Fragmented actors
People and institutions working on the same challenges often do not know one another.
Nodos Urbanos de América Latina
NODAL connects people, knowledge, data and institutions so urban talent across the region can learn, co-create and activate real projects in their cities, strengthening public goods, the civic commons, and democratic life through collaborative urbanism.
What is NODAL
It is a community, platform and ecosystem where people do more than learn: they grow, find collaborators and activate work rooted in their territories.
NODAL builds on Sistema Urbano's field-tested work with communities, local governments and civic initiatives, turning that accumulated knowledge into regional infrastructure.
Why it matters
People and institutions working on the same challenges often do not know one another.
Courses, data, field experience and opportunities exist, but they rarely become one shared growth infrastructure.
It is still hard to move from learning, to contributing, to leading projects with territorial impact.
NODAL reduces those frictions so civic energy can become durable collaboration instead of isolated effort.
Community paths
Stories like this already exist across the region. NODAL gives them infrastructure so individual effort can become shared capacity.
How it works
Every member profile becomes a node; every useful introduction becomes a connection. Together they form a practical infrastructure for learning paths, opportunities, mentoring and projects.
Click a node to meet that part of the community.
Connections begin with shared context: interests, skills, trajectory, territory, goals and the kinds of collaboration a member is ready for.
The weights reflect the live engine — which also learns from every like and skip, in any language your profile speaks. Verified profiles (a real LinkedIn helps) get a small trust nudge.
NODAL organizes interests, skills, city, trajectory and objectives into a useful member profile.
The network suggests people, courses, mentors, opportunities and institutions that fit the member's context.
Members contribute knowledge, join projects and grow into roles such as mentor, facilitator or local connector.
Your role
It maps your city, interests, skills, trajectory and goals so NODAL can connect you with people and opportunities that make sense.
Community suggestions load from your profile
Create an account to meet members with shared interests.
NODAL
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Community across LATAM
Learn and share
Live and self-paced sessions, masterclasses and learning routes led by people working with real urban questions.
Cases, tools, datasets, books and shared resources that travel through the community.
Projects, grants, labs, jobs and open calls curated by region, interest and civic purpose.
Community lab
Join the living network for learning, trust and collaborative urban transformation.
Join NODAL