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Boston, United States
Youth Lead the Change: Participatory Budgeting ...
Through this participatory budgeting program, youth had the opportunity to collect ideas for capital projects, distill those ideas into concrete proposals, hold a city-wide vote to determine which projects get funded, and directly determine how $1 million is spent to improve Boston for everyone.
Aguascalientes City, Mexico
The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensiv...
The aim of the Línea Verde is to provide public spaces that contribute to enhance community life for more than 300,000 inhabitants living in the poorest area of the city.
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar paving streets by hands
The program aims at modernizing and embellishing the city of Dakar while more than 1,500 employments can be created.
Greater Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Region Infoshare (HRI)
In 2010, the cities of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area began sharing public data for anyone to use freely. These open datasets, available through a web platform (www.hri.fi), make it possible for citizens to develop applications and follow public decision making.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Outdoors
Edinburgh Outdoors is a digital service launched in February 2013 providing a new way for locals and tourists to enjoy Edinburgh’s parks and green spaces.
Munich, Germany
Integrated Action Program for Climate Protectio...
Munich aims to make 50-percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2030.
Durban, South Africa
eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal...
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.
Freiburg, Germany
Efficient and Sustainable Facility Management i...
Central facility management creates a sound database for sustainable planning of the retrofitting and extension of buildings as well as new buildings of Freiburg’s City Administration.
State of Paraná, Brazil
Flood Information System of the State of Paraná...
The quality and timeliness of flood warning need to be improved in many places in Brazil. To achieve this aim a complex multi-level and multi-dimensional process is required. The State of Paraná in Brazil has undertaken such a process with promising results.