Connective Cities Covid-19 Response Dialog "Contact tracing and outbreak management”

The exchange event brings German experts together with municipal actors from other countries to discuss how municipal administration can act in order to prevent further spread of the Covid-19 in cooperation with other actors and by utilizing available technologies. The overall topic to be discussed are principles of how to protect the non-infected population in the event of a disease outbreak will be discussed. In this field, tracking and breaking infection chains and protection against infection through quarantine measures will receive special focus. Practice examples will be presented by experts from Düsseldorf, Essen and one international partner, the overall aim of the event is to achieve a joint exchange of experiences.

An involvement of experts from municipalities and practitioners in the field of health and public administration provides the right platform to pool experiences, discuss challenges and generate ideas to better respond to the challenges imposed by the pandemic.

The aim of the exchange is to get to know good practice examples from municipalities with different local conditions. Here, the interest is mainly in pragmatic solutions and approaches that can be applied or adapted to the different regional contexts. Furthermore, the event will offer a platform to discuss the challenges around the theme of crisis management and support municipalities in an open and interactive exchange of experience. Ideas for concrete implementation measures can be further supported by Connective Cities through follow-up exchanges with relevant experts.

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