Education and Safe Schools

Description

The closely linked issues of safe schools and education in disaster risk reduction are increasingly informing national and international debates on climate change adaptation and risk reduction. The Second Session of Global Platform called for national assessments of school safety and the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in the school curricula. The featured event will therefore highlight the progress that has been made by the safe schools initiatives and present challenges met in their implementation. A concrete course of action on how to make schools safe will be developed based on good practices and effective strategies drawn from national experiences. Key stakeholders will offer national as well as international policy makers and donors their commitments and recommendations.

Chair/Moderator/Faciliator

Mr. Chris Talbot (MODERATOR)

Speakers

Dr. Agnes Chan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Japan (KEYNOTE)
Mr. Amir Mohyuddin, Director, Disaster Risk Reduction, National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistan
Mr. Cheng Feng, Deputy Director-General, Department of Development and Planning, Ministry of Education, China
Mr. Milton Rondo Filho, General Coordinator of Fight Against Hunger, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha, Manager, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank

Report

> Report on the Education and Safe Schools Featured Event [PDF, 170.22 Kb]