Platform COVID-19
Platform COVID-19
To continue tackling the challenges of the pandemic and to find solutions to minimise its impact, it is now necessary to learn and share experiences. Working groups are working in thematic clusters on specific topics in the field of green urban recovery
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المجموعة: Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on urban economies. This cluster helps urban practitioners find strategies to promote local economic development, private sector competitiveness, employment creation and tourism recovery.- 5
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المجموعة: Green Urban Development
New opportunities for environmental sustainability arose from the COVID-19 Pandemic. This cluster addresses green recovery, urban biodiversity and ecosystem protection, and circular water management.- 4
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المجموعة: Innovation Ecosystems
Innovation ecosystems promote a city's resilience to crisis. Tech-startups, open innovation and city labs are thus the central discussion points of this cluster.- 4
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المجموعة: Crisis Communication
In this cluster, working groups discuss inclusive communication and social media strategies and tactics for dealing with fake news in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.- 3
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المجموعة: Digitalisation
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that cities must strive for greater digitalisation. With this in mind, this cluster discusses strategies for the digitisation of the education sector and public services.- 6
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المجموعة: Public Health
Public Health has been one of the most crucial issues in the municipal response to COVID-19. In this context, this cluster deals with vaccination strategies and the digitalization of health departments.- 2
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المجموعة: Crisis Management
Emergency and recovery plans, as well as crisis management tools for schools are the key discussion points of this cluster. After all, holistic crisis management is one of the most effective tools for pandemic response.- 1
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المجموعة: Gender sensitivity in the pandemic
Existing gender inequalities were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This cluster deals with domestic violence and women's socio-economic well-being and access to public space during the pandemic, and develops strategies for gender-responsive urban recovery.- 1
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المجموعة: Climate neutral city
The COVID-19 pandemic opened unprecedented opportunities for a greener urban recovery. In this sense, energy transformation and smart mobility are the key discussion points in this cluster.- 1
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المجموعة: Industry
This cluster addresses the importance of local economic development agencies for the post-pandemic recovery of the industry sector.- 1
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المجموعة: Insight Sessions: Post-COVID Urban Futures
Event Series where municipal practitioners as well as experts from academia, civil society and economics discuss different topics of sustainable urban development in the post-COVID-19 era- 24