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Cities worldwide are still experiencing the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout all their municipal departments. In addition to public health care, municipal services must be maintained during the crisis. Local governments must also ensure their own ability to function properly. Some consequences of the pandemic, such as halting economic development, hit local authorities first. Municipalities are currently having to learn to cope with new situations very fast. But the crisis has also shown how important the resilience of municipalities is: this directly applies to local crisis management and disaster preparedness as well as the need for continually adaptive urban planning and development towards increasing the resilience of cities. The current crisis has shown and proven once again that resilience is an essential capacity of municipalities.
Many cities and municipalities have found solutions to the new challenges and developed new strategies. In order to better address the issues related to the pandemic, it is now necessary to share and possibly develop these solutions and strategies together.
From August to December 2020, Connective Cities organised a series of virtual dialogue formats in cooperation with committed municipal stakeholders on measures, challenges and approaches to overcome the Corona crisis. In 2021, the focus is on "Recovery / Urban Renewal" with and after COVID-19. Built.Back.Better!
For more information - latest news, announcements of events, good practices and publications - please visit our COVID-19 topic pages.
Urban Safety for Women and Girls
15/03/2022
Review of the Insight Session about strategies for safer public spaces in cities on 09 March 2022
Planning by doing - Tactical Urbanism during the COVID-19 pandemic
28/02/2022
Review of the Insight Session on 16 February 2022
Insights into the working group 'digitalisation of public services in MENA'
21/01/2022
Digitalisation is is key in the municipal recovery from the impacts of the pandemic
Towards a gender sensitive urban development
18/01/2022
The Connective Cities COVID-19 Programme Working Groups Gender sensitive urban development & Gender…
Southeast European (SEE) Regional Network continues exchange on recovery methods and practices
07/01/2022
Review of Network Events held under Covid-19 Program in November and December of 2021 in SEE
Municipal Waste Management in Times of COVID-19
01/12/2021
Review of a Connective Cities Virtual Response Dialogue on 9 and 11 November 2021
Digitalisation: Developing your own ideas based on international practice
05/11/2021
Insights into the work of the Digitisation Working Group in South Eastern Europe
First Response Mechanisms, Fake News and Crisis Communication
04/11/2021
Insights into the South East Europe (SEE) Crisis Management Working Group
Launch of Digitalisation working group in Southeast Europe (SEE)
18/10/2021
Review of the Kick-off Event, Working Group on Digitalisation, on 21 September 2021
Successful Launch of Crisis Management working group in Southeast Europe (SEE)
14/10/2021
Review of the Crisis Management Working Group Kick-off Event on 20 September 2021
A new normality: unforeseen climate-related risks
07/10/2021
Review of the Insight Session "The importance of disaster preparedness in cities and municipalities:…
Support for more bike lanes in cities
04/10/2021
Review of the Insight Session "Pop-up bike lanes" on 8 September 2021
Towards a gender-sensitive city
24/09/2021
Review of the COVID Gender Cluster Kick-off on 02.09.2021 and open call for participation
Early warning systems and disaster preparedness to protect against forest fires and preserve biodiversity
02/09/2021
Insights into the Biodiversity event in MENA on August 09, 2021
Female power at the Insight Session on digital literacy
02/09/2021
Review of the Insight Session "Digital Literacy and Digital Municipal Service Design" on August 18,…
Climate proof urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa
01/09/2021
Review of the virtual meeting of the working group on climate change/climate-proof urban development…
Covid-19 and Urban Mobility
05/08/2021
Impacts of the pandemic and prospects for a post-pandemic future.
Successful launch of the event series "Insight Sessions: Post-COVID Urban Futures"
30/07/2021
Review of the kick-off event on COVID-19 Recovery & SDG 11
Connective Cities' COVID-19 programme 2021
27/07/2021
Urban practitioners working together on the municipal pandemic recovery
Municipal response to COVID-19 in the MENA region
16/06/2021
Video of Connective Cities Network MENA activities from July to December 2020
Municipal Response to COVID-19 in Business Sector
14/06/2021
Review of the Online Workshop on May 27, 2021
Municipal Response to COVID-19: Driving Smart City Development
12/05/2021
Review of the Online Workshop on April 29, 2021
Municipal Response to COVID-19: Crisis Management
10/05/2021
Review of the Online Workshop on April 28, 2021
Covid-19: The local implementation of vaccination strategies and related communication in municipalities
07/04/2021
Review of the virtual expert exchange on March 22nd and 25th, 2021
Municipal Response to COVID-19 in the Area of Governance
06/04/2021
Review of the virtual expert exchange on March 12, 2021
Municipal Response to COVID-19 in the Health Sector
10/03/2021
Review of Connective Cities Virtual Global Exchange on 3 February 2021
Impact of Covid-19 on the tourism sector
01/02/2021
Review of the virtual exchange for Sub Saharan Africa on 12th November 2020
COVID-19: Economic impact and recovery
29/01/2021
Review of the virtual exchange for Sub Saharan Africa on 10th November 2020
Provision of basic services: solid waste management
25/01/2021
Review of the virtual exchange for Sub Saharan Africa on 29th October 2020
Provision of basic services: water supply
18/01/2021
Review of the virtual exchange for Sub Saharan Africa on 27th October 2020
Infection chains - preventing infections through distance, communication and support for the informal sector
05/01/2021
Review of the virtual exchange for Latin America on 14.10. and 05.11.2020
International exchange of experiences: lessons learned in the Covid-19 crisis
14/12/2020
Connective Cities global exchange series on ”Municipal Response to COVID-19”
Virtual Global Exchange
11/12/2020
Documentation of the global event series from 23 November to 3 December 2020
115 good practice examples for municipal responses to COVID-19
04/12/2020
There are still many open questions regarding how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are…
Municipal services in the pandemic
17/11/2020
Review of the international virtual expert exchange on November 4, 2020
Communication in the crisis: citizens, passengers & customers
13/11/2020
Review of the international virtual expert exchange on October 28, 2020
The role of innovation in curbing the impacts of the pandemic
07/11/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange for the MENA region on October 14, 2020
Call for participants: Municipal services in the pandemic
02/11/2020
Connective Cities international virtual exchange of experiences: lessons learned in the COVID-19…
Digitalisation of Municipal Services in Southeast Europe (SEE) and Caucasus
14/10/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange on October 7, 2020
Pandemic Response in refugee-hosting cities
12/10/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange for the MENA region on August 27, 2020 | Outlook on further…
Civil society initiatives during and after the corona pandemic
09/10/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange for the MENA region on August 25, 2020
Urban Gardening: Urban green spaces for social and economic resilience
08/10/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange, 22nd September 2020
Municipal responses in the COVID-19 crisis: Experiences with contact tracing and outbreak management
01/10/2020
Review of the virtual expert exchange on September 28th, 2020
Work in crisis teams and operational crisis planning - basic principles and their application
18/08/2020
Connective Cities virtual learning event on 26 August 2020
Public Health Protection and Epidemic Control at Municipal Level
27/03/2020
Connective Cities Dialogue Event in Frankfurt, Germany