Analysis: Government responses to COVID-19 and impact assessment

Part A Pandemic planning and preparedness AUTRC This part of the deliverable will assess pandemic planning and preparedness processes at the national level in project target countries and the regionallocal level in at least one target community per country Literature gathered in T41 will be reviewed with a focus on government plans exercise reports business continuity partner plans data preparedness infrastructures etc Factors will be examined such as severity definitions alert practices timeliness expectations information sharing procedures between levels of government and nationsregions training expectations resource and capacity requirements and surveillance practices as well as uptake of lessons learnt from exercises that train the plans The aim of the analysis is less to assess the effectiveness of each plan but to build a frame for understanding what can and cannot be compared distinctions similarities nuances etcPart B Governmental approaches to defining and addressing vulnerability TRI This part of the deliverable will explore how individual and group vulnerability are defined at the national level in project target countries and the regionallocal level in at least one target community per country Partners will examine how plans accounted for different stressors their amplifications by inequalities social relations and policy that perpetuate poverty and marginalisation Part C COVID19 responses on multiple levels of governance KEMEA URJC This part of the deliverable documents and analyses how different governments responded to COVID19 from lockdown procedures school closures masks key workers to furlough regimes and economic stimuli A broad range of literature gathered in T41 will be analysed with a focus on the convergence and divergence of preparedness and response plans across multiple levels of governance international national regional localPart D Economic and social welfare responses to COVID19 SAPIENZA This part of the deliverable reports on the economic and social welfare responses adopted by the Governments considering short term and longterm responses adopted by Governments in several domains It critically evaluates the benefits of synchronized regimentation of bodily behaviours distinctions are drawn between normal and abnormal outcomes the effectiveness of interventions considered not only in terms of their positive effects on populations but also promising improvement for the practices of government itself The analysis of regulatory and restrictive management of public activity will be compared with the human depression stress domestic violence and economic price deregulation tax loopholes abatements and holidays rescue packages of capitals of partial and total lockdownsPart E Sociopolitical legal and ethical factors influencing government preparedness and response TRI This part of the deliverable will elucidate the ethical and legal tensions as well as societal and political impacts of COVID19 preparedness and responses The analytical focus will be on documents gathered in T41 on various regulatory and procedural options to support the ethical and responsible development of pandemic preparedness plans and response activities