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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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Gwangju Carbon Bank system
Gwangju, South Korea

Gwangju Carbon Bank system

In 2008, the City of Gwangju has initiated a program to spark voluntary carbon-saving steps by citizens. Five years later, 1.5 million Gwangju citizens were already participating or 62 percent of the city’s population.
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Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan

A comprehensive action plan to increase the City of Ahmedabad’s resilience to extreme heat events.
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Vision Zero Boston
Boston, United States

Vision Zero Boston

The City of Boston has adopted a Vision Zero strategy in an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and reduce serious traffic accidents by 2030.
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Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative
Delhi, India

Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative

The Urban renewal project taken up by the Aga Khan Foundation revitalizes and unifies various segregated heritage sites around Humayun's tomb and Sunder nursery.
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Paraná’s Water Basin Committees
Paraná, Argentina

Paraná’s Water Basin Committees

Local government and residents work collaboratively on an environmental renewal project.
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The City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Strategy
Copenhagen, Denmark

The City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Strategy

Sustainable cities of the future will be ones where transport options other than fossil-fuel powered private vehicles are the norm. Bike-friendly Copenhagen is leading the way, as this case study explores.
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María del Carmen Sánchez Carreira
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

María del Carmen Sánchez Carreira

Individual | University Professor and Researcher
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Fernando Nestor Murillo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fernando Nestor Murillo

Individual | ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER
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Gothenburg, Sweden

Daniela Ölmunger

Individual | Development manager
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Bogotá, Colombia

Avantika Raghav

Individual | EDUCATOR
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Thomas Honeck
Berlin, Germany

Thomas Honeck

Individual | Urban Researcher / Human Geographer / Media Scientist
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Hyunsuk Min
Seoul , South Korea

Hyunsuk Min

Individual | urban planner
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