Realizing the importance of  mainstreaming of  DRR in the Education Sector as identified by the RCC, one of  the most recent interventions was “Support to Implementation of  Hyogo Framework
for Action (HFA) through Mainstreaming of  Disaster Risk Reduction into Development Planning, Policy and Implementation in Asia: Advocacy and Pilot Implementation Project in Education Sector in 3 South East Asian RCC member countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR and the Philippines)”. The project (hereinafter referred  to  as  MDRD-Education)  has  been  implemented  by  the  UNDP  and  ADPC,  with  support  from ECHO.

Under the RCC umbrella, this collaborative (ECHO-UNDP-ADPC) project was implemented as a major contribution to the implementation of  the Hyogo Framework for Action. The Project was esigned with  the  primary  focus  to  assist  the  Ministry  of   Education  in  3  RCC  countries  to  implement  a  Priority Implementation  Partnership  (PIP),  working  with  the  National  Disaster  Management  Organizations,  to undertake integration of  DRR into the secondary school curriculum and promoting resilient construction of  new schools using research on the past impact of  disasters on the Education sector. Building on the current and  likely  future  initiatives  to  support  the  Hyogo  Framework  for  Action,  the  MDRD-Education  project includes four main activities, namely:

 i) Initiating Mainstreaming of  Disaster Risk Reduction into Secondary School Curriculum,
 ii) Study on Impacts of  Disasters on the Education Sector,
iii) Advocacy Workshop on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into the Education Sector, and
iv) Stakeholder consultation as follow up to the Advocacy Workshop.