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Mayors and local leaders show how they manage the crisis
Act.Now gives insights into how regional governments and municipalities successfully manage the crisis.
School laptops lent out to students
Some schools are lending their school computers to students so they can participate in online classes.
Study support for school children at home
An Italian volunteer organisation offers online tutoring to help kids through this period of remote learning.
Providing an online course about SDGs and global education
An online learning platform will be open to everyone to develop knowledge and tools to integrate these aspects into teaching practice.
Successfully organizing blood donations
To make blood donations possible, an online platform was created that allows citizens to book personal appointments in special donation facilities.
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.
Using robots to disinfect hospitals
UVD robots can be used to disinfect contaminated hospital rooms.
“Emergency” marketing package for businesses
The emergency package helps businesses quickly retune their sales processes, change priorities and communication strategy, and minimise financial losses.
Support for community-led mutual aid groups
An online platform gives advice on how to start a local mutual aid group in times of Covid-19.
Using a government’s 3D printers to produce face visors
To overcome the shortage of protective equipment in the elderly care unit in the City of Malmö, government employees used 3D printers to find a solution.
Take-away library books
A Swedish library organises contactless pick-ups of books outside the library to provide reading material during the lockdowns.
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.
Using bluetooth to contain the spread of the coronavirus
To reduce the rate of infection and help people avoid infection, Bluetooth can be used to detect users when get close enough to infect each other.
Web tracker checks inventories of big stores
As people are stockpiling essential goods during the coronacrisis, leaving supermarket shelve empty, two students from the University of Texas have invented a web tracker that checks inventories of stores.
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.