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Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Vienna is planting small, dense mini forests on underused green spaces to strengthen biodiversity, support climate adaptation and bring urban nature closer to children and residents.
Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

A new USE case study shows how Vienna is using small, dense urban forests to support biodiversity, local cooling and environmental education.
USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

Over the next six months, USE will examine how cities can prepare for growing climate risks.
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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Nursing Care Assistant System
Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Nursing Care Assistant System

Citizen Acceleration Project for Active Seniors
Zaragoza, Spain

La Colaboradora: a P2P co-working space promoting collaborative economy

A co-working space where a community of some 200 entrepreneurs, freelancers and creative professionals each dedicate four hours of their time every month in return for support with launching their projects. The principle is an exchange of services, ideas and knowledge through a ‘bank time’ approach.
Activation of an urban open space through citizen participation
Berlin, Germany

Activation of an urban open space through citizen participation

The project "Tempelhofer Freiheit" aims to establish a diverse combination of reuses of the former Berlin Tempelhof airport.
Urban Development Strategy for the City of Chisinau
Chisinau, no country specified

Urban Development Strategy for the City of Chisinau

This project addresses challenges using participatory approaches in the area of local governance, finance, and the application of modern urban and land management practices.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Discus Housing First

Giving homeless people control over their route to secure housing.
Transit Oriented Development Strategy
Quito, Ecuador

Transit Oriented Development Strategy

A strategy focussing on social inclusion, urban regeneration and the environment is being implemented in Quito.

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Andrés Scagliola
Montevideo, Uruguay

Andrés Scagliola

Individual | Political Scientist | Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat of Diversity | Intendencia de Montevideo
Digital Skills Map
Berlin, Germany

Digital Skills Map

Institution | Local know-how on digitalisation in vocational education and training
Seyedparham Mortazavian
Berlin, Germany

Seyedparham Mortazavian

Individual | Urban Planning and Architecture
Chris DiGennaro
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chris DiGennaro

Individual | Senior Program Officer, CityNet Secretariat
Peiró Karma
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Peiró Karma

Individual | Independent journalist
Joseph Walter Pade
Kampala, Uganda

Joseph Walter Pade

Individual | Commissioner Urban Development