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New Delhi - NIUA, India

GOONJ

GOONJ is an NGO working on issues of urban waste and social distribution. It believes in utilizing vast quantities of untapped old and waste material in middle class households and re-using it to create second-hand products.

Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Innova.TO, Turin's municipal innovation program

10,000 municipal employees = 10,000 potential innovators.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Integrated Development Planning in the City of Johannesburg

The project involves working with residents, as well as strategically planning, to ensure equitable service delivery across the municipality

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Descontorno Cultural

This event aims to promote artists and cultural initiatives from the peripheries of the city, decentralizing BH’s artistic production.

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.

Milan, Italy

The Milan Food Policy

An innovative framework for making urban food systems more sustainable and inclusive.

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