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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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Nettelbeckplatz Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Nettelbeckplatz Berlin

Re-thinking urban renewal, cooperative values and social cohesion.
Neighbourhood development based on equal opportunities in Krefeld
Krefeld, Germany

Neighbourhood development based on equal opportunities in Krefeld

Through its pilot project Nachbarschaft Samtweberei (“Velvet weavers’ neighbourhood”) in the German city of Krefeld, the Montag Foundation for Urban Spaces is demonstrating how cooperation with the local authority can make socially sound urban development work.
Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima
Colima, Mexico

Institutional capacity building for the metropolitan management in Colima

This project helped implement a strategic plan for reducing fragmentation and spatial disparities, and increasing local capacity building
Strasbourg unites for biodiversity
Strasbourg, France

Strasbourg unites for biodiversity

"All united for more biodiversity" is a charter to manage green spaces in Strasbourg, France in an eco-friendly way.
School of Citizenship and Coexistence
Malaga, Spain

School of Citizenship and Coexistence

Local government collaborating with migrant associations to encourage active citizenship.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Marketplace for Mobility ("De Verkeersonderneming")

Through two successive calls for tenders, De Verkeersonderneming looked for providers of mobility services that could provide peak traffic avoidance in the Rotterdam region.

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Zied Nhouchi
Grand Paris, France

Zied Nhouchi

Individual | Planner/Urban designer at IDEACONSULT/STUDI GROUP
Grand Paris, France

Jean François Habeau

Individual | Executive Director of FMDV
Berlin, Germany

Anita Dame

Institution
São Paulo (state), Brazil

Marcio Kontopp

Individual | Researcher
Pere Giralt
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Pere Giralt

Individual | International Relations Intern
Ayantu Yadachu Fufa Ayantu Yadachu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ayantu Yadachu Fufa Ayantu Yadachu

Individual | Advisor of the minister at Ethiopian ministry of urban and Infrastructure