Established in 2012, the Asia Pacific Coalition for School Safety (APCSS) is a Regional Affiliate of the Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES). The APCSS aims to create a space at the regional level for discussion and sharing of technical resources, good practices/lessons learnt and model policies on Safe Schools to minimize the impacts of disasters on children’s education and to coordinate and promote advocacy for Comprehensive School Safety, across Asia-Pacific countries.

In addition to core members (Plan International, Save the Children, World Vision International, UNICEF, UNESCO, IFRC, ADPC and UNDRR), the APCSS maintains its cooperative linkages with two sub-regional platforms in Asia-Pacific (sub-regional members): Pacific Coalition For The Advancement Of School Safety (PCSASS) and ASEAN Safe School Initiative (ASSI), as well as other collaborative members, such as: ChildFund, UN Major Group of Children and Youth (MGCY), and All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI).

• Regional launch of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022 – 2030 in Asia-Pacific in 2023 (virtual event)

• Report: “Guardians of the planet: Asia Pacific Children and Youth Voices on Climate Crisis and Disaster Risk Reduction Report” – Report, Webinar recording, Infographic summary

• Webinar recording on “Inclusive policy and practices in education continuity for the most-at-risk girls and boys”

• Webinar recordings on the inter-agency resource “Safe Back to School: A Practitioner’s Guide”: Session 1, Session 2

• Children Stakeholder Group Statement – Asia-Pacific Partnership on Disaster Risk Reduction Forum 2019
  - APCSS support to GADRRRES Side event on school safety at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland:
  - Report: “Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Education Continuity in Multi-Hazard Settings in ASEAN”
  - Report: “Towards School Safety in ASEAN: A compilation of case stories from the children who participated in promoting school safety”
  - Video: “Standard Operating Procedure for school disaster preparedness in ASEAN”

• APCSS Statement for Comprehensive School Safety implementation – Third ASEAN Conference on School Safety

• Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Brisbane, Australia in 2022:
  - Partner Event: “Recipes for Success to Scale up Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Across Asia-Pacific”
  - Market Place – presentation of learning materials, tools and promotion for the updated Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030.

• Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Mongolia in 2018:
  - Thematic event: Promoting investment in disaster risk reduction through good examples of child-focused Comprehensive School Safety implementation in different contexts and innovative education solutions.
  - APCSS market place: Presentation of good practices, showcasing tools, modules, and findings from research at regional and country levels
  - Side event: Safe Schools: Researcher, Practitioner and Policy-maker

• Collaboration for evidence-based practice
  - Side event: Risk-Aware and Disaster-Ready Generation towards Sustainable Community Resiliency
  - Side event: Collaborative Surge – Enabling localisation enhancing resilience
  - Side event: Making Schools Safer in Asia

• Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in India in 2016:
  - Policy Brief on Advancing Comprehensive School Safety for Asia-Pacific
  - Thematic session: Promoting educational continuity and resilience of children and community through increasing child-focused Comprehensive School Safety in different contexts and innovative educational solutions
  - Technical Session: Investing in DRR for resilience