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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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Sustainable Development of Tehran City Green Space
Tehran, Iran

Sustainable Development of Tehran City Green Space

Tehran Parks and Green Space Organization is committed to achieving sustainable development of Tehran green space and improving environmental protection. The organization also conducts awareness raising campaigns and training activities to broaden citizens' knowledge about parks development.
Separation at Source Programme (S@S) in the City of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa

Separation at Source Programme (S@S) in the City of Johannesburg

The S@S programme aims to reduce waste to landfills, establish a recycling economy with citizen support and participation.
Biofactory of Ladybugs
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Biofactory of Ladybugs

Using predatory insects to promote biodiversity and safeguard human wellbeing.
Rennes Metropole: Inclusive employment through waste management
Rennes Metropole, France

Rennes Metropole: Inclusive employment through waste management

Rennes Metropole is using social clauses in public procurement for its waste management activities to tackle long term unemployment among low skilled people.
Ramani Huria – flood resilience in Dar es Salaam City
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ramani Huria – flood resilience in Dar es Salaam City

To combat natural disasters the Ramani Huria project uses community mapping to increase resilience throughout the city.
The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)
Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Rotterdam Businesscase (De Rotterdamse Zaak)

De Rotterdamse Zaak is a work-based learning company in which both students and senior entrepreneurs support and consult entrepreneurs in marginal economic areas to improve their economical independence.

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Carolina Franco Bánó
Medellín, Colombia

Carolina Franco Bánó

Individual | Senior Knowledge Management Professional
Budapest, Hungary

Ivan Tosics

Individual | managing director, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest
SAKA Abbas
Cotonou, Benin

SAKA Abbas

Individual | Sectoral Policies and Institutional Support Manager
Sydney, Australia

Jullietta Jung

Individual | Senior Road Network Planner
Jairo Eduardo Galvis-Bonilla
Bogotá, Colombia

Jairo Eduardo Galvis-Bonilla

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Ahmedabad, India

Prasanth

Individual | Researcher