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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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Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP)
Cairo, Egypt

Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP)

This project advises concepts and methods of participatory community development and grass roots based waste management in informal urban areas.
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Bogotá Sin Hambre: Bogota Without Hunger
Bogotá, Colombia

Bogotá Sin Hambre: Bogota Without Hunger

Bogota, Colombia has used urban agriculture and farmers markets to help alleviate poverty and undernutrition while addressing ill health.
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A neighbourhood public utility park
Bucharest, Romania

A neighbourhood public utility park

The city of Bucharest is promoting sustainable growth and social cohesion through the creation of a multipurpose public park.
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Recycling Center of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Recycling Center of Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires Recycling Centre presents an innovative, holistic solution to waste management developed and administered by the city government.
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Dakar paving streets by hands
Dakar, Senegal

Dakar paving streets by hands

The program aims at modernizing and embellishing the city of Dakar while more than 1,500 employments can be created.
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Ekostaden Augustenborg and Bo01 – City of Tomorrow
Malmö, Sweden

Ekostaden Augustenborg and Bo01 – City of Tomorrow

The two projects - a newly built housing area and an upgraded neighbourhood - follow the same environmental and social standards in Malmö
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CityNet Secretariat
Seoul , South Korea

CityNet Secretariat

Institution
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Borja Prieto
Madrid, Spain

Borja Prieto

Individual | Civil Servant
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Areej Areej kiwan
Cairo, Egypt

Areej Areej kiwan

Individual | Researcher - teaching assistant at Mansoura university
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Gabriel Bello Barros
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Gabriel Bello Barros

Individual | Urban Innovation Consultat
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Marta Llobet

Individual | Uclg Culture Committee
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Albert Rojas
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Albert Rojas

Individual | Promoter of community and eco-social transformation projects
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