Response Tag: Social Solidarity

Citizen workshops are an essential piece of our local democracies. They allow live interactions, in-depth discussion, and help consensus emerge. Up until now, they were being held offline, whilst online platforms are usually reserved for indirect and asynchronous participation - think voting, surveys or participatory budgeting. However, the current crisis has made these essential in-person meetings impossible. CitizenLab's workshop feature has been designed to expand the scope of online…

This initiative consists of the creation of a Portal that aims at the national mobilization for voluntary work in institutions that support the elderly, in order to supply needs arising from the pandemic of COVID-19. Through this portal it is possible to identify volunteers with a different profile, who can support the response to the diverse needs that have arisen in organizations that promote social responses to vulnerable people, in particular the elderly. The needs are identified by public…

Creation of a platform that gathers information on all voluntary and solidarity initiatives that aim or support the pandemic situation, which are ongoing in the north and south of the country. Through this platform, those who want to volunteer can find the initiatives that match their profile and availability, and those who need support can find the initiatives that best respond to their needs. This platform, which can be found on the CASES website at https://www.cases.pt/voluntariado/covid-19/,…

The COVID-19 Mobility Data Network is a network of infectious disease epidemiologists at universities around the world working with technology companies to use aggregated mobility data to support the COVID-19 response. Their goal is to provide daily updates to decision-makers at the state and local levels on how well social distancing interventions are working, using anonymized, aggregated data sets from mobile devices, along with analytic support for interpretation. The site provides a platform…

The National Association of City Transportation Officials has created a COVID-19 Transportation Response Center. City governments and transit agencies are on the front lines of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and are rapidly developing policies and projects for this emergency. NACTO will continually update this webpage with guidance and tools, including: Rapid response tools for cities, with implementation strategies City transportation action updates from around the world Webinars,…

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), through Unidade de Computação Científica Nacional (FCCN), reinforced the capacity of the main services provided to the research and higher education community and that ensure distance learning and remote working. The tools made available, namely Colibri Collaboration Platform, allow to set up remote classes, online meetings and information sharing. Since the beginning of march to April 15th, Colibri platform registered 3.7 million hits and more…

Science 4 COVID-19 consists on a digital plataform that groups metadata, datasets or links, problem registration, research results in epidemiological surveillance and other anonymous public health data necessary to combat the coronavirus epidemic, such as clinical, analytical and demographic results.

The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), in collaboration with the Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica (AICIB), opens a Call for granting 50 (fifty) PhD studentships (BD), focused on research related to this pandemic and its causal agent, SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, FCT will also support a Doctoral School focused on virology, consisting of an annual workshop bringing together international students and researchers.

Sebaran Covid19 is a tool developed by tech-savvy Indonesian volunteers to show citizens about the number of cases near them. The tool, available in the city of Yogyakarta, uses a citizen’s location to inform them of the number of Covid-19 cases near them. It shows three key pieces of data: how many have tested positive; how many people are at risk; and how many have displayed symptoms. It uses the device’s GPS to look at the number of cases in a 3km, 5km and 7km radius from their current…

Indie Wellington is an online resource sharing details of cafes, shops, salons and other businesses which sell online or provide gift cards. The idea is for locals to show their support financially by purchasing a gift card from the business, which they can use in future once the crisis settles down. Local, independent businesses in Wellington can be listed on the website for free, and Bolton, the hotel who set up the site, isn't taking any commission from the sales. Some of the shops already…