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SymbioCity is a Swedish government initiative run by Business Sweden and SKL International. Business Sweden oversees the SymbioCity trademark and promotes national exports on behalf of the Swedish government and industry. As part of Swedish international development co-operation, SKL International uses the SymbioCity Approach to support cities in developing countries to plan and build sustainably e.g. by identifying inclusive and innovative solutions. The SymbioCity Approach seeks to improve the living conditions of people in urban settlements.

All too often, smart city projects focus solely on technical solutions while failing to consider the input and impact on citizens. MK:Smart has turned this on its head and put citizens at the centre of smart city innovation, thus ensuring a bottom-up, community-driven input to the design of the project activities, complementing the top-down specification developed by the project team.

CityMaking!Wien provides a new toolkit that make it easier for the people to conceive and build parklets in Vienna. A parklet transform the street into a social node where people can share with their neighboors. The webpage offers different tools that will help the user to conceive and build its own living room in the city! The basic requirements and guidelines to build parklets are also listed.  Whats more the parklet potential map helps the usre to see where it might be possible to build a parklet in their surroundings.

The Nature4Cities project aims to develop a scientific and technical database and operational tool for the effectiveness of Nature Based Solutions applied in a framework which considers a holistic approach and, which integrates multiple stakeholders.
It intents to produce knowledges and to empower urban projects stakeholders (involved in urban planning/design/management intervention) to take decision. It addresses to scientists, urban decision makers, practitioners and citizens.
Nature4Cities project is based on:

Vía Verde is the transformation of more than 1000 concrete columns into a more than 60 thousand square meters of vertical gardens that support Mexico City´s Beltway, one of the most important and iconic expressways in Mexico and in Latin America. Vía Verde came out as a citizen request that was formulated through the social digital platform Change.org, where more than 75 thousand signatures were collected in just 7 days.

When it comes to education management and services provided by local municipalities, the digital age ushers in countless opportunities for improvement. The efficiency and transparency of education services greatly impact the overall quality of education administered to the city's children – and the right technology can make a world of difference.

The Tel Aviv Foundation is a partnership between the Tel Aviv Municipality and donors from Israel and around the world working together to meet the evolving needs of the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The Foundation was founded in 1977 and has established more than 820 projects and raised over $750 million worldwide. In doing so, the Foundation touches the lives of more than 500,000 people every year.

HoodChampions is a social network for communities in Singapore, was set up in 2013 with a grant from the government to enable neighbours to share belongings and offer or ask for services.