal state of Berlin
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Istanbul, Turkey

Shayma Bakerli

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