Politicians, policy makers and public servants have never faced a situation like this. They immediately need policies that really work. Best practices can serve as an inspiration, a starting point and a proof of concept.
Helping governments to understand and compare policy responses
The government response tracker is designed to help researchers, policymakers and citizens understand whether increasingly strict measures affect the rate of infection, and identify what causes governments to implement stricter or less strict measures.
A government’s call to action to students and retired care workers
In Glasgow, the City Council and the city’s Health and Social Care Partnership called for people to help out in home care services and residential homes.
Issuing a call to creatives to reach audiences of all types
Creatives can help to help spread public health messages in ways which are effective, accessible and shareable.
Participation process on home learning
A participation process brought the voices of students to education policy makers with the aim to improve remote learning.
Digital infrastructure for homeschooling
The city of Vienna provides free laptops and a digital learning platform for students in need.
Free face masks
To make it easier for people to follow the rule to wear face masks in public, reusable face masks were delivered to each household in Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland).
A remote learning city
To make as many learning resources available online, the City of Gdynia offers a variety of online platforms, online services and websites.
An urban crowdsourcing platform for mutual aid
To connect those who offer help and those who need help, the City of Linz created a crowdsourcing platform.
Facilitating knowledge sharing for local and regional governments
Live Learning Series allows local and regional governments to share their experiences, initiatives, and actions to support their communities facing the coronavirus pandemic.
A municipality’s free online home fitness service
To keep its citizens fit during quarantine, the municipality of Chiavari, in partnership with health professionals, started free online fitness classes.
Instagram channel promotes supporting local businesses
An Instagram channel presents small businesses and ways to support them.
Free online workshop on how to design digital services during Covid-19
Apolitical is offering a workshop teaching civil servants and policy a method that solves problems through designing, prototyping, and testing ideas with users.