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The Coalition of Latin American and Caribbean Cities against Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia released a statement on the importance of working together to elaborate plans, develop strategies and continue to defend human rights in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The European Coalition of Cities Against Racism issued a declaration calling for an inclusive fight against COVID-19 and highlighting the importance of working together.

The European Coalition of Cities Against Racism issued a declaration calling for an inclusive fight against COVID-19 and highlighting the importance of working together.

This online interactive platform shares collective responses and provides decision-makers with access to first-hand experiences on how urban areas across the globe can deal with this type of situations.

Mayors of the U.S. Coalition of Cities against Racism and Discrimination issued a statement calling for coordinated actions to protect public health and ensure public safety.

This platform provides resources and guidelines, including practical how-tos for households, school establishments, businesses, healthcare structures, communities, and law enforcement agencies. In this online hub, good practices on city-led efforts to address the safety and protection of citizens abound.

The website includes information on the availability of free meals to students and shelter beds for the homeless. Temporary shelter beds are to be constructed in city parks.

The City offers shelters for the homeless, medical services to the uninsured, and delivers food to queer and transgender individuals, regardless of immigration status.

The platform provides updates on the COVID-19 response in the following areas: housing, homelessness, public health, human services and public safety.

The fund provides resources and support to health care workers and essential staff, local small businesses, displaced hourly workers, including immigrant workers and families, youth, and vulnerable New Yorkers.

The website offers detailed information and guidelines on city services. Residents have free access to testing for all. Legal protection from harassment and discrimination in public places.

The city of Lausanne has adopted measures to support single people and those most at risk in the event of contamination. Six emergency shelters are open 24/7 for homeless people. A hotline has been set for elderly and free delivlery services has been made available to most vulnerable groups.

The Lausanne Office for Immigrants shares information to limit contamination and protect migrants and their relatives: health information related to COVID-19 has been translated into 21 languages and municipal decisions taken in relation to Coronavirus have been translated into eight languages. An Info Point has been set up to respond to the needs of migrants on a variety of issues, including racism, employment etc.

La Ville de Lausanne a mis en place une hotline pour les personnes âgées permettant de répondre à leurs questions et leurs besoins en lien avec la solitude et les risques liés à l’isolement pendant la pandémie.

En plus des lieux d'accueil habituels, six hébergements d'urgence sont ouverts 24h/24 pour les personnes sans-abri.

Le Bureau lausannois pour les immigrés (BLI) a maintenu ses prestations sous forme de trois permanences téléphonique. La permanence d'accueil et d'orientation générale a lieu deux fois par semaine, le mardi et jeudi de 10h à 12h. La permanence emploi-formation (PEF), qui renseigne les personnes migrantes sur les questions liées à l'emploi et à la formation, a lieu les lundi et jeudi de 13h à 15h. Finalement, la permanence Info-racisme, qui offre soutien et informations à toute personne victime de racisme ou de discrimination raciale à Lausanne, a lieu les lundi et jeudi de 14h à 17h.

Le Bureau lausannois pour les immigrés (BLI) a compilé et mis à disposition sur son site Internet les principales informations sanitaires existantes sur le coronavirus, traduites en 21 langues (français, arabe, bosniaque, chinois, allemand, anglais, espagnol, farsi/dari/persan, croate, italien, portugais, romanche, roumain, russe, serbe, albanais, tamoul, tigrigna, turc, kurmanji et somalien). Le Bureau a également fait traduire les décisions municipales en lien avec le COVID-19 en huit langues (anglais, allemand, espagnol, italien, portugais, arabe, albanais et serbe, croate, bosniaque).

In collaboration with artistic associations and independent artists, strategies will be implemented to support local artistic and cultural sectors.

 

This free counselling services are offered to women in situations of domestic violence, including legal and psychosocial care.

The Montevideo Covid-19 webpage provides daily updates on local ordinances pertaining to health, transport and commercial facilities.

The Migrants' Advisory Council of the city of Graz emphasizes the right of immigrants to information as a basic human right. The Council, in collaboration with the Graz city government, has worked to make information on COVID-19 not only available but accessible to immigrants living in Graz.

Lancée dans le cadre de l’appel aux bonnes initiatives des villes du réseau ICCAR (SHS-UNESCO), cette veille informationnelle (COVID-19 – Paysage urbain montréalais) vise à recueillir des points de vue de fil de presse, des actions citoyennes et des mesures émises par la Ville de Montréal qui interpellent les valeurs d’inclusion sociales et culturelles dans la crise pandémique COVID-19. De plus, cette analyse média, blog, site web, etc. face à la crise du COVID-19 permettra : • de tirer des constats sur les préoccupations citoyennes, journalistiques et politiques envers les espaces publics montréalais dans les phases de confinement et de déconfinement ; • d'énoncer des perspectives quant : - à l’aménagement urbain, des espaces et des interfaces publiques et privées, et de l’habitat ; - aux enjeux urbains associés (sociaux, culturels, économique et environnementaux) et ; - aux champs de pratiques en architecture, en architecture de paysage, en design et en urbanisme.

From the very beginning of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak in Turkey, Kadıköy Municipality has developed its local practices in line with national measures and implemented an integrated service model for the prevention of the pandemic. The services under the “Stay At Home, Save Lives” title are carried out together with an integrated communication campaign and all communication channels of Kadıköy Municipality are mobilized in order to ensure that citizens stay at home during the pandemic.

As persons living in nursing homes are especially affected by the curfew and visit bans due to the Corona pandemic, the Human Rights Office of the City of Nuremberg started the campaign #positivePost. We called for letters with season greetings adressed to the residents of nursing homes to bring some distraction to those who can´t see their family and friends. Within 10 days more than 500 letters, postcards, little paintings were sent to the office and transferred to different nursing homes. Because of the overwhelming feedbacks also in social medias the campaign will be continued as long as the curfew will last.

A special Fund supports daily-wage workers who have lost their income due to the pandemic.

The city has mobilized a group of volunteers and trained them on how to prepare sanitizing solutions and carry out sanitation operations related to the coronavirus.

The municipality delivers all essential items to self-isolating residents. It also distributes food rations to families in need, and facilitates access to testing. The mental health counseling has been offered free of charge.

The police has been mobilized for awareness-raising and has supported social distancing efforts.

Local textile workshops have switched to the production of masks and medical uniforms.

The Committee, comprised of NGOs, helps to identify and implement actions on the ground, including the establishment of a Hotline to communicate with all its inhabitants.

The city has put its sport facilities to host the homeless, who are provided with food and other essentials. It has mobilized vehicles to transport patients and has established home services to the elderly.

Inhabitants have been provided with information on how to to counter the spread of the virus and access to expertise of mental health professionals through free hotlines.