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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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Banjarmasin Inclusive City Movement
Banjarmasin, Indonesia

Banjarmasin Inclusive City Movement

A multi-stakeholder initiative to promote social inclusion through participatory data collection, placemaking, and community participation
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Heartfelt Houses / Proyecto Juan Bobo
Medellín, Colombia

Heartfelt Houses / Proyecto Juan Bobo

Inhabitants of a former informal settlement are supplied with clean water, sewage, and waste disposal.
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CoGhent
Ghent, Belgium

CoGhent

Leveraging digitized cultural heritage to foster social cohesion and inclusion.
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The Green Belt Pays de Béarn
Pau, France

The Green Belt Pays de Béarn

Supports local economies, bolsters food resilience and reduces the carbon footprint
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The Stop
Toronto, Canada

The Stop

The Stop has pioneered a transformation from a traditional charity-model food bank to a new, empowerment model of ‘community food centre’.
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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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Johannesburg, South Africa

Zarina Goondiwala

Individual | Knowledge Manager
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Ventura Godoy
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Ventura Godoy

Individual | Architect
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Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina

Valen Valentina

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Bogotá, Colombia

Avantika Raghav

Individual | EDUCATOR
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Babu Ahamed
Vijayawada, India

Babu Ahamed

Individual | INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
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Liteboho Makhele
Johannesburg, South Africa

Liteboho Makhele

Individual | Country Coordinator: Natural Resources Stewardship Programme II (NatuReS II), South Africa
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