Applications: The application of the Roadmap includes Peru, Colombia (Cali), The Kyrgyz Republic, The Philippines, Iraq, Cabo Verde, India (Nagaland), Tonga, Vanuatu.
Data requirement: School infrastructure baseline data, hazard data
Final deliverables: Technical report containing a medium to long-term investment plan to improve the physical learning environments. The report includes the following: (i) diagnosis of the school infrastructure, construction practices, and financial environment, (ii) risk and resilience assessment, (iii) intervention strategy, (iv) financial strategy, and (v) implementation strategy. It provides further recommendations to strengthen the institutional capacity of governments to manage disaster risk in school infrastructure.
Geographic scope: National, subnational
Hazards covered: Multiple hazards
Indicative Cost / working time: Case by case
Methodology peer-reviewed, cleared (date)?: RSRS Guidance Note 2.0 published 2020 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/33840
Time Required for delivery: 10-12 months (depending data available, country context
The Roadmap for Safer and Resilient Schools (RSRS) is a step-by-step guide intended to provide support to governments of developing countries exposed to natural hazards. Specifically, it focuses on the design of intervention strategies and investment plans to make schools safer and resilient at scale. The scope of the guide encompasses the recovery and reconstruction of school facilities affected by disasters.
