EU4Schools
Overall Objective
The overall objective is to improve the disaster recovery process and reduce social and economic losses at the community level in line with the engagement with central and local governments.
The specific objectives are:
- To support repairing and reconstruction, including basic furnishing, of education facilities in municipalities affected by the earthquake according to international standards;
- To provide increased transparency, accountability and inclusiveness to the recovery process.
The Action targets the following groups:
- Local service providers of education, including creches, pre-schools, basic schools, and secondary schools;
- Children, students and their families in the areas affected by the earthquake;
- Teachers and academic staff;
- Local communities.
Activities
Educational facilities repaired and/or reconstructed and equipped, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, inclusiveness, and environmental protection:
- Technical assessment of education facilities and identification of the needs for infrastructure intervention.
- Contracting of companies for the preparation of detailed technical design (FEED) and supervision services for educational facilities to repair or reconstructed.
- Contracting construction companies and implementing the civil, mechanical and electrical works for repair and reconstruction
- Testing and commissioning for repaired and reconstructed facilities
- Formal handover of repaired and reconstructed education facilities
- Final inspection of works at the end of the defects notification period
- Preparation of technical specifications for furniture and equipment for repaired and reconstructed facilities
- Purchase and deliver of furniture and equipment for each repaired and reconstructed educational facility
- Conducting a training needs assessment of the teachers of primary and basic education in IT and digital literacy to identify gaps and upgrade strategies and implement the recommendations.
- Strengthen local capacities in Operations and Maintenance and health and safety in the school environment.
New arrangements for the maintenance of education facilities between municipalities and UNDP
- Signature of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with municipalities and specific dialogue and interventions to ensure their full commitment during the Action implementation and at the end for the maintenance of the facilities
- Adoption of the manual for maintenance and sustainability
- Local staff (women and men) trained to apply international standards during operations and maintenance
Community member's consultation in the reconstruction process
- Community-led local consultations on the interventions
Community members receive access to visibility materials, keeping them informed of the construction process
- Updating the online, publicly accessible BI (Business Intelligence) dashboard available to all partners and the public through web technologies, for showing Action progress.
- Communicate the results through visibility actions.
Expected Results
The main results are as follows:
Result 1: Education facilities repaired and furnished
Result 2: Education facilities reconstructed and furnished
Result 3: Strengthened transparency, accountability and inclusiveness in this process of recovery
Result 4: The learning environment of educational institutions is improved