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Education & School Safety
An interactive process of mutual learning among people and institutions. It encompasses more than formal education at schools and universities and uses traditional wisdom and local knowledge for protection from natural hazards and empowers vulnerable populations like children, to become influencing actors for DRR.
UNESCO: Experts identify 10 key actions for reducing disaster risk in Nepal’s education sector
1 Feb 2012, UNESCO
The actions relate to mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into education policy and planning, disaster risk reduction in teaching and learning, disaster risk management in schools and safe school buildings...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 3.2 [PDF, 116Kb]School curricula , education material and relevant trainings include disaster risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
- 2012 Sustainable water management conference18-21 Mar 2012, United States of America (Portland, Oregon)
- 2012 EERI annual meeting & national earthquake conference10-13 Apr 2012, United States of America (Memphis, Tennessee)
- MA programme on sustainable urban governance and peaceUPEACE, Costa Rica (San José)
- Diplomado en derechos humanos, desarrollo sustentable y políticas de prevención de desastres en América Latina y el CaribeHenry Dunant Fndn Lat Am, Chile (Santiago)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
Roadmap to disaster reduction and response2012, Global Relief
Report of the United Nations in Haiti 20112012, UN
- Counting disaster: Who's dying where?2011, BBC
- From risk to resilience - UNISDR's international day for disaster reduction 20112011, SEEDS
- ID Risques, un podcast radio sur les risques majeurs2011, IDEAL Connaissances; MEDDTL, France - gov
- Disaster risk reduction officerPakistan (Mirpur Khas), Save the Children Pakistan
- Consultant - Disaster risk reduction education - Technical writer, education resources & training materialVanuatu (Port Vila), Save the Children AUS
- Education advisorPakistan , IRC
External Online Resources
- Between Bulls and Mosquitoes: Earthquake lesson plans (in English and Chinese)
- CADRI: UN Disaster Management Training Programme manuals collection
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Educación y gestión del riesgo en América Latina y El Caribe
- Education for hazards
- Education tool kit: disaster risk reduction begins at school
- Eduriesgo (in spanish)
- Effective education for disaster risk reduction: a social networking site for teachers who want to make a difference
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- Global volcanism program
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- Only you can prevent forest fires: SmokeyBear.com
- Portail éducatif francophone sur les risques naturels (in French)
- RRA - Risk Reduction Africa (in English, French and Portuguese)
- Selemat Project
- Universidad de Concepción: Programa de educación en desastres - Vigías de la tierra
- USGS: Earthquake hazards program (USA)
- websismo
- [EDU MAT] AFAC: SES Natural Hazards Children's Program
Find or contribute curricular, extra-curricular and public awareness materials on disaster prevention and school safety for primary, secondary, vocational, community-based education and public awareness.