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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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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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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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Johannesburg-Lilongwe Mentorship Programme
Lilongwe, Malawi

Johannesburg-Lilongwe Mentorship Programme

Lilongwe City Development Strategy has been developed through an innovative Mentorship Programme with the City of Johannesburg
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CUIDÁ: vigias ambientales: risk prevention through citizen engagement
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

CUIDÁ: vigias ambientales: risk prevention through citizen engagement

CUIDÁ volunteers are trained in implementing sustainable emergency prevention strategies in communities that are vulnerable to natural disasters.
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Utrecht: A Global Goals City
Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht: A Global Goals City

Localizing the SDG’s through multi-stakeholder partnerships
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Gijon’s Citizen Card
Gijon, Spain

Gijon’s Citizen Card

A single card, Gijon’s Citizen Card, allows Gijon's citizens to pay their bus fare, hire a bike and take out a library book. Today, 250,000 of Gijon’s citizens – 80% of the city’s population - carry this card, unlocking services and facilities across the city.
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Saebit Talk Talk
Suwon, South Korea

Saebit Talk Talk

A citizen participation platform to increase participatory planning
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Mikel Berra Sandin
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Mikel Berra Sandin

Individual | Project Officer, Digital Metropolis
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Bilbao Metropoli 30
Bilbao, Spain

Bilbao Metropoli 30

Institution | Public-private partnership, whose aim is to promote the revitalization and development of the metropolitan Bilbao.
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Mersin, Turkey

Elif Tanburoğlu

Individual | Head of Foreign Relations and Projects Office/Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
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Gérard Le Bihan
Grand Paris, France

Gérard Le Bihan

Individual | Senior expert planning and urban design
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Desi Ilker
Berlin, Germany

Desi Ilker

Individual | Project & Communication Manager
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Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Maria maria herrero canela

Individual | practioner / public servant
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