During this crisis, the regional governments are working hard with the central and local authorities to tackle the COVID 19 pandemic. With more or less competencies, some regional governments are managing the public health and others are not. The regions have proven to play a key role as intermediates between the national and local scales but especially thanks to their proximity with the citizens, providing basic services and addressing the most urgent needs in this emergency context. The ORU Fogar members in different territories have led firm actions, which it is worthwhile summarizing and sharing.
The networks on guard
From the earliest moments, the national associations of regions have played a key role in disseminating reliable information about coronavirus and about how to tackle it.
ORU Fogar tackling the coronavirus
If, back in February the 10th, ORU Fogar campaigned to support the Chinese province of Hubei, since the COVID-19 pandemic globally spread, the network is fully ...
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The regions facing the COVID-19 outbreak
As the ORU Fogar president, I proudly witness the significant work that the regions worldwide undertook in order to take part in the fight against the global pandemic we are going through. This is an unprecedented sanitary crisis to which the world is not prepared, whether at the State, regional, or local communities level. Unprecedented measures had to be implemented in order to tackle the fast spread of the COVID-19 virus, from closing the countries borders, declaring the state of emergency, calling for a total containment, creating support funds for the health system and the local economy, to various regions gathering substantial financial resources for this purpose.
