Community Engagement & Development Blog
Ensuring that your community engagement is successful and worthwhile requires the full buy-in and continuous support from all levels of the community, starting with your organization and eventually also your residents. It requires developing a culture of engagement in your city. This doesn’t have to be daunting, and in the...
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A significant part of any local governments’ list of responsibilities is creating comprehensive plans. These might be strategic plans defining local priorities. Climate plans, outlining long-term strategies. Mobility plans, determining the local traffic and public transport situation. Or maybe city plans, containing decisions to reshape our public spaces in the...
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When the government of the Dominican Republic set out to create a 2030 Digital Agenda, it had one ambitious goal: to promote a connected, empowered society with a better quality of life and the necessary digital skills to be more competitive, efficient, and transparent. With a population of over 10...
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Objectively, climate change and environmental issues affect everyone. It’s also undeniable that marginalized groups are affected disproportionately by them, having traditionally lived and worked closest to pollution hazards such as hazardous waste facilities or in communities with a lack of clean water. As a result of these long-standing injustices, the...
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By engaging their communities and tapping into collective intelligence, cities across the globe can set better priorities and facilitate sustainable development on a local scale. But what does sustainable development really entail? And how can local governments harness the power of their community to spark real, tangible change? If you’re...
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Wildfires. Drought. Hurricanes. Floods. These days it seems like everywhere you look, some part of the world is experiencing a natural disaster. While some climate changes are natural, today’s rising temperatures and abnormal weather patterns are a direct result of human activities. While organizations, countries, and individuals are all taking...
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Whether it’s a commitment to sustainable urban development, waste and pollution control, managing biodiversity, or educating households and businesses on environmental policy, local governments play a critical role in moving forward environmental programs in their local communities. Because environment and sustainability projects are so complex and far-reaching, when creating plans...
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We are living in an increasingly digitized world. Today, it’s hard to fathom that even just 30 years ago the internet wasn’t widely available. The internet has created a fundamental shift in the way we live our lives and it serves as the foundation of significant areas of employment, access...
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In this limited series, we explore the progress, challenges, and future trends in GovTech through conversations with leaders across all levels in the sector. Amy Nguyen is the Chief of Public Art for the City of Seattle. Amy spent over 10 years as a public servant and nonprofit leader, including...
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Housing is a basic human right. Yet it is also a common struggle for communities around the world. Affordable housing has implications for personal safety and wellbeing, access to employment opportunities, and general economic purchasing power. The United States is facing widespread housing challenges from availability to affordability which is...
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