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In the Caribbean, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct impact on the education systems of all countries in the region. Education systems in the region have been responding to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they are also implementing actions to mitigate the potential consequences of the hurricane season, which is more active than usual, and other latent hazards, such as geological ones (earthquakes and tsunamis) and social ones (migration). The region is experiencing the effects of systemic risk as we witness the interplay and amplification of the varied effects of multiple events.

The Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI) aims to advance safety in Caribbean schools. It is the regional mechanism for replicating the nexus between education and resilience, and for ensuring coordination in the region.

The Caribbean Safe School Ministerial Forum is the flagship biennial meeting of Ministers of Education from across the region, disaster risk reduction practitioners and international and regional stakeholders to explore and identify policy opportunities and gaps for education sector resilience and their regional coordination. This should be done in the context of systemic risk, and with a multi-hazard approach, including biological hazards, such as COVID-19. It is the forum for reaching and/or affirming the support of ministries of education in the region for the Antigua and Barbuda Declaration on School Safety in the Caribbean and the agreed roadmap for its implementation.