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Saebit Talk Talk

A citizen participation platform to increase participatory planning

SDG Progress Report 2025

Only 35% of 2030 sustainability goals on track, with 18% moving backwards

UNDRR Disaster Risk Encyclopedia

Educational resources to help professionals understand and manage global disaster risks

C6 Finland - Finnish Alliance model

A bold new experiment in multilevel collaboration

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3R– reduce, reuse, recycle
Surabaya, Indonesia

3R– reduce, reuse, recycle

Public, private and citizen participation in local waste management solutions.
Global Resources Allocation Centre
Guangzhou, China

Global Resources Allocation Centre

The Development of Guangzhou as a global sustainable city.
Using SafetiPin to build safer cities for women
Bogotá, Colombia

Using SafetiPin to build safer cities for women

Making Bogota a safer place for women with citizen participation.
Kolorob: Lighting up the City
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kolorob: Lighting up the City

Kolorob is an online mobile platform that delivers access to information about local services. Currently focussed based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, it connects people living in informal settlements with essential service providers: schools, clinics, businesses, and government departments.
Biofactory of Ladybugs
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Biofactory of Ladybugs

Using predatory insects to promote biodiversity and safeguard human wellbeing.
Pro-Poor Partnership for participatory settlement upgrading in Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Pro-Poor Partnership for participatory settlement upgrading in Colombo

This project is designed to support (national) government efforts to institutionalise participatory urban governance approaches and to assist selected municipal councils.

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Francesco Tena
Boston, United States

Francesco Tena

Individual | Municipal Government, Civic Engagement
Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi
Grand Paris, France

Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi

Individual | City diplomacy consultant and lecturer
Utrecht, Netherlands

Lotta Jüchtern

Individual | Utrecht University Student
Pierre Gillet
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Pierre Gillet

Individual | project manager
Marta Buces
Brussels, Belgium

Marta Buces

Individual
David Abraham
Houston, United States

David Abraham

Individual | Research Scientist