use:news

Covid-19 Service Point

This service point is a one-stop-shop for initiatives led by our partner organisations that offer learning and knowledge exchange opportunties in the fight against COVID – 19.

Metropolis

Cities for Global Health Platform | ONLINE PLATFORM | https://www.citiesforglobalhealth.org/ 

Cities for Global Health is a collaborative online platform that offers access to knowledge, strategies and actionable plans implemented by local and regional governments around the globe. A virtual space to showcase what cities are doing and be inspired by others regarding specific initiatives or plans to the COVID-19 outbreak other health emergencies. 

Cities for Global Health is an initiative co-led by Metropolis and the Euro-Latin-American Alliance of Cooperation among Cities, AL-LAs, and is part of the Live Learning Experience: beyond the immediate response to the outbreak, developed by UCLG and supported by UN-Habitat and Metropolis 

 

UCLG (use partner is UCLG Learning)

Live Learning Experience: Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak | WEBINARS | https://www.uclg.org/en/issues/live-learning-experience-beyondtheoutbreak

UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat have launched a live learning experience for representatives of local and regional governments.

 

Eurocities  

Eurocities COVIDnews platform | ONLINE PLATFORM | https://covidnews.eurocities.eu/  

The Eurocities COVIDnews platform is dedicated to live updates on European cities' response to the COVID - 19 crisis. It displays: 

  • City news on the following topics: Culture, Food, Homelessness, Procurement, Volunteers, Waste 
  • EU updates with latest news about the corona response at European level: funding, support offers and other matters affecting cities.

 

apolitical 

Supporting Public Servants during COVID-19 | WEBINARS & VIDEOS | https://apolitical.co/support-covid-19/  

Upcoming Online Events 

Social distancing shouldn’t stop you from connecting with and learning from other public servants globally. 

Inspiration for Working Remotely 

 

 COVID-19 Resources for Public Servants | ARTICLES & BEST PRACTICES | https://apolitical.co/covid-19-resources/

 

Covenant of Mayors - Europe

COVID19 crisis: a selection of platforms to support cities and towns | ONLINE PLATFORMS | https://www.eumayors.eu/news-and-events/news/1773-covid19-crisis-a-selection-of-plaftorms-to-support-cities-and-towns.html

The Covenant of Mayors - Europe Office is sharing a selection of web platforms addressed to local governments during the COVID19 crisis.

 

URBACT

URBACT CITY RESPONSES TO COVID-19: COLLABORATIVE MAP | ONLINE PLATFORMS | https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?mid=1f5PSeH6hwo1ATDXqaMr5c_6kOs1W0WJ8&ll=47.498198305304285%2C9.280334524999944&z=5

The interactive map shows initiatives from URBACT cities accross Europe.

 

Guangzhou Award for Urban Innovation

COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment | HANDBOOK | https://bit.ly/3cF8h6b

This handbook is based on the guidelines on prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment by the National Health Commission of China. It summarizes the first-hand clinical experience in how to diagnose, screen and treat COVID-19 patients, particularly critically ill patients, and it serves as a reference for other countries to fight against the pandemic.

 

C40 (use partner is C40 Cities Finance Facility

The Spotlight on: Cities and Covid-19 displays best practices and C40’s learning synthesis emerging from knowledge-sharing across the C40 community 

 

Cities and Coronavirus (COVID-19) | ARTICLES & BEST PRACTICES | https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/cities-and-coronavirus-covid-19?language=en_US  

C40 offers a curated collection of third-party journalism, webinars, city COVID-19 initiative trackers, and peer-to-peer support offerings for cities on this dedicated page.