Managing physical resources for education

In the case of UNESCO this has involved support for the design of low-cost, multifunctional buildings and furniture adapted to local conditions and cultural values, and for the development of techniques and design guidelines for reinforcing buildings to withstand natural disasters. It also involves promoting the development of national technical and managerial capacities to produce and distribute educational equipment and learning materials, such as textbooks, and the encouragement of of sub-regional cooperative arrangements.