From ACTive NGOs to solidarity networks: civic ecosystems during and after COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has heavily disrupted the activities of NGO Houses and their civic ecosystems. While the lockdown and rules of social distancing have made most of the activities of these spaces impossible, many NGO Houses moved their activities online and became protagonists in existing or emerging solidarity networks. Existing local communities and solidarity networks proved to be a strong asset in tackling the crisis: in neighbourhoods and cities where mechanisms of solidarity and care had already been in place, NGOs and civic spaces were able to organise themselves and provide their communities with the necessary goods and services. We reached out to partner cities of the ACTive NGOs URBACT network to explore how NGO Houses and their local ecosystems responded to the crisis and complemented the work of municipalities.

The C-Change Pilot Action Programme: Creative Messages

The C-Change project has created a Pilot Action Programme (PAP) in each of its partner cities. The PAP provided seed funding to artists and arts organisations to create a piece of work that will educate and influence behaviour change in relation to climate action.

A CORUÑA PARTICIPATES IN AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF EUROPEAN PROJECTS BETWEEN RU:RBAN AND INTERNATIONAL URBAN COOPERATION (IUC)

This article has been redacted by the RU:RBAN partners of the City of A Coruña and published on the City’s website.

Last May, the city council of A Coruña, through the European Project RU:RBAN, participated in the international meeting promoted by the city of Rome, to discuss and exchange ideas on the creation of urban gardens with the city of Barranquilla ( Colombia).

MAST Good Practice Explained

Arts and culture sector collaboration on climate action and engagement in a city which recognises the value of culture and is itself demonstrating climate change leadership, linked to two of the key local challenges that run through the city’s climate change strategy;

• mobilising business action on climate change through a sector specific approach
• engaging and mobilising citizens to act on climate change

C-Change - An Introduction

C-Change will bring together cities to mobilise their arts and culture sectors to lead climate action by inspiring citizens to act, reducing carbon emissions and developing local policies. Lead by Manchester City Council and funded by URBACT.

New times, new tools

Expert Eddy Adams reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on URBACT and transnational cooperation.

In Adelfia, music does not turn off

In Adelfia, the coronavirus has not stopped MusicaInGioco's work for social inclusion: almost 70% of children involved in the three orchestras of the association followed online music lessons during the lockdown. Here are the latest URBACT OnStage news from Southern Italy!

Cooperative City in Quarantine: Connecting local initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis

Realising the need to create international dialogue on handling the COVID-19 crisis at the local level, Eutropian launched a weekly webinar to connect activists and experts from all parts of Europe with a broader audience.

CARD4ALL URBACT NEWSLETTER Nº3

Learn about CARD4ALL project activities before and during Covid time...

The voluntary movement becomes particularly active in Latvia during the global pandemic

On the first days of the Covid -19 crisis, the voluntary assistance network, which was named “Stay Home”, was born and developed fast in Latvia. We invited for a conversation about this movement the co-author of the voluntary movement “Stay Home” Inese Vaivare to present to both the local and broader audience – beyond Latvia’s border – the activities and the mission of this movement.