Disaster Risk Management Education
Latin America and the Caribbean is a diverse region, where potentially destructive natural and socio-natural hazards occur. Earthquakes, storms, tsunamis, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, among other disasters, create high levels of risk. This is amplified by vulnerable conditions and lack of spaces for social participation in development processes.
The integration of disaster risk management in the education sector is crucial in order to increase awareness of the effects and causes of disasters. Schools that take action to manage risks contribute to a culture of prevention, which is essential in the sustainable development process of countries. Indeed, it reduces disaster risks and strengthens the capacities of the most vulnerable communities to respond to emergencies.
When a disaster occurs, education restores everyday life and gives people hope for the future, in addition to helping satisfy basic humanitarian needs and transmit essential messages that promote security and well-being. OREALC/UNESCO Santiago, together with other offices in the region and cooperation agencies, works with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to support awareness-raising, mobilization and commitment processes.
Projects
- More education, less risk: strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience through education
(2015 - January 2017)
- Reducing Disaster Risks through Education and Science in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Phase 2013-2014 – Phase 2011-2012
Latest news
Events
World Conference on Disaster Reduction
18-22 January 2005 Kobe, Hyogo, Japón
Análisis de riesgos de desastres en Chile (con la participación de la UNESCO Santiago, 2012)
Publications from the project "Comunidad de cuidado de curso y fortalecimiento socioemocional" (Chile) Teachers & Disaster Risk Management Education
- Virtual library for tsunami preparedness education materials
- Disaster Risk Reduction: UNESCO's contribution to a global challenge (2015)
- Conceptos y herramientas: sistemas de alerta temprana y gestión del riesgo para la comunidad educativa (2012, UNESCO San Jose)
- Guía sobre los Sistemas de Alerta Temprana en apoyo al Plan de Protección Escolar (PPE). 2012
- Disaster Risk Reduction in School Curricula. Case studies from thirty countries. 2012
- Disaster preparedness and mitigation: UNESCO's role (2007)
Related resources
Normative instruments
- The right to education in emergency situations (2010)
- Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
Building the Resilience of Nationsand Communities to Disasters - Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949)
- Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (1974)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvementof children in armed conflict (2000)
- INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Websites
- Tsunami Programme Interngovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Tsunami and Ocean Hazards Interngovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Disaster risk reduction begins at school (UNISDR)
- Education and Risk Management Portal (CRID)
- International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- Risk Red, Risk reduction education for disasters
- Role of education and schools in disaster risk reduction (Eldis.org)
- Natural hazards and disasters (Intersectoral Platform on Small Island Developing States, UNESCO
Prizes & Commemorations
13 October: Internatonal Day for Disaster Reduction