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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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Programa Tô Legal
São Paulo, Brazil

Programa Tô Legal

Empowering informal workers and fostering entrepreneurial growth.
Using SafetiPin to build safer cities for women
Bogotá, Colombia

Using SafetiPin to build safer cities for women

Making Bogota a safer place for women with citizen participation.
Sandokdoro Renaissance Project
Busan, South Korea

Sandokdoro Renaissance Project

The project intends to revitalize a deprived neighborhood, while preserving its unique spatial, cultural, landscape and historical assets.
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.
The Oasis Schoolyards project
Paris, France

The Oasis Schoolyards project

A driver for health and wellbeing, social inclusion, and climate adaptation
Transit Oriented Development Strategy
Quito, Ecuador

Transit Oriented Development Strategy

A strategy focussing on social inclusion, urban regeneration and the environment is being implemented in Quito.

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Léonard Lévêque
Marseilles, France

Léonard Lévêque

Individual | International Projects
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Elisa Donders

Individual | Social Geographer
Beirut, Lebanon

Cyprien Butin

Individual | Urban Development Consultant
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Aline Abreu

Individual | International Relations Advisor
Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Córdoba
Cordoba, Argentina

Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Córdoba

Institution | Secretaría de Planeamiento, Modernización y Relaciones Internacionales
Brum Lia
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Brum Lia

Individual | Urban world communicator