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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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Sylhet : building a water-logging resilient city
Sylhet, Bangladesh

Sylhet : building a water-logging resilient city

A community based initiative to raise awareness and ensure preservation of natural water resources through sustainable drainage systems that will help eradicate water-logging in the city of Sylhet.
Belo Horizonte Festival Policy
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Belo Horizonte Festival Policy

Explore Belo Horizonte's cultural richness through its vibrant festivals, promoting art, diversity, and inclusion in the city every year.
Auld but not Reekie – transforming transport energy use in Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Auld but not Reekie – transforming transport energy use in Edinburgh

Edinburgh's municipal bus company, Lothian Buses, is going a long way to combat this image with ‘Auld but not Reekie’, an initiative that by the end of 2014 will see 65 hybrid buses in service and 45 buses retrofitted with low emissions exhausts.
MoveWindhoek – New bus system makes Namibian capital mobile
Windhoek, Namibia

MoveWindhoek – New bus system makes Namibian capital mobile

MoveWindhoek is a new bus system with which poorer population groups are to be provided with better access to mobility and urban motorised individual transport is to be reduced in the long run.
Parks and Public Gardens of Kazan
Kazan, Russia

Parks and Public Gardens of Kazan

Creating green spaces and supporting local design talent
Urban Solid Waste Management in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Urban Solid Waste Management in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte

An inter-federation model make feasible for the municipalities to manage their waste in an integrated way.

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Gislaine Santos
Minas Gerais, Brazil

Gislaine Santos

Institution | Núcleo de Engenharia Pública e Resiliência Urbana
Daniel Kämpfe-Fehrle
Berlin, Germany

Daniel Kämpfe-Fehrle

Individual | Providing digital tools for citizen engagement
SciTech DiploHub
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

SciTech DiploHub

Institution
Miquel Roig
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Miquel Roig

Individual | Economist
Areej Areej kiwan
Cairo, Egypt

Areej Areej kiwan

Individual | Researcher - teaching assistant at Mansoura university
Seoul , South Korea

MUN Bum Sik

Individual | Researcher