The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19: International lessons for local and national government recovery and renewal, Issue 33

Co-production of recovery plans with the public is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 33). The briefing identifies three core barriers to co-production (Pace, Distance [physical and social], and Complexity [of the context]) to provide a broad framework to facilitate co-production of recovery and renewal from COVID.

It shares lessons from:

• UK – co-producing mental health strategies with service users;
• Lebanon – community roles during crises;
• Rwanda – domestic tourism for recovery of the tourism industry;
• Morocco & UK – gendered economic impacts of the pandemic;
• Philippines – ecosystem-based strategies for local DRR and recovery;
• Azerbaijan – a national narrative for recovery and renewal;
• Australia – actions following Impact and Needs Assessments;
• Malawi – peer review process for recovery and renewal plans.