How to protect businesses and employees during the crisis. How to optimise working from home. Ideas, services and technology that make our tasks easier in these extreme circumstances.

Allocation of free university resources for Covid-19 testing
A platform helps to allocate free university resources to laboratories for corona testing.

University students tutor pupils for free
An educational initiative connects pupils studying at home with a university student willing to support them with their schoolwork.
Listening to those working in medicine, nursing and care
A support line allows medical staff to talk about their problems and stress related issues with empathic listeners.

Making humanitarian interventions Covid-19-compatible
To create evidence on how humanitarian programmes need to be adapted according to varying contexts and socio-cultural settings, three universities set up a platform.
Opening a job platform for freelancers, sole traders or micro entrepreneurs
To increase job opportunities for experts in advertising and PR, an existing expert portfolio will be opened to non-members to help them to find work.
A regional supply movement started by a provincial government
A culinary initiative in Lower Austria informs about regional food suppliers to support local businesses.

A digital stage for art, music and theatre ensembles
A project which was developed during the German government’s Hackathon empowers music and theatre ensembles to rehearse at home and to perform live on a digital stage in front of an audience.

Spending a virtual night out in a wine bar
To provide customers with the possibility to spend time in a restaurant at least virtually, a restaurant organises a virtual night out via Zoom every other evening.

Distilleries produce hand-sanitizer
During the outbreak of an infectious disease, more disinfectant is needed than usual. A temporary shortage of disinfectant occurred in many places during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Many health institutions worried that they would not

Childcare for supermarket employees
The city of Nice provides daycare in small groups for children of supermarket employees.

A voucher system that helps local entrepreneurs
To help small local businesses to survive the coronavirus crisis, this platform enables them sell gift vouchers to consumers.

Social distancing stickers in supermarkets
Stickers on the floors of supermarkets are telling customers to stand in line with distance between each other.