Building local resilience in post-COVID world

The COVID-19 pandemic showed the importance of a quick response and what difference it can make in people’s lives. As cases began to decline, city administrations quickly took up the task of preparing for future waves of the pandemic, keeping in mind the havoc that cities witnessed during the first wave. However, despite that, the number of infections and deaths due to COVID increased and crossed all previous records. So what can local, regional governments (LRGs) do to be ready for future waves, or worse, pandemics?

This brings us to the need of building resilience. It is important to note that globally, cities bore the major brunt of the pandemic as their health infrastructure almost collapsed. People scrambled for beds, and frontline warriors worked non-stop to match the demand for medical attention. This cannot go on and needs to be corrected. Cities must augment the
development of their hospitals and medical equipment and increase the ratio of health professionals to the total population. Additionally, cities need to develop quick response plans to be used if and when another pandemic hits the world, which is a very real possibility, according to experts.

To address issues and challenges related to making post-COVID cities resilient, the All India Institute of Local Self-Government, in collaboration with CITYNET, organised a Webinar on ‘Building local resilience in post-COVID world’ on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 11:30 AM (IST). This is the third webinar in a series of monthly webinars supported by Foundation EMDA Southasia, Renewable Energy Mart, and 3R Waste Foundation. Read more

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All India Institute of Local Self-Government, in collaboration with CityNet, organised the third webinar on ‘Localising SDGs’ on the topic ‘Building local resilience in post-COVID world’ on August 24. Other supporting organisations were Foundation EMDA Southasia, Renewable Energy Mart, and 3R Waste Foundation. Read more

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