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That's a wrap on 2025!

That's a wrap on 2025!

700+ citymakers, 440+ cities, one shared mission.
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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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Intelligent Transport System
Moscow, Russia

Intelligent Transport System

ITS is an integrated system for monitoring and managing road traffic and public transport.
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Guide: providing support to women entrepreneurs
Munich, Germany

Guide: providing support to women entrepreneurs

With support from local government, Guide provides a specialised service to a growing population of female entrepreneurs in the city of Munich.
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Urban Solid Waste Management in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Urban Solid Waste Management in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte

An inter-federation model make feasible for the municipalities to manage their waste in an integrated way.
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SIGeo: integrated geoinformation management
Niterói, Brazil

SIGeo: integrated geoinformation management

A unified GIS platform that improves territorial management and planning
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100 buildings = 100 stories
Hermoupolis, Greece

100 buildings = 100 stories

Places, people and digital storytelling
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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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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ricardo Blanco

Individual | Architect
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Detlef Cwojdzinski
Berlin, Germany

Detlef Cwojdzinski

Individual | Katastrophenschutzreferent
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Sai-kit CHOI
Hong Kong, China

Sai-kit CHOI

Individual | Circular and Sharing Economy Practitioner
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Elizabeth Porter
Dakar, Senegal

Elizabeth Porter

Institution | Educator
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Ricardo Klein
Valencia, Spain

Ricardo Klein

Individual | Lecturer
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Guangzhou, China

Choyce LEE

Individual
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