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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.

e-sabha app

Connecting Communities with Local Authorities and Government Agencies on a Single Platform.

C6 Finland - Finnish Alliance model

A bold new experiment in multilevel collaboration

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Mezitli Women Producers Market
Mezitli, Turkey

Mezitli Women Producers Market

Providing sustainable economic and social opportunities for women
ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program

EnCicla is a public bicycle system providing sustainable mobility to the residents of the Valley of Aburrá.
Gender Mainstreaming in City Development
Berlin, Germany

Gender Mainstreaming in City Development

The program considers the needs of the different lifestyles existent in a city when planning urban development and building projects.
Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrated project
Casablanca, Morocco

Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrated project

The project illustrates how conflicts between planner's aims and resident's views can be mitigated by participation processes
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.
Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

Urban Poverty and City Consultation Process: Poverty Reduction Programme

The programme showed significant results in poverty reduction and creating employment.

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Mexico City, Mexico

Hernández Itzel

Individual | Advisor on International Relations of Local Governments
Luisa Luisa Fernanda Pinto Rodríguez
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Luisa Luisa Fernanda Pinto Rodríguez

Individual | Technical Office - urban and territorial planning
Giancarlo Carboni
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Giancarlo Carboni

Individual | Manager Bureau Social Return, City of Amsterdam
Abimbola  Tofowomo
Lagos, Nigeria

Abimbola Tofowomo

Individual | Urban Planning
Hans Dieter Temp
São Paulo, Brazil

Hans Dieter Temp

Individual | Founder of CIDADES SEM FOME/CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER/STÄDTE OHNE HUNGER
Lucas Massa
Guarulhos, Brazil

Lucas Massa

Individual | Gestor de Políticas Municipais