Child-Centred DRR and Education in UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific

Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners’ Workshop

13 - 14 November 2013Bangkok, Thailand

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Disaster Losses and Impacts 2000-2011

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Scenario in Asia-Pacific

• Disaster risk and climate change are increasing

• ‘Case fatality rate’ of flooding and tropical storms are decreasing

• Livelihoods implications of disasters are more severe

• Asia-Pacific’s population is young

• Children are disproportionately affected and will feel the full force of climate change not adults

• Progress towards the MDGs are derailed

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What is child-centred DRR?

• Focus on specific risks faced by children.

• Involves children in DRR efforts and initiatives.

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UNICEF’s DRR Goals

• DRR for all becomes a national and local priority

• Different risks are identified and addressed

• Build safer and more resilient conditions

• Strengthen humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery through capacity development

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Goals of DRR in Education

• The integration of disaster risks analysis and DRR measures into education sector development policy, planning and financing obligations

• UNICEF promotes three commonly accepted goals: 1. promotion of DRR in teaching and learning; 2. provision of safe school environments; and 3. promotion of school safety and disaster

management.

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Risk-informed Programming

• Emergency planning should become less shock-driven and more vulnerability-driven

• Development planning should no longer be ‘blind’ to disaster risk and climate change

Risk-informed programming incorporating

- disaster risk- climate change/risk- conflict risk- economic volatility- social protection- urbanization

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Resilience

The Risk Formula

• Risk is a disaster that hasn’t happened (yet)

Risk = Hazard x Vulnerability x Exposure Capacity

• There are NO natural disasters - only natural hazards

• Hazards cannot (always) be avoided – disasters can!

“Earthquakes do not kill people but collapsing buildings and lack of urban planning do...”

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Child-centred risk assessment

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Comprehensive School Safety Framework

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Pillar 1.Safe Learning

Facilities

Pillar 3. Risk Reduction and Resilience

Education

Pillar 2. School Disaster Management

Multi-hazard risk assessment

Comprehensive School Safety Goals

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• Protection of learners and education workers

• Ensuring educational continuity

• Safeguarding education sector investments

• Strengthening climate-smart disaster resilience through education

‘Building back better’ after Cyclone Nargis

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• Child friendly designs for schools were adapted to the local context and were cost-saving.

• DRR aspects were incorporated.

• In 2010, 49 CFSs were completed in five cyclone-affected townships.

• The CFSs provided adequate toilet facilities, safe water storage, libraries, playgrounds, fences and rooms for the teacher.

Sport-in-a-box to teach children about UXOSomethavone village, Laos PDR

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Tina Primary School Maguindanao Province, Philippines

• Provided a space for dialogues.

• Provided opportunity for actors in conflict to get involve in building child-friendly learning spaces.

• Armed groups agree not to carry firearms when they are in the vicinity of the school.

• Armed groups agree not to allow their children to carry firearms in schools.

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Examples from the Pacific

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Joint Implementation Plan for CCA and DRR

Get Ready Disaster Happen

Child-Centred CCAThe Warrior Campaign

Building DRR and CCA into national education

systems and schools

UNICEF Strategic Plan 2014-2017

• Ensure all programmes are risk informed

• All children have access to safe learning facilities

• DRR, CCA, peacebuilding and conflict sensitive education are provided to children in and outside of schools

• DRR and disaster management are mainstreamed in education sector development plans and planning processes

• Communication and C4D utilised to build regional momentum for DRR in education

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Publications

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