Additional Resources
COVID-19 special: Working remotely for public servants. This free online workshop explains how to stay productive and leverage the full potential of your team while working remotely - via APOLITICAL
COVID-19: Lessons learnt and outlooks for sustainable, low carbon transport. This webinar focuses on the sustainable transport sector's response to the crisis, public and informal transport, bailout schemes and socio-economic stimulus plans. - via SloCaT
Collective responses to global health emergencies. A page for local governments to share initiatives designed as a reaction to COVID-19 and/or to face other health emergencies such as sanitary crisis or epidemics - via Cities for Global Health
How to communicate effectively with the public during COVID-19. This online workshop featuring academic experts in neuroscience and behavioural economics explains how to communicate effectively with the public and how the public is responding to messages about COVID-19 - via APOLITICAL
Management of COVID-19: Guidelines for public transport operators. This collection of guidelines aims to assist public transport operators in tailoring business continuity plans responding to the specific challenges of communicable diseases - via UITP
Cities and coronavirus (COVID-19). This curated collection of media and resources focuses on topics relevant to mayoral teams and departments, such as waste, food, buildings, transportation and public engagement - via The C40 Knowledge Hub
Governing through crisis. This five-part crisis management webinar series helps local and regional governments respond to COVID-19 - via CivicPlus
Why local government finance is essential to the COVID-19 response. A podcast on which measures local governments can deploy to address financial challenges - via the United Nations Capital Development Fund
Local governments responses COVID-19. This blog series explores the various responses, in particular the financial actions, of local governments against COVID-19 - via the United Nations Capital Development Fund
Fighting corona in transport. A continuously updated collection of knowledge on how to combat epidemics in transport - via Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)
The COVID-19 outbreak and implications to sustainable urban mobility. This detailed piece contains observations and examples from transport experts on how COVID-19 is affecting public transport and shared mobility options - via Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)
COVID-19 Webinar Series. This virtual conference examines the implications of COVID-19 for public health and the SDGs, as well as make recommendations on science-based responses - via Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Resilience of local governments: A multi-sectoral approach to integrate public health and disaster risk management. This webinar covers aspects of public health systems in the UNDRR Making Cities Resilient Campaign tool – the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities - via United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Webinars. 60-minute webinars on the most relevant information and actionable recommendations on priority topics to support countries in their prevention, response and recovery efforts - via United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The COVID crisis in cities: a tale of two lockdowns. This webinar highlights cities’ efforts to reduce sources of vulnerability and provide useful lessons to build greater resilience for the future - via OECD
All hands on deck: how to scale up multilateral financing to face the COVID-19 crisis. This article argues for stepped-up financial support to developing countries’ management of the coronavirus - via ODI
Emergency solidarity fund. A call for donations to provide mini-grants to heavily-impacted recycling workers - via Global Alliance for Incineration Alternative (GAIA)
Decalogue for the post COVID-19 era. Ten principles for this unprecedented opportunity to take responsibility towards future generations - via United Cities and Local Governments
A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19. This report sets out the framework for the United Nations’ urgent socio-economic support to countries and societies in the face of COVID-19 - via United Nations
COVID19, Food & Nutrition Security, and Gender Equality. This paper describes how women, gender equality, and social norms are critical to recovering from the COVID19 crisis and building back better - via CARE
City Region Food Systems to cope with COVID-19 and other pandemic emergencies. This blog offers an analysis of challenges to food supply chains that have major implications for food security and nutrition - via RUAF
Food Aid System. Specific food aid actions, put in place by Municipality of Milan, to provide assistance to the elderly and vulnerable people - via Milan's Food Policy
Cities and Covid-19: Food access for vulnerable communities in practice. Co-organised by FAO, UNEP, ICLEI, RUAF and Rikolto, the webinar shares insights from a worldwide survey by FAO and dive into the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador). 15 May at 15:00 CEST - via Rikolto
