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That's a wrap on 2025!

That's a wrap on 2025!

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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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GOONJ
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.
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Interactive energy classification map
Vilnius, Lithuania

Interactive energy classification map

An innovative interactive energy map lets Vilnius citizens access and compare energy performance data for every apartment block in the city, online.
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Friends and Neighbours - a community nature project
Cape Town, South Africa

Friends and Neighbours - a community nature project

The project aims to reconnect people with nature, build social capital and maintain and enhance ecosystem services.
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heritage x design
Eindhoven, Netherlands

heritage x design

Time travel in the city of Eindhoven
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Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading in Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading in Cape Town

Violence prevention through urban upgrading; using social engagement and town planning as tools in fighting crime.
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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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Martín Carreño Gerardo Ezequiel
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Martín Carreño Gerardo Ezequiel

Individual | Sustainability expert
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Ken Sinclair-Smith
Cape Town, South Africa

Ken Sinclair-Smith

Individual | Information Management
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Lisbon, Portugal

Sofia Pereira

Individual | sociologist
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Desi Ilker
Berlin, Germany

Desi Ilker

Individual | Project & Communication Manager
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Edna Peza Ramirez
Grand Paris, France

Edna Peza Ramirez

Individual | Expert on safe public spaces for vulnerable populations
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edgar pacheco
La Paz, Bolivia

edgar pacheco

Individual | Director of Research and Municipal Information
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