Governance
What Happens In The Halls Of The Hague, Doesn’t Stay In The Hague
In one Dutch city, tracking lobbying that would otherwise remain mostly undisclosed shows how much better policies could be in the whole country
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Governance
Europe
Governance
Citizen Collaboration In Barcelona Stands Up For A Safe City
BCN Helpers is a twitter account for citizen collaboration in Barcelona, which maps in real time criminal offences on the streets to make the city safe.
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Governance
Addiopizzo: Social Cohesion Defies The Mafia In Palermo
Backed by the willingness of conscious consumers Addiopizzo supports shopkeepers who don't pay extortion money to the Mafia in Palermo.
PALERMO, ITALY
US
Governance
Going Offline To Combat Online Disinformation
Online fakes are creating real-world divisions on the ground. But grassroots approaches seek to combat the ways that disinformation exploits our minds
SEATTLE, WA, USA
Governance
Citizens’ Assemblies In Los Angeles Could Be The Art Of The Possible
Wayne Liebman, founder of Public Access Democracy in LA, explains citizens’ assemblies and why they "need to be an arrow in democracies’ quiver”
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Governance
Block Crews Disrupt Violence In Brooklyn. No Urban Progress Without Change
We Build The Block, a community-led movement co-founded by Michael K. Williams, Dana Rachlin and Shani Kulture, creates opportunities for youth to hold positions of power and reimagine how public safety is achieved in their neighbourhood.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
world
Governance
Community Youth Parliaments Can Restore Urban Gardens To Kampala
The savvy use of a current bottom-up governance model galvanize people to replant urban gardens in the informal settlements of Kampala
KAMPALA, UGANDA
Governance
City To City Cooperation. Could This Model Reset Democracy?
In Kasserine, Tunisia, democracy is flourishing in public space. How is the city of Munich involved?
KASSERINE, TUNISIA
Governance
Female Street Art Defies War In Yemen. No Peace Without Women
Haifa Subay is a Yemeni street artist putting her own life on the line to inspire a culture of peace in her city. Her artwork instigates fellow citizens to immerse themselves in the meaning of social change for peace.
ADEN, YEMEN