City councils, citizens and civil society organisations are creating measures in neighbourhoods and communities to sustain social cohesion and to keep our spirits up.
A government’s hackathon to tackle challenges in developing countries
With the #SmartDevelopmentHack, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development aims to support the development of digital solutions to overcome Covid-19-related challenges in developing countries. The best solutions receive funding to increase their impact in the long term.
Creating a transparent system of financing and providing assistance
An initiative set up the largest database of requests for medical facilities and retirement homes in Slovakia. Within one month of its founding, the initiative managed to provide protective equipment and devices worth 1.3 million EUR.
A curated list of resources that helps to adapt to our current way of living
NESTA provides a list of relevant resources from funding and volunteer opportunities to ways to share personal data to help fight the spread of Covid-19.
Online platform for urban cooperation
A platform which connects citizens and companies has now been adapted to the current crisis situation.
Hotel rooms for victims of domestic abuse
With domestic abuse cases surging during Covid-19 lockdowns, hotel rooms and easily accessible counselling is offered to victims.
#WirvsVirus – Hackathons develop solutions to manage the crisis
The biggest Hackathon ever helped to develop digital solutions for more than 800 challenges and thus tackle the secondary effects of Covid-19.
Transforming an existing platform to serve the community for a new cause
An existing platform now allows people to start helping and sharing teams that act like individual networks
Home delivered meals for the elderly
A Turkish municipality delivers cooked meals to the elderly twice a day.
City lists coronavirus community response
A community-sourced website lists services for people needing help and offering help.
Collective responses to global health emergencies
A platform invites local and regional governments of all sizes to share their initiatives tackling Covid-19 and other health emergencies.
Establishing a support network in a city district
To support the elderly in shopping and health matters, the city district government set up its own network to connect younger and older citizens. Government actions to slow virus outbreaks can imply that specific vulnerable
Structuring a digital work day with others working from home
FNF MENA structures their day with digital check-ins at the beginning and end of each day and now they are inviting everyone to join in.