Financing implementation of the comprehensive school safety framework: Policy brief

This policy brief provides a first entry point for governments who have endorsed or are implementing aspects of the  Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) to identify potential financial resources they can access, and how to secure them. The Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) provides strategic guidance to governments and their partners in ensuring access to safe, equitable and continuous quality education for all. It seeks to mitigate, prepare for and address all hazards and all risks that may jeopardise this access, including natural hazards, climate change, technological, biological and health hazards, conflict, violence and everyday dangers and threats

This brief proposes a consolidated road map for governments looking to finance the implementation of the CSSF. It includes a series of six broad measures needed to enhance the chances of obtaining financing and using it to achieve the greatest impact for children.

1. Ensure the availability of country-specific comprehensive school safety strategies, plans and frameworks:
2. Identify potential sources of financing, domestically and externally:
3. Develop and institutionalise agile financing mechanisms for education in emergencies and recovery:
4. Develop and institutionalise school safety data for fundraising and effective use of financial resources:
5. Enhance in-country capacities to plan for, implement, and monitor comprehensive school safety at all levels, from national government entities to local communities, school administrations, teachers, and students:
6. Reinforce the integration of school safety and resilience considerations in national development plans, climate adaptation plans and disaster risk reduction strategies, as well as the inclusion of all hazards and risks in education sector plans: