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Section 10.
Case 3:
The Case Studies
Kazakhstan
A national workshop for ministries, institutions and members
of parliament held in Astana in June 2011 to review the
DIPECHO project as it came to an end recommended the
following: ‘include DRR issues into the (new) 12-year school
education curricula; integrate DRR into (an) existing school
subject in accordance with the education plan and extracurricular
hours; continue teachers’ training in disaster risk
reduction at the advanced teacher training courses’.
The report for the workshop noted that ‘it is to a great regret
of the organizers and participants of the workshop, representatives
of the Ministry of Education were not represented at this
important meeting’ (National Workshop, 2011). All partners
in the DIPECHO process agreed that ‘the new DRR materials
should become integrated in the mandatory school curriculum
in Kazakhstan’ (UNICEF, 2011, 7).
References
European Commission/UNICEF. (2011). Summary Report:
Central Asia and South Caucasus Knowledge Management
Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction in Education, Istanbul,
15-16 March 2011.
National Workshop for Ministries, Institutions, and Members
of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Hyogo Framework
for Action and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Sphere of Education:
Final Report and Recommendations. (20011). Astana, June 21.
UNICEF. (2011). Working Together Before Disasters Strike:
An Innovative Practice on Disaster Risk Reduction and Education
in Kazakhstan. Almaty: UNICEF.
UNICEF, European Commission, Ministry of Education and
Science, Ministry of Emergencies. (2009). Teachers’ Manual
on the Issue of Disaster Risk Reduction. Almaty.
UNICEF/Republic of Kazakhstan. (2011). Development
of Educational Materials on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Republic of Kazakhstan, March.
UNISDR/UNICEF. (2009). Good Practices and Tools on
Disaster Risk Reduction in Education in Central Asia. Dushanbe:
UNISDR; Geneva: UNICEF RO CEE/CIS.
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