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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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Urban Agroforestry
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Urban Agroforestry

Building community agroforests to ensure food security for citizens.
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MoveWindhoek – New bus system makes Namibian capital mobile
Windhoek, Namibia

MoveWindhoek – New bus system makes Namibian capital mobile

MoveWindhoek is a new bus system with which poorer population groups are to be provided with better access to mobility and urban motorised individual transport is to be reduced in the long run.
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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.
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Establishing Neighborhood Houses in informal settlements
Shiraz, Iran

Establishing Neighborhood Houses in informal settlements

The urban administration team of Shiraz are working collaboratively with residents to improve neighborhoods in informal settlements.
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The city of Brighton & Hove reuse model
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

The city of Brighton & Hove reuse model

The Brighton & Hove council has implemented a programme to keep reusable goods out of the bin.
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Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrated project
Casablanca, Morocco

Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrated project

The project illustrates how conflicts between planner's aims and resident's views can be mitigated by participation processes
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Mexico City, Mexico

Torres Daniela

Individual | Biologist
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Sergi Rovira

Individual | International Environment Consultant
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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Segundo Hevia

Individual | Director at Conexión ITBA
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Manchester, United Kingdom

Rachel Morrison

Individual | Senior Nature Based Solutions Advisor
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Washington, D.C., United States

Chris Moon

Individual | Researcher
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Emre Akova
Düsseldorf, Germany

Emre Akova

Individual | Civil Engineer
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