EU4schools (Phase II) – post Earthquake Recovery in the Educational Sector
UNDP
Beneficiaries: Special measure on supporting Albania in 2019 post-earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation of school facilities and community infrastructure, in complementarity with Phase I.
The objective is to rebuild 64 education facilities. To date (October 2023), 44 are completed.
11.2020 - 07.2025
Overall Objective
The overall objective of the Action is to further support central and local governments in reducing social and economic losses from the earthquake, and to accelerate the recovery process through educational facility repairs and reconstruction, as a continuation of the “EU4Schools” Phase I.
The specific objectives are:
(i) To support repairing and reconstruction, including basic furnishing, of
education facilities in municipalities affected by the earthquake.
Summary of the Project
This Action is the unified “EU4Schools” funded by European Union (EU) to accelerate the recovery process in the education sector, after the earthquake of November 26, 2019 in Albania. It integrates and completes the Action “EU4Schools” Phase I, currently under implementation, in terms of objectives, interventions, structures and mechanisms. The first phase started on April 2020 and will be implemented in an 18 months period, in five affected municipalities, namely: (i) Durres, (ii) Kavaje, (iii) Kruje, (iv) Kamez and (v) Kurbin. It aims to target indicatively 22 educational facilities, including kindergarten, primary schools and secondary schools, from which indicatively 11 to be repaired and 11 reconstructed.
The Action is implemented by UNDP in collaboration with the Albanian Government. As indicated by the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA), the education sector is one of the most affected by the November 26, 2019 earthquake. Damages were reported to 321 educational institutions (all types including dormitories) in the 11 affected municipalities, representing 24% of all educational establishments. In this context, the EU pledged EUR 15 million allocated for Phase I of the reconstruction of the education sector, as part of the donor’s conference organised in Brussels on February 17, 2020. Together with this additional EUR 60 million for Phase II, the European Union allocated in total EUR 75 Million for the reconstruction of the education sector in the municipalities most affected by the earthquake.
Activities
Results
The main expected results are as follows:
Result 1: Educational facilities repaired 1 and/or reconstructed, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, inclusiveness, and environmental protection;
Result 2: Quality of learning environment, including technical capacities of central and local level institutions improved;
Result 3: Transparency, accountability and inclusiveness in recovery processes strengthened.
