COVID-19

Introduction

With the novel coronavirus, Europe and the world are facing an epidemic the likes of which has been seen in a century. Local and regional governments are on the frontlines of this crisis, enforcing city curfews, organising distance learning classes and continuing to provide essential public services, to name just a few examples.

Our goals
 

• To share best practices among our members on how to adapt their work and fight against COVID-19
• To ensure a coordinated response among all levels of goverment: local, provincial, regional, national, European and indeed global
• To communicate local and regional governments' needs to the European institutions, in particular in terms of providing fiscal flexibility and financial support, but also in promoting a coherent pan-European response

Associations' dedicated web pages

Many of our members have established a regularly-updated page, document or newsletter specifically on the coronavirus crisis:
 

• Austria: Stätdebund, Gemeindebund
• Belgium: VVSG, UVCW, Brulocalis
• Bulgaria: NAMRB
• Czechia: SMO CR
• Denmark: KL, DANSKE REGIONER (info in EN)
• Estonia: AECM
• Finland: AFLRA
• Germany: DStGB, DST, DLT
• Iceland: SAMBAND
• Ireland: LGMA
• Italy: AICCRE (information for local governments) / AICCRE (initiatives implemented by local governments)
• Latvia: LPS
• Luxembourg: SYVICOL
• Malta: LCA
• Netherlands: VNG
• North Macedonia: NALAS
• Norway: KS
• Portugal: ANMP
• Serbia: SKGO
• Slovakia: ZMOS
• Spain: FEMP, EUDEL
• Sweden: SKL
• United Kingdom: LGA, COSLA, WLGA
• Turkey: TBB
• Ukraine: AUC