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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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Efficient and Sustainable Facility Management in the City of Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

Efficient and Sustainable Facility Management in the City of Freiburg

Central facility management creates a sound database for sustainable planning of the retrofitting and extension of buildings as well as new buildings of Freiburg’s City Administration.
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REECH initiative
Liverpool, United Kingdom

REECH initiative

Through REECH, Liverpool works with a range of partners, including social housing providers and local authorities, to improve the energy efficiency of social housing and SME business premises in its most deprived communities.
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Climate Smart Hyllie
Malmö, Sweden

Climate Smart Hyllie

Hyllie is Malmö's largest residential and commercial development area. By 2030, Hyllie will be 100% sustained by renewable or recycled energy, achieved by using integrated new and smart technology solutions.
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Forbidden Culture Week
Malmö, Sweden

Forbidden Culture Week

Celebrating artistic freedom that has at some time, somewhere and for some reason been censored or banned.
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Our Future City
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Our Future City

Growing creativity and improving wellbeing for children and young people through culture.
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Kiezblock Komponistenviertel
Berlin, Germany

Kiezblock Komponistenviertel

Re-shaping the local urban environment by prioritising people and sustainability
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Istanbul, Turkey

NİZAMETTİN MANGIR

Individual | Environmental Engineer
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Cairo, Egypt

Marwa Tharwat

Individual | Assistant Lecturer
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Rabat, Morocco

Anis Balafrej

Individual | Student at sciences Po Paris
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Mariangela Veronesi
London, United Kingdom

Mariangela Veronesi

Individual | Programme Lead
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Juan David Palacio Cardona
Medellín, Colombia

Juan David Palacio Cardona

Individual | Director
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Berlin, Germany

Regina Gnirss

Individual | Engineering
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