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.
