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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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Material recovery Facility at the New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi - NIUA, India

Material recovery Facility at the New Delhi Railway Station

The Chintan recycling project at the New Delhi Railway Station manages tons of unsorted garbage every day and enables waste-pickers to carry out their livelihoods in a clean and dignified work environment.
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CUIDÁ: vigias ambientales: risk prevention through citizen engagement
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

CUIDÁ: vigias ambientales: risk prevention through citizen engagement

CUIDÁ volunteers are trained in implementing sustainable emergency prevention strategies in communities that are vulnerable to natural disasters.
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The Elimination of Architectural and Urban Barriers Plan
La Paz, Bolivia

The Elimination of Architectural and Urban Barriers Plan

The incorporation of an inclusive perspective in the delivery of works, services and activities carried out by the Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz.
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SynAthina: a social innovation platform
Athens, Greece

SynAthina: a social innovation platform

Citizens, policy-makers and private sector representatives come together to build a collaborative, grassroots vision for change in Athens.
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The Care System of Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia

The Care System of Bogotá

Participatory governance in local care programs.
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Our Future City
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Our Future City

Growing creativity and improving wellbeing for children and young people through culture.
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Ghulam Mohey-ud-din
Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ghulam Mohey-ud-din

Individual | Principal Urban Economist
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Jan Kaminski
Warsaw, Poland

Jan Kaminski

Individual | landscape architect
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Albert Rojas
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Albert Rojas

Individual | Promoter of community and eco-social transformation projects
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Madrid, Spain

REYES CASTILLO

Individual | Consultant
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Berlin, Germany

Inga Treitler

Individual | Director
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Berlin, Germany

Agnes Müller

Individual | Researcher, Lecturer and Coordinator of Dual Master Program "Urban Planning and Mobility"
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