Education & School Safety

The briefing paper sets out the scale of mental health effects on children living in conflict zones and the role of education in responding to them.

This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for recovery in the education sector following a major disaster or crisis.

This report addresses educational infrastructure and the global issue of it being underfunded and overexteded. Schools are more vulnerable to natural hazards than other building types, not only putting children at significant risk, but also reducing the

This research project investigates the critical factors for educational continuity in urban floods in South and Southeast Asia.

This case study explores how Japan developed guidelines for local governments to plan and implement assessment and retrofitting projects, and established a national subsidy programme for school assessments and retrofits.

This document details Uzbekistan's efforts to retrofit or rebuild over 8,500 seismically unsafe school buildings. The initiative aimed to enhance earthquake resilience in schools with assessments, structural interventions, and interagency cooperation.

This guide provides up-to-date, authoritative information that schools can use to develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing natural hazards. It presents information and guidance on:

• Identifying natural hazards that could potentially impact a

This guide outlines ways in which adverse environmental impacts can be avoided after disasters, and good practices can be promoted. It covers sectors including settlements and land use planning; building construction; waste management; energy; infrastructure; water, sanitation and hygiene; agriculture and livelihoods; and education. It highlights the importance of flood risk management, landslide prevention and treatment, and management of forests after disasters.

This brochure offers a succinct look at UNDP’s key contributions to Nepal’s recovery and the efforts to Build Back Better and Stronger over the past two years.

This Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following the 2017 landslides and flooding in Sierra Leone.