5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Worldwide Initiative
for Safe Schools

2. Worldwide Initiative
for Safe Schools
By Pedro Basabe, United Nations Office for Disaster
Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
In support of the objectives of the Global Alliance for Disaster
Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector
International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC)
27 August 2014, Davos, Switzerland

3. Why is school safety a priority ?
 Growing exposure and vulnerability of critical
facilities – including schools - to disasters
 School safety is a moral imperative
Nobody wants to see children perish under the
collapse of weak school infrastructures due to
disasters
 Community resilience
School children represent an opportunity to educate
their family and community on how to reduce the risk
of and be more resilient to disasters
 School safety is becoming a growing political
priority
Governments want to protect investments in critical
public infrastructure, such as schools, so to invest in
“resilient societies”.

4. International commitments
to school safety
 UNGA Resolution A/C.2/68/L.39 of 7 November 2013
recognizes Global Platforms outcomes
 2009 & 2011 Second Session of the Global Platform on
Disaster Risk Reduction:
By 2011 national assessments of the safety of existing education and health facilities.
By 2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and hospitals should be developed
and implemented in all disaster prone countries.
 High-Level Dialogue Communiqué of the 2013 Fourth Session
of the Global Platform calls to:
“Start a global safe schools and safe health structures campaign in disaster-
prone areas with voluntary funding and commitments to be announced at the
World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015.
 As the organizer of the Global Platforms, UNISDR has the
mandate and responsibility to ensure effective implementation of Global
Platforms’ outcomes
UNISDR will ensure that a global holistic initiative for school safety is
presented at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March
2015 -

5. What is a Safe School ?
The Global Alliance for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Resilience in the
Education Sector and the Comprehensive School
Safety Framework define a
“safe school” as combining ALL
of the following three components:
 Safe School Facilities
(build disaster-resilient school
infrastructure)
School Disaster Management
(preparing schools to disaster
situations)
 DRR Education
(integrating disaster risk reduction into
school curriculum)
School Preparedness
SAFE
SCHOOLS
Global Programme for School Safety
Structural Safety
Curriculum Integration
Diagram: The Global Programme for School Safety will promote action on all
three pillars of school safety to ensure every new school is safe as of 2016

6. The Worldwide Initiative
for Safe Schools In Brief
Unique global umbrella partnership programme for safe
school implementation globally.
Objective:
• Development of national strategies for safe schools
around the three key pillars of school safety.
• Integration of school safety as part of existing national
education plans / policies or DRR national strategies.
• Effective global, regional and national coordination in
support of Governments’ implementation.
Focus: High risk and low capacity countries
Timeframe: Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
 Create social demand for school safety.
 Give visibility to countries’ and partners’ achievements.
 At WCDRR countries commit to every new school being
“safe”.
 Create political momentum for commitment to a post-
2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.

7. Modalities: Governments are leading action to
implement safe school at the national level
The following partners are supporting requesting
Governments with technical expertise as required
around the three pillars of school safety:
• Structural Safety – GFDRR/World Bank, UNESCO,
UNOPS and other actors with national level
implementation capacity
• Disaster Risk Reduction integration into school
curricula – UNESCO, UNICEF, Save The Children
• Disaster Preparedness in Schools - Save the
Children, Plan International, IFRC
• Building Political Advocacy and Commitment for
safe schools and WISS globally – UNISDR
The Worldwide Initiative
for Safe Schools In Brief

8. WISS Expected outcomes
• At least 10 Governments engage as "Safe School
Leaders" and commit political support and financial
resources at the World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (WCDRR) to make every new school safe
from disasters as of 2016, either domestically or through
technical support to other countries.
 Governments make school safety a priority as part
of their national education plan and national
development strategy.
 10,000 schools are effectively assessed through
partners’ mutually supportive assessment applications and
methodologies and school children and student’s
mobilization and involvement.
 The WISS is effectively delivered on the ground
through partners’ projects implementation and effective
coordination

9. •At the international level, school safety
appears as a priority as part of:
 Regional Platforms’ political declarations
 Preparatory Committees to the World
Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
 World Conference’s political outcome
 Post-2015 framework for disaster risk
reduction.
•Regional partners support the development of tools and
standards for school safety : ASEAN School Safety Initiative,
CDEMA Certification
•School safety progress is effectively tracked down
and reported against through a common global digital /
web-based monitoring platform
WISS Expected outcomes

10. Latest Developments
1. Turkey offered to host the first meeting of Safe
Schools Leaders, 30-31 October 2014,
Istanbul, Turkey
2. Governments who committed to support WISS
and safe school implementation globally
include: Philippines, New Zealand, China, Italy,
Turkey, Mexico, Ecuador,
3. Others who expressed interest include:
Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, India, Lao PDR,
Vietnam, Japan, Australia
4. School safety emerges as a priority from
the first Preparatory Committee
discussions and Regional Platforms
outcomes

11. 5. Special session allocated to the announcement of safe
schools commitments as part of official discussions of
the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan)
6. Reference to safe schools as part of the Disaster Risk
Reduction workshop at the World Conference on
Education for Sustainable Development (10-11 Nov
2014, Nagoia, Japan)
7. Call for voluntary commitments to safe schools as part
of the World Conference on DRR’s website (
www.wcdrr.org) and to become Safe Schools Leaders
Latest Developments (Cont’d)

12. The following presentations will provide an
illustration of partners’ support to Governments
according to the three pilllars of school safety in the
context of the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools
For more information on the Worldwide Initiative for Safe
Schools
Please contact Christel Rose, UNISDR – rosec@un.org – Tel:
+41 22 917 8355.
Thank you !

13. SAFE SCHOOLS,
RESILIENT STUDENTS
“Skills for Life”

14. City of Duque de Caxias.
Location: Region
Metropolitan of Rio de Janeiro.
Population: 855. 048 hab.​​
Area: 467.619 km ².
HDI: 0.753 (RJ: 52) - PNUD/2000
Defence Civil Secretariat: Cel. Marcello Silva Costa
Main Economic Activities: Industry and Trade
.
Introduction

16. • Safe School - Risk Map of Schools
• Methodology for Resilient students;
• Web network of Students: Civil Defense Teen
and Kid
• Monitors trained per class
• Cross-Sectional Methods: History, Portuguese,
Geography and Risk Perception;
• Methods of evacuation of the school
Methodology

17. Quilt resilience. Life begins every day
(Wall made by the students of the schools)​​

19. Exercice – Evacuation

22. Results Achieved
STATISTICAL REPORT OF EVACUATION IN
SIMULATED DESIGN: SAFE SCHOOLS,
STUDENTS RESILIENT.
4.397 Participants
14 Schools
Statics
Schooll
Date
Simulate
Number Student Number of teacher TOTAL NUMBER OF PARCICIPANTs TIME
E. M. Paulo Rodrigues Pereira 8/23/13 11 turmas – 272 alunos 36 308 1min30seg
E. M. Márcio Fiat 8/30/13 08 turmas – 180 alunos 24 204 1min20seg
E. M. Brasília 9/6/13 07 turmas – 165 alunos 25 190
E. M. Dr. Ely Combat 9/6/13 10 turmas – 302 alunos 30 332 1min40seg
CIEP 220 Yolanda Borges
13/09/2013
Escola 10 turmas – 300 alunos 40 340
4min30seg
- ESCOLA e CRECHE (2 a 4 anos) Creche 06 turmas – 105 alunos 30 135
E. M. Sete de Setembro 9/20/13 06 turmas – 130 alunos 21 151 1min30seg
E. M. José Medeiros Cabral 10/25/13 12 turmas – 258 alunos 31 289 1min50seg
E. M. Prof. Nilcelina dos Santos
Ferreira 10/25/13 12 turmas – 305 alunos 25 330 1min20seg
E. M. FN Eduardo Gomes 11/1/13 8 turmas – 230 alunos 18 248 2min20seg
E.M. Vilmar Bastos 11/8/13 9 turmas - 260 alunos 31 291 1min40seg
E.M. Alberto Santos Dumont 11/14/13 3 turmas - 77 alunos 14 91 1min04seg
E.M. Sônia Regina Scudese 11/22/13 4 turmas - 94 alunos 14 108 1min40seg
I.E. Governador Roberto
Silveira 1200 180 1380 3min08seg
TOTAL 3878 alunos 519 4397

24. ‘Skills for life”
• The effective response to disasters is not
something that happens naturally. The
response is a product of knowledge,
preparation, training
• Rosane.lopes@me.com
• Brazil – Rio de Janeiro