Strengthening school safety

Grant project name: Promoting and strengthening school safety in Nepal through operationalising the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF)

Funded by: European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG-ECHO)  

Time frame: 1.5 years (March 2015 – November 2016 including suspended period during the 2015 Earthquake) 

Partners: Department of Education (DoE), Save the Children International Nepal, World Vision International Nepal and Plan International Nepal, UNICEF and UN-Habitat

Target areas: Kathmandu, Baglung and Parbat Districts (Plan), Banke and Kalikot Districts (SC), Kailali and Doti Districts (WV)

Principal Objective: Children, communities and the government education and disaster management system in Nepal are more resilient to the impacts of disasters

Specific Objective: To increase the disaster resilience of girls, boys, men and women in their communities as well as schools and relevant authorities through the development and implementation of harmonised school based disaster risk management approaches in Nepal.

Brief description: The CC-DRR Consortium was formed in 2014 to bring synergy and greater coordination around Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Education sector in Nepal. In this project, a harmonised Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) along with a set of associated tools will be developed in leadership of the Department of Education under the Ministry of Education by actively engaging other education and disaster management stakeholders.

The comprehensive school safety framework will be rolled out and tested in 60 schools in six districts to increase disaster preparedness and resilience of the education system. Evidence and best practices in reducing the impact of disasters through school disaster management will be captured and disseminated for the scale-up of DRR mainstreaming in the education system in Nepal.