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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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Micro and Small Enterprise Development Program
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Micro and Small Enterprise Development Program

This programme uses micro-credit loans and provides business training to alleviate poverty and unemployment in the city of Addis Ababa.
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Capacity Building Programme
Kolkata, India

Capacity Building Programme

The programme intended to transform the Municipal Corporation into a more effective organisation to improve municipal service delivery.
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HabitARTE
Bogotá, Colombia

HabitARTE

An innovative strategy for the urban renewal of informal settlements.
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BEACH - online employability advice
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

BEACH - online employability advice

BEACH (Brighton & Hove Employability Advice and Careers Hut) is a website that was developed to improve young people’s employment chances. It offers employability advice specifically relating to the local situation and was designed for young people, by young people
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Innova.TO, Turin's municipal innovation program
Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Innova.TO, Turin's municipal innovation program

10,000 municipal employees = 10,000 potential innovators.
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Growing Vine Street
Seattle, United States

Growing Vine Street

The Growing Vine Street project is a laboratory for green solutions within an urban design context and integrative governance approach.
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Sabelo B Nkosi
Durban, South Africa

Sabelo B Nkosi

Individual | Acting Senior Manager: Biodiversity Planning, Biodiversity Management Department
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Leipzig, Germany

Kaveri Gaikwad

Individual | Student
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Maite Arrondo
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Maite Arrondo

Individual | Consultant on Innovation in Housing Policies
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Carolin Klingsporn
Berlin, Germany

Carolin Klingsporn

Individual | urban planner, digital participation expert
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Manu Fernandez
Bilbao, Spain

Manu Fernandez

Individual | Consultant
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Massimo Iezzoni
Montréal, Canada

Massimo Iezzoni

Individual | Director General Montreal Metropolitain Community
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