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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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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.
La Ciguë
Geneva, Switzerland

La Ciguë

The largest self-managed student housing cooperative in the world
SciTech DiploHub
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

SciTech DiploHub

Implementing a Science and Technology Diplomacy Strategy.
Urban Agriculture Programme (UAP)
Rosario, Argentina

Urban Agriculture Programme (UAP)

The objective of the UAP is to implement a participatory process of production, transformation, and commercialisation to improve food supply
Cycle-Lane Network Seville
Seville, Spain

Cycle-Lane Network Seville

The main step towards a bicycle friendly infrastructure in the City of Seville was a city-wide cycle-lane network.
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

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Institute for Culture and Society
Sydney, Australia

Institute for Culture and Society

Institution
Pierre loti NGOH MATIKE
Douala, Cameroon

Pierre loti NGOH MATIKE

Individual | Territorial Animator
San Salvador, El Salvador

Karla Miranda

Individual | Subdirectora de Planificación e Investigación
André Francisco Pilon
São Paulo, Brazil

André Francisco Pilon

Individual | Associate Professor (Senior)
Karim Charef
Greater Montreal, Canada

Karim Charef

Individual | Urban planner, Architect.
Theresa Keilhacker
Berlin, Germany

Theresa Keilhacker

Individual | Urban Design . Sustainable Planning and Building