Democratic governance resources
A wealth of organisations and bodies are taking initiatives and sharing good practice to help authorities at all levels to tackle the unprecedented challenges posed by Covid-19. This page lists useful resources where to find this information as regards democratic governance.
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- Secretary General of the Council of Europe:
- Respecting democracy, rule of law and human rights in the framework of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis - A toolkit for member states, SG/Inf(2020)11, 7 April 2020
- Speech "Local and regional authorities play a key role in responding to the COVID crisis and that of climate change" delivered at the meeting of the Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, 9 June 2020
- Toolkit by the Secretary General on the impact of the sanitary crisis on freedom of expression and media freedom (SG/Inf(2020)19)
- Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the COVID-19 pandemic (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 22 April 2020 at the 1374th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
- Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Videoconference on The role of national parliaments and the holding of elections in emergency situations, 28 May, 2020
- COVID-19: DG democracy response
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities:
- Hub of partners’ action
- Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Declaration on the impact of central government COVID-measures on local and regional authorities
- Venice Commission:
- Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Corruption Risks and Useful Legal References in the context of Covid-19, April 2020
- Treaty Office, Notifications under Article 15 of the Convention or the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ETS No. 5) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Report on “Digital solutions to fight COVID-19”, which analyses the impact on the rights to privacy and data protection of the measures taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the countries Parties to Convention 108
EUROPEAN UNION
RESOURCES BY TOPIC
National policies and multilevel governance
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Covid-19 Country Policy Tracker
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), The territorial impact of Covid-19: managing the crisis across levels of government
Local and regional response
- European Committee of the Regions, Covid-19 Exchange platform
- European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Collecting experiences and evidence on local and regional responses to COVID19
- Plataforma, Towns and regions are acting worldwide to fight against COVID-19
- United National Capital Development Fund, Guidance for local governments about immediate responses to COVID19
Cross-border cooperation
- E-DEN, Online platform for cross-border cooperation: e-database of Covid-19 case studies
- Baltic region
- Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Montenegro: Project “competenceNET”
- Croatia-Hungary
- Croatia/Serbia: Project “XBIT – Cross-Border IT Network for Competitiveness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
- Nordic co-operation, Nordic co-operation on Covid-19
Metropolitan areas
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Cities policies responses
- Eurocities, Live updates Covid-19
- C40 Cities, Covid-19 Portal for cities
- International Urban Cooperation Programme, Cities and the new Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Elections
- International IDEA, Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections
Emergency measures
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Guidance on emergency measures
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, webinar ‘Respecting human rights and maintaining democratic control during states of emergency’, 8 May 2020
Civil society
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Guidance on civic space
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