COVID-19 initiatives of the Policy Forum on Development members
This is a collection of initiatives and documents on how the members of the Policy Forum on Development are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.
Summary document of an analysis done by the technical assistance team of the Policy Forum on Development, considering the various responses and reactions of the PFD members.
EU Institutions
- A website gathering statements of different EU instutions and actors with DG DEVCO in the lead
Civil Society Organisations
- CONCORD support resources during the COVID-19 outbreak
- FEMNET article: African Center for Disease Control and the African Union must offer dignified and inclusive focus on women & girls in COVID-19 response
- Online hub with critical and practical information and resources on COVID-19 in Africa from a gender and feminist perspective
- Key practical recommendations by African women and girls
- Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism statement on COVID19
- Joint Statement of South Asian CSOs
- Summary of the situation in El Salvador provided by our member CECADE
- The newsletter of WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support) on how their members from China and beyond have reacted to COVID-19
- A dedicated page of WINGS concerning their members resources in response to COVID-19
- Letter of the Voluntary Action Network India (VANI) to their members
- Fairtrade International in support of its member organisations (over 1700 producer cooperatives with 1.8million farmers/agricultural workers in 75 countries):
- Faitrade International COVID19 briefing 27 March
- Connected Community: Supporting each other through the COVID-19 crisis
- Fairtrade Africa COVID19 statement
- Fairtrade LAC (CLAC) COVID19 statement
- Flexibility in Fairtrade International standards measures
- New guidance from Fairtrade boosts action to protect farmers and workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Cooperatives
- Cooperatives' response to COVID19
Trade Union
- Article on how affiliates of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) are reacting to COVID-19
Associations of Local Authorities
- Practices and reactions by the member cities of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF)
- PLATFORMA reaction to EU reponse on how to fight the pandemic
Professional and Business Associations
- Joint Statement on COVID-19 by the International Employers' Organisation
- Dedicated page International Employers' Organisation
Foundations
- Dedicated page of the European Foundation Centre on their members' responses to COVID-19
- Results of a survey by the European Foundation Centre on challenges and events resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak
- European Philanthropy Statement on COVID-19
Additional documents:
- How to use a mask (FR)
- How to build your own mask (FR)
- Blog article by Carola Carrazzone, Italian association Assifero, Flexibility and freedom of foundation funding can boost third sector during Coronavirus crisis
- Messages from the Ford Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (members of WINGS) to their Grantees