Foreign economic-aid-related services

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DFID is scaling up its efforts to build resilience to natural disasters and climate change in Nepal. This Terms of Reference is for a supplier to implement DFID's Nepal Safer Schools Project (NSSP). The programme is expected to run for 5 years, including a 4-month inception period in year 1, starting in early 8.2017. The NSSP will have 3 main results areas in line with the Government of Nepal's commitments on safer schoolsin the School Sector Development Plan and Comprehensive School Safety Framework: — Output 1: Saferlearning facilities, particularly through seismically-resilient retrofitting and rebuilding of school buildings, — Output 2: School-level disaster management and resilient education; and — Output 3: National-level technicalassistance on safer learning facilities. The NSSP will be fully aligned with and contribute to the Government ofNepal's School Sector Development Plan (2016-2023) which includes a focus on School Safety and DisasterRisk Reduction. This project will focus on up to 4 districts in the Far and Mid-West, as well as at a national-level.A Steering Committee composed of officials from the Government of Nepal and DFID, will be established to oversee and strategically guide the NSSP.