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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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Altépetl program
Mexico City, Mexico

Altépetl program

Altépetl is a social program to support activities aimed at preserving and restoring the ecosystems and agro-ecosystems in Mexico City.
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The Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030
Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030

The city of Berlin used an interdisciplinary participation process to develop the Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030 to support the city’s sustainable growth.
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The Barcelona Schools Agenda 21 Program
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

The Barcelona Schools Agenda 21 Program

The Barcelona Schools Agenda 21 Program is aimed to integrate the principles of sustainability in schools’ educational programs.
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PRODA - the Agri-Food Development Program
Neuquén Province, Argentina

PRODA - the Agri-Food Development Program

PRODA works with low-income women and families in the self-sufficient production of food and the strengthening of the family economy.
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eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements
Durban, South Africa

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements

In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.
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Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (former Villa 31)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (former Villa 31)

Integrating a large informal settlement to the City’s urban, social and economic fabric.
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Ghent, Belgium

Emma Moerman

Individual | Student
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Alfonso Govela
Mexico City, Mexico

Alfonso Govela

Individual | Architect & ICT
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Svenja Doran
Berlin, Germany

Svenja Doran

Individual | administrative officer
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Montevideo, Uruguay

NELSON Fernandez

Individual | International Relations
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Neal Peirce

Individual | Journalist
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Gérard Le Bihan
Grand Paris, France

Gérard Le Bihan

Individual | Senior expert planning and urban design
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