Central America School Retrofitting Program (PRECA)

General Information   

      Beginning and end date:

      Phase I: from January to March 2006. Phase II: from April 2006 to July 2007.

      National and Regional Executing Agencies:

      Ministries of Education, Social Investment Funds, Public Works Ministries, NGO's, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), Coordinación Educativa y Cultural Centroamericana (CECC), Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC), the World Economic Forum - Disaster Resource Network (WEF/DRN), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

      Partners and donors:

      Phase I - German International Cooperation Agency (GTZ). Phase II - Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)