The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19: International lessons for local and national government recovery and renewal, Issue 34

This week's Manchester Briefing is co-written by Greater Manchester Police and explores public leadership to create public value recovery and renewal – including the role of local community policing, partnerships, and ‘consequentialist leadership’. The briefing share lessons from:

• India – rethinking ‘vulnerability’ post-COVID;
• Italy – places of remembrance following the pandemic;
• USA – supporting ethnic minority-owned businesses;
• Ireland – rural development priorities for recovery and renewal;
• RCN – climate-ready infrastructure;
• Sri Lanka – risk communications;
• Dominica – community participation for resilience-building;
• UK – social renewal from COVID-19.