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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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Barrio Digital
La Paz, Bolivia

Barrio Digital

Barrio Digital allows citizens to send real-time feedback, complaints and requests to the municipal government from their mobile phones or via the internet.
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Providence Talks
Providence, United States

Providence Talks

Providence Talks is an early childhood program that puts parents at the heart of their child’s cognitive development. It helps disadvantaged children close the achievement gap by increasing parent-child interactions at a critical age.
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Rehabilitation of Sierra de Guadalupe Natural Protected Area
Mexico City, Mexico

Rehabilitation of Sierra de Guadalupe Natural Protected Area

A project to reduce the environmental deterioration of the city's Natural Protected Areas
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Cultural policies with a perspective on gender equality
Montevideo, Uruguay

Cultural policies with a perspective on gender equality

Montevideo going forward in its cultural shift
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Helsinki Climate Street project
Greater Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Climate Street project

The Climate Street project involves public agencies, residents and businesses working together to convert sustainable ideas into practical, replicable and scalable actions.
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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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Lima, Peru

Maria Valeria Quintana

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

Nicol Nicol

Individual | Research associate
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Helsinki, Finland

Annalisa Tyrväinen

Individual | university student
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Jairo Eduardo Galvis-Bonilla
Bogotá, Colombia

Jairo Eduardo Galvis-Bonilla

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Johanna Roth
San Francisco, United States

Johanna Roth

Individual | Program Associate at Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)
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diaz fernando
Copenhagen, Denmark

diaz fernando

Individual | Health and Sustainability professional
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