Is your city administration currently carrying out or planning a Covid-19 vaccination campaign implementing national vaccination strategies? Has your city made first experiences in launching a communication and outreach campaign to your citizens about the vaccinations?

On the 22nd and 25th of March 2021, Connective Cities will hold a two-day response dialogue on “Covid-19: The local implementation of vaccination strategies and related communication in municipalities”.

The event brings together municipal experts from Germany with international municipal actors to discuss how municipalities can better deal with the challenges involved in implementing and communicating Covid-19 vaccination strategies at the local level. One thematic focus of the event will be communication strategies that municipal actors can adopt to inform citizens on the vaccination as well as to manage expectations and to create trust.

Municipal experts from public health departments, communications departments or Covid-19-related crisis units are warmly invited to apply for participation in the two-day online event (approx. 3 hours per session).

Please contact us if you would like to present a concrete case or project idea from your city. This could cover, for example:

• How your municipality is carrying out Covid-19 vaccinations among existing challenges (e.g. vaccinating as many people as possible in the shortest period of time, lack of infrastructure for mass vaccination, decentralised vaccinations/the use of mobile vaccination teams, vaccine hesitancy or the spread of misinformation among citizens, difficulty of reaching vulnerable and at risk persons); and/or
• How to organise a public information campaign on the vaccinations and the mentioned challenges.

If the topic falls into your area of expertise and you wish to participate in the discussion without presenting a specific case, we also invite you to contact us.

More information: Call for participants [pdf, 190 kb, 2 pp.]

Contact:

Alice Balbo, alice.balbo(at)staedtetag.de, +49 (0)221-3771-573

Nikola Krause, nikola.krause(at)engagement-global.de, +49 (0)228-20717-2672

Thiago Garcia, thiago.garcia(at)engagement-global.de, +49 (0)228-20717-2633

The deadline to apply for participating in the event is 12th March 2021.

More information:

Call for Participants - Connective Cities Covid-19 Response Dialogue

Local implementation of vaccination strategies and related communication in municipalities

Series of two virtual events, 22nd and 25th March 2021
[pdf, 190 kb, 2 pp.]