Roadmap for Safer Schools: Guidance Note
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In 2014, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) launched the Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS). Through the GPSS, GFDRR support programs designed to establish safer school facilities in countries where the government has firmly commited to a reform or investment program in the education sector. GFDRR provides technical assistance to ensure that such education sector programs finance safer school facilities.
The aim of the GPSS is to make school facilities, and the communities they serve, more resilient to natural hazards. The program’s objective is therefore to save lives, reduce the physical impact of natural disasters on school infrastructure, and minimize the negative educational outcomes resulting from natural disasters. Activities supported by the program focus on supporting Ministries of Education to avoid the creation of new risks and reduce existing risks through risk-informed construction and retrofiting of school infrastructure.
As part of a partnership with GFDRR, Arup International Development is providing technical support to GPSS. This includes the development of this guidance note for the preparation of safer school projects and programs.