
DIY face mask tutorial
A YouTube tutorial shows how to cut and sew a face mask step by step, no sewing machine needed.

Online course: The Science of Well-Being
An online course on well-being teaches participants about misconceptions on happiness and gives them tools to improve their own well-being.

Tallinn librarians read to children over the phone during lockdown
The librarians from Tallinn Central Library read books to children over the phone, Skype or Facebook until the government-imposed isolation ends.

Platform livestreams sports classes
An Austrian sports association offers a broad variety of live streamed sports classes.

A city’s website for assistance and mutual help
To keep track of the things happening in the municipality of Milan, a website displays both the city’s services and mutual aid as well as community activities.

Using air mattresses to enjoy concerts on a lake
A new event format allows artists to perform on rafts on a lake with the audience listening on boats, surfboards and air mattresses.

Google drones deliver books to students in lockdown
Due to the acute corona situation, schools and libraries in parts of the USA are still closed. To provide pupils with reading material during the lockdown, a school library in the US state of Virginia

A city’s job platform to create a pool of municipal workers
To be prepared for a shortage of employees in its services due to Covid-19 related sick leave, the City of Uppsala set up its own job platform.

Creative solutions to kickstart local tourism
Lithuania’s capital Vilnius turns into a different country every summer weekend to provide residents and tourists with a variety of holiday experiences without leaving the city.

Using contact trackers to fight the spread of covid-19
People who source the latest contacts of newly quarantined patients help to fight the outbreak of Covid-19.

Platform to encourage buying local
An online platform encourages people to buy locally and help small businesses through the crisis.

Collective children’s diary
Children in Barcelona can share their stories, pictures and drawings to a collective online diary. After the lockdown, it will be part of a public exhibition.
Helping governments to tackle challenges in technology, communications, and operations
A volunteer-run, non-partisan initiative helps governments to tackle challenges during the Covid-19 crisis.

Interactive family platform run by family minister
The Italian Minister for Families runs an online platform for families to keep them informed on current situation and stay in contact with them.

Public volunteer programme to support a country’s health structures
To meet the growing demands within a country’s health system, a volunteer programme for doctors, nurses, paramedics, psychologists, and students and retirees with a health or nursing background was set up.