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700+ citymakers, 440+ cities, one shared mission.

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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use (urban sustainability exchange) is a knowledge exchange platform dedicated to sustainable city making. use connects citymakers and encourages the exchange of ideas and experiences to effect positive sustainable change.

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Advance to Zero (AtoZ)
Adelaide, Australia

Advance to Zero (AtoZ)

Empowering communities to tackle homelessness
TOTATOGA
Busan, South Korea

TOTATOGA

Busan’s historic downtown culture cluster
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.
CO-HATY
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

CO-HATY

Providing emergency homes for displaced people
Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme
Cape Town, South Africa

Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme

Building resilience by improving resource efficiency, stimulating economic growth and job creation.
Helsinki Climate Street project
Greater Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Climate Street project

The Climate Street project involves public agencies, residents and businesses working together to convert sustainable ideas into practical, replicable and scalable actions.

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Kenny Javier Cayama Perez
Caracas, Venezuela

Kenny Javier Cayama Perez

Individual | Urbanista
Washington, D.C., United States

FRANK SZOPINSKI

Individual
Seoul , South Korea

Wooyoung Song

Individual
Nyabayo Douglas Ongori
Nairobi, Kenya

Nyabayo Douglas Ongori

Individual | Urban Planner
Collia Alejandro
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collia Alejandro

Individual | Executive Director
Berlin, Germany

Nélida Rostock

Individual | geographer