Best Practice in Politics
We curate exemplary political work that successfully tackles today’s most pressing issues. This platform is a hub of tried and tested best practices in politics.
LAAAB – Aragón’s Open Governance Laboratory
Citizen participation in public policy is encouraged through the laboratory’s activities, which aim to bring institutions and citizens closer together through open deliberation and transparent decision-making.
León Smart Solar City
León has turned its municipal buildings into a single shared energy network, saving over €620,000 annually, cutting 860 tonnes of CO₂, and proving that collective solar power works at city scale.
Madrid Innovation Lab
Madrid City Council launching the Madrid Innovation Lab to bring knowledge of new technologies to citizens and small companies and create a robust ecosystem around them.
Madrid Innovation Sandbox
This controlled-testing environment provides safe spaces in which different products, services, and innovative projects can be tested and put into practice, simplifying procedures to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship, thus attracting talent and investments to the city.
Manresa Il·lumina Business Energy Community
Manresa Il·lumina Business Energy Community brings together companies in the Bufalvent industrial estate to implement a collaborative solar energy model, promoting local generation, reducing costs, and enhancing business resilience.
MICADO: Migrant Integration Cockpits and Dashboards
An interdisciplinary international project develops a generic solution facilitating communication between migrants, authorities and civil society, which can also be adapted to local needs.
Navarra Mobile Citizen Office: No Village Left Behind
Navarra’s Mobile Citizen Office travels to rural communities across the region, bringing government services, digital inclusion, and democratic proximity directly to the people who need them most.
Network of Cities for Collaborative Housing (NETCO)
NETCO unites over 20 European cities in a shared platform for collaborative housing, helping municipalities scale community-led solutions to affordability, inclusion, and urban resilience.
ODELL: Europe’s First Local Democracy Observatory
Bilbao leads ODELL, Europe’s first observatory dedicated to protecting local leaders from disinformation and harassment and rebuilding citizen trust in local democracy.
Open Schoolyards
Bilbao is transforming schoolyards into inclusive community hubs that promote informal learning, intergenerational connection, and youth employment.
Paloma Project: AI for the Detection of Unwanted Loneliness
The Paloma project uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to detect and respond to cases of unwanted loneliness among elderly people through realistic, human-sounding phone conversations.
