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The COVID-19 pandemic marked a disrupting point for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis with severe economic and social impacts that highlighted existing inequalities and differences. Low income neighbourhoods are more likely to be hit by coronavirus cases and its negative impact. and impact as most of them may lack access to health care, lost their jobs and became unemployed.
At the beginning of 2020, the path towards the achievement 2030 SDG Agenda was on track and the global community committed to accelerate efforts and sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, ranging from eradicating poverty and reducing gender inequality to addressing climate change. However, in only some months, the COVID-19 pandemic brought an unprecedented situation and threatens to reverse years of progress on the global goals, on poverty, hunger, health care and education. While the virus has impacted everyone, it is especially affecting the most vulnerable people.
Urgent and innovative responses are needed to surpass this period of crisis but people should be at the centre of these solutions to achieve more equitable and sustainable outcomes for all. Against this backdrop, the community has played an exceptional role in the social response to the global pandemic by providing care and attention to the most vulnerable and affected.
In this sense, Dialogue Café Network would like to address the role of the community/communities in times of COVID-19 pandemic especially with regard to the impact of its action in social cohesion.
Guests invited to the online discussion will share experiences, views and testimonials with this regard as well as address the following questions:
- What is the role of different communities for the social cohesion of territories in times of pandemic?
- What are the urgent and innovative responses that are needed to overcome this period of crisis?
- Is the unity of communities essential to change?
- Are community responses sufficient to have an impact?
The session will be also a unique opportunity to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Dialogue Café Room at the Eugenio de Almeida Foundation in Evora (Portugal), which has an extensive work of community support.
The session will take place next Monday 16th November from 15h to 17h London time through ciscowebex videoconference system.
Provisional programme:
PROGRAMME
Dialogue Cafe Belgrade
- Lidija Bukvic Brankovic, CEPORA Belgrade (Serbia)
Dialogue Cafe Évora
- Joana Good da Silva, Volunteer at Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, Évora (Portugal)
Dialogue Cafe Lisbon
- NoĂ©mia Certo Simões, Professor, Volunteer at Animar – Deseenvolvimento local and BuĂ© fixe organisations
Dialogue Cafe Novi Sad
- Aleksa Stanišić (Communication and marketing Coordinator), Volunteer center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (Serbia)
