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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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Masterplan for Energy Transition
Dortmund, Germany

Masterplan for Energy Transition

Dortmund’s Masterplan for Energy Transition brings all sorts of stakeholders together to develop a vision for the city’s energy future.
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DARAJA
Nairobi, Kenya

DARAJA

The Inclusive City-Community Forecasting and Early Warning Service
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Mashhad Innovation Factory
Mashhad, Iran

Mashhad Innovation Factory

Connecting people, knowledge and ideas.
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Semarang Ecodistrict: Water management-based urban planning
Semarang , Indonesia

Semarang Ecodistrict: Water management-based urban planning

The Ecodistrict Programme pilots a resilient and sustainable approach to urban planning, starting from local development patterns and challenges.
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Crisis management planning
Berlin, Germany

Crisis management planning

The Berlin Senate Department for Health, Care and Gender Equality ("Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung") has developed a model for standardised operational planning for crisis management.
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Smart Map: rent, share, exchange, borrow
Gothenburg, Sweden

Smart Map: rent, share, exchange, borrow

The city of Gothenburg's Smart Map platform shows residents where they can find things to hire, borrow, share or swap while simultaneously helping to reduce consumption based emissions and create services for the sharing economy.
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Samira Esmaeelzadeh
Mashhad, Iran

Samira Esmaeelzadeh

Individual | Expert of Internaional Affair of Young Consultants Group
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Carlos Placencia
Monterrey, Mexico

Carlos Placencia

Individual | Architect
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Peter Andreas Gotsch
Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Andreas Gotsch

Individual | Urban Planner, urban Designer, Researcher
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Fezile Njokweni

Fezile Njokweni

Individual | Knowledge Management
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Berlin, Germany

Anita Dame

Institution
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Utrecht, Netherlands

Lotta Jüchtern

Individual | Utrecht University Student
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