Safe Educational Facilities: pilot project in El Salvador

UNESCO is truly engaged in empowering schools and their communities in the identification of the hazards and risks they are the most exposed to, their vulnerabilities and their capacity to manage them. In order to enhance safety in schools, a school assessment methodology (VISUS) and related tools for risk mitigation, including a mobile application, were developed by UNESCO and the Safety and Protection Intersectoral Laboratory (SPRINT) of the University of Udine (Italy).
The pilot project was launched at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador. It aims to promote school community engagement in decision‐making processes concerning safe educational facilities in disaster‐prone areas of El Salvador, through school facilities assessment and OpenStreetMap sourcing. It was implemented in 2014.

Video credit: Stephanie Mcclellan, Jair Torres