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Holistic crisis management and municipal crisis teams form the basis of an appropriate response capacity
The COVID-19 pandemic posed enormous challenges to countries and municipalities worldwide. Cities with robust governance and health infrastructure tended to be more capable to manage the pandemic and to experience lower mortality rates. Furthermore, a combination of proactive surveillance, routine communication, rapid isolation, personal and community protection (e.g., social distancing) and rapid vaccinations have proven to be effective measures in combating the pandemic. These measures tend to be most effectively developed, coordinated and implemented when cities have holistic crisis management in place, including municipal crisis teams.
Cities play a key role in pandemic mitigation and post-pandemic recovery, for which it is necessary to evaluate their municipal response strategies. By understanding underlying challenges, joint concepts for pandemic control can be developed and a socially, environmentally and economically appropriate and just recovery from the crisis can be facilitated.
Another sector that deserves attention is the education sector, which has been severely impacted by school and day-care closures during COVID-19 induced lockdowns. In order to avoid massive loss of education during future pandemic or crisis situations, cities are now challenged to establish effective and agile municipal crisis management for their educational facilities.
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Training course and handbook
E-Learning
About the course & handbook
The online course and the handbook provide employees of public health departments, but also of other institutions, with practical advice on how to prepare for emergency response in crisis situations and convey the basics of crisis management. In addition to technical aspects, recommendations for action are given in particular for operational planning and staff work.
The English translation of the course and the manual was supported by Connective Cities.
News & Events
News
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:…
Call for participants: Risk informed urban development
01.10.2021
Invitation to the joint Connective Cities & GIDRM Working Group on 12 October 2021
Thinking and acting beyond disasters
17.09.2021
Invitation to our COVID Crisis Management Cluster kick-off on 28 September 2021
Good practices and learning experiences
Videos & podcasts
Municipal Response to COVID-19: Crisis management
13.08.2021
Video with insights into the virtual global exchange on April 28, 2021
Connective Cities' COVID-19 programme 2021
27.07.2021
Urban practitioners working together on the municipal pandemic recovery
Interview with Hugo Salomão França: Crisis Communication
04.03.2021
"Our technical-scientific way instead of political management was a fundamental approach during this…
Interview with Ahmad Zeyad: Public Health and Crisis Management
26.02.2021
"You should always trust and believe in your own capabilities to combat crisis and raise the…
Interview with Awande Buthelezi: Crisis Management and Digitalisation
24.02.2021
"There is a gap between how municipalities and the state provide services and the experiences of…
Interview with Daniel Onyango on Crisis Communication
17.02.2021
"Indigenous knowledge and skills and the ability of communities to respond to crisis is something…
Interview with Leila Ben Gacem: Social Innovation
15.02.2021
"I think as city councillors we need to think as social entrepreneurs."
Good practices
Germany’s health offices and their fast-track response to the COVID-19 crisis
13/07/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major challenge for Germany’s health offices. Many responded quickly at the start of the…
Crisis teams: A successful crisis management tool
31/03/2021
Better preparedness enables municipalities to cope better with crises like the corona pandemic. But what makes for good…
Good practices
The city of Krusevac during the pandemic
12.08.2021
Successful measures of the Serbian city in the area of prevention, health and protection of…
COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in the cardiovascular hospital in Shanxi, China
06.08.2021
Maintaining normal medical services during the pandemic
Reviews of virtual events
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:…
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
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…
Publications
Final Report: Virtual Global Exchange
2021 - "Municipal Response to COVID-19" from 23rd November to 3rd December 2020
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UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan
2020 - Leveraging experience, expertise and partnerships to deliver solutions
Dealing with the Corona Virus
2020 - Sharing the Experience of German Local Public Utilities in the Water, Energy, and Waste Sector