Calls for participation in the Covid-19 crisis
#VersusVirus
48 hours against Covid-19! Join this online hackathon from April 3 to 5, 2020 to find solutions to today's challenges together. Work in teams with participants from all over Switzerland and contribute your skills - whatever your background! You can also support this initiative by proposing a challenge, becoming a mentor, sponsoring prizes for the winning teams or sharing the info.
COVID Action Platform
In a bid to help businesses cope with the pandemic, the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization have created a platform for exchange and action to stem the effects of Covid-19. Companies are invited to share best practices and knowledge, offer assistance, join forces to meet specific needs relating to the coronavirus, or to redirect companies wishing to provide financial assistance.
en.weforum.org/platforms/covid-action-platform
Coronavirus Tech Handbook
A library that enables technologists, civic organizations, public and private institutions, researchers, educators and specialists of all kinds to collaborate on an agile and sophisticated response to the coronavirus epidemic and its sequential impacts. It is a rapidly evolving resource to which thousands of experts are actively contributing.
coronavirustechhandbook.com/home
COVID-19 Cyber Threat Coalition
Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the crisis to multiply their attacks (phishing e-mails, malicious applications, fake products, disinformation campaigns, etc.). The COVID-19 Cyber Threat Coalition has been set up to protect companies and individuals effectively against these cyber-attacks.
A non-profit coalition that unites the forces of cyber-security experts around the world to track down malicious sites, viruses, etc. in order to share them with the world free of charge. More than 1,700 volunteers share information on hackers efficiently and transparently with each other, then distribute it on the Internet.
This information can then be ingested by a cyber-protection system (firewall, antispam, antivirus, etc.) to effectively block these attacks. This coalition removes bureaucratic and financial blockages to make the Internet a safer place in these times of crisis.
Economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
In order to assess the impact of the current coronavirus pandemic on the Swiss economy, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and economiesuisse invite you to complete a short questionnaire on the situation in your sector/company/region. You can download your answers as PDF files.
This joint survey will provide them with the latest information and assessments from the various sectors. This will enable them to act appropriately and work towards the most appropriate solutions for the Swiss economy.
