Managing a City’s Finances: Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting is now being used in 1,500 cities worldwide. Here, I examine this popular tool critically.
Street art series: eL Seed

Tunisian street artist eL Seed works with communities to paint beautiful murals.
Voices from Breda

Revitalising a public space in the Dutch city of Breda and fostering civic participation are the goals of Ed Ravensbergen from NIEUWBRUUT.
Voices from Quito

Several different citizens from Quito talked to me about their view on the city’s problems, how to solve them and how Habitat III influenced their everyday life.
Grassroots Organisations and the New Urban Agenda

I managed to visit all three major counter events happening in Quito during Habitat III.