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.
Small Town Hub Vöcklabruck
Developed through a citizen participation process, Vöcklabruck has transformed a vacant building into a thriving hub for local businesses, community organisations, and everyday life.
Sofia Decides: Ideas for a Better Sofia
By bringing participatory budgeting online, Sofia Decides empowers citizens to influence how public funds are spent, strengthening transparency, trust, and democratic ownership over local development.
Solidaritown: Shared Traditions, Shared Futures
Solidaritown connects European municipalities through shared cultural heritage, transforming community traditions into opportunities for civic participation, peer learning, and democratic renewal.
Stop Disinformation: reREAD, reTHINK, RECHECK
Slovenia’s Stop Disinformation campaign gives citizens a simple, practical framework to identify and resist manipulative content, strengthening democratic resilience ahead of elections.
Student-Led Climate Action for Lower-Carbon Schools
Mandra–Eidyllia is turning schools into living climate labs, where students measure their own carbon footprint and lead practical action to cut emissions.
Sustainable Travel Finland
Through a free seven-step certification programme, Sustainable Travel Finland has brought over 1,300 businesses and 65 destinations onto a common national framework for sustainable tourism.
Tampere Pulse: Predicting the City’s Next Move
Tampere Pulse uses artificial intelligence and real-time data to help cities and businesses better understand and anticipate how people move through urban spaces.
The Street Is Ours! Co-Creating Cities with Children
The Street Is Ours! gives children in Cascais a real say in shaping their neighbourhoods, turning public spaces into places where young voices can influence local decisions.
The Swedish Wool Initiative
The Swedish Wool Initiative is proving that what was once treated as waste can become the foundation of a more circular, resilient, and locally rooted industry.
Think Global, Test in Tallinn
From AI traffic monitoring to drone detection, Tallinn gives startups a real city to test in, a digital infrastructure like no other, and a direct path from pilot to permanent city service.
Urban Lab Racibórz: Open Space, Open Democracy
Racibórz turned an identified community gap into a thriving civic hub, giving residents, NGOs, and businesses free access to a shared space for dialogue, creativity, and collaboration.
Üsküdar 2050 Spatial Vision
Üsküdar 2050 reimagines how a major Istanbul district plans its future, combining citizen input, digital mapping, and evidence-based analysis into a transparent and replicable governance model.
