Session Overview: School Disaster Reduction

Tools for School Disaster Reduction: Learning by Doing

Global Consultation 2009, Istanbul

Wednesday 1 April 14:15-18:15, Concurrent Learning Session Block 4

Abstract

This working session will introduce participants to a range of new guidance materials and tools for school disaster prevention, and provide the opportunity for participants to examine and critically assess these. Comprehensive School Disaster Reduction will be parsed in three essential spheres of activity: Assessment and Planning, Physical and Environmental Protection, and Response Capacity Development.

For assessment and planning a School Disaster Reduction and Readiness checklist will be applied in role play to examine appropriateness and adaptations needed for application in various field settings. For physical protection, a school vulnerability assessment tool and emerging guidelines for disaster resistant construction will be introduced for feedback. For response capacity development, incident command exercise for convergent responders, and guidance materials for school drills will be explored through simulations and discussion. Participant inputs will inform further development of both toolkits and electronic courseware for education sector decision-makers and humanitarian actors. ISDR publication School Disaster Prevention: Guidance for Education Sector Decision-Makers will be distributed to participants.

Participants interested in this session will also benefit from participating in the learning session “Personalizing Community-based Disaster Prevention”.

Session Objectives

• Objective 1: To use and critically review School Disaster Reduction and Readiness and school continuity Checklists, as tools for disaster prevention assessment and planning in table-top exercise and discussion, from policy and site-based perspectives.
• Objective 2: To use and critically review School Vulnerability Assessment, and Structural Safety Guidelines as tools to guide physical protection of school facilities, through table-top role-play.
• Objective 3: To use and critically review School Disaster Drills materials and Incident Command Convergent Responders exercise, as tools for increasing disaster response capacity in simulation exercise and table-top discussion and simulation exercise.

Expected Outcomes

• Outcome 1: Evaluation of School Disaster Reduction and Readiness checklist.
• Outcome 2: Inputs to School Vulnerability Assessment and Structural Safety Guidelines.
• Outcome 3: Plans for application and piloting of guidance tools and materials.

Panel

Chair: Sanjaya Bhatia, World Bank

Presenters:

• Sanjaya Bhatia,
• Marla Petal, Risk RED
• Zeynep Turkmen Sanduvaç, Bogaziçi University - Center for Disaster Management
• Darren Hertz, INEE

For further information on this session please contact the Session Coordinator Marla Petal at {encode="mpetal@imagins.com" title="mpetal@imagins.com"}.

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