1. National Education Cluster meeting
Monday 10th July 2017
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – ashihan
Skype – Fredrik.telle1

2. Introduction from both MoE

3. New MoE orders - 1 1) Authorisations through Federal MoE:
Please find on your tables a copy of a recent letter from the Minister of Education (Federal), sent to all Federal DoEs.
The letter is about permissions & approvals that education agencies need to get from the MoE (essentially reducing the DoE’s decision-making power and authority..)
Due to the Minister’s travel outside of Iraq for the last 1 month, the Cluster has been unable to get clarity on the rationale behind the letter, the exact processes that agencies have to now go through (asking who, templates, how long it’ll take, etc). We hope to understand this very soon.
QUOTE: “The process of granting approvals to international organizations and nongovernmental (civil society) shall be done through our ministry exclusively. The role of the provincial councils shall be limited to coordination and cooperation with organizations, on the condition of obtaining the approval to deal with them from the ministry.”

4. New MoE orders - 2
2) Suggestion that Federal MoE office in KRI will close:
Mr Wahid (Federal MoE Representative in KRI) travelled to Baghdad to discuss the Council of Minister’s letter with the MoE. No outcome of the meeting shared with the Cluster so far.
Dr Hanna to update the Cluster meeting on this point.
Will the office be closed? When?
Will it impact on rented IDP schools in KRI? What is MoE’s plan for this?
If you have difficulties in operational matters kinldy get in touch with MoE focal person: Sinan Tariq
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5. New MoE procedures - 3 3) DoE Ninewa BoQ for school rehab:
Last week the Cluster met with the DoE Ninewa to discuss the delays in getting West Mosul schools selected and assigned the partners for EiE response.
The main reasons behind the delay has been:
1) Security / access – DoE teams have been turned away at checkpoints and bridges to have been unable to get into West Mosul. Cluster showed them the open routes & shared details of Commanders and other key people to facilitate access.
2) Writing Bills of Quantities (BoQ) is taking the DoE Engineers a long time. DoE have now agreed that BoQs can be written by NGOs/UN Agencies, if they do their assessment mission jointly with a DoE Engineer present. AGENCIES TAKE NOTE OF THIS – WHENEVER YOU DO A TECHNICAL/REHAB ASSESSMENT OF A SCHOOL, TAKE A DoE ENGINEER WITH YOU! PLEASE CONTACT THE CLUSTER TO BE LINKED UP TO THE ENGINEERING DEPT. (kindly get in touch with: Engineer Raeed, to assign an engineer to accompany your mission. He can be ))
This is great step forward and will really help speed things up assigning schools to agencies for school rehabilitation, especially in West Mosul.

6. Mosul City – general updates
Old City is completely surrounded, & West Mosul is ‘secured’ but not ‘cleared’.
Education response in West Mosul:
UNDP (stabilisation partner, not humanitarian Cluster partner) have a lot of money to do school reconstruction - but takes a much longer time for them to get projects started…
What can EiE Cluster partners do?
Minor rehabilitation (inc. WASH
+ furniture)
Mine Risk Education
Teacher training (PSS & pedagogy)
Psycho social support
Textbooks
Distribution of teaching & learning
materials
Processes to follow for Mosul City activities:
Contact Education Cluster to inform of funding & ability to respond.
Explain any restrictions you have (activity or geographical)
Look at the list of schools already assigned to other agencies.
Contact & meet with DoE Ninewa to do joint school selection with them, & get all authorizations.

7. Ninewa – EiE camp response
All Mosul camps finally have enough education services in – thank you to all those agencies and donors who are supporting this! 
Qayyarah Airstrip: SCI - Hasan Sham U2: NRC
Jeddah 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5: SCI & MoE - Nargazilia 1: WCUK & NRC
Jeddah 6: TDH Italy - Nargazilia 2: WCUK & NRC
Haj Ali: SCI Khazer M1: NRC & TgH
Hammam Al Aliel 1: SCI & RNVDO - Chamakor: NRC
Hammam Al Aliel 2: SCI - Qaymawa: WVI & WCUK
Salamiya 1: INTERSOS - Debaga: NRC & MoE
Salamiya 2: IRC
Hasan Sham U3: NRC & MoE
Hasan Sham M2: INTERSOS, WVI & MoE

8. Anbar Response – CALL FOR ACTION!
With the re-taking of Mosul City almost complete, military forces are starting to focus their attention on the remaining areas under ISIL control (Tel Afar, Hawija & Western Anbar).
Very strong indications that Anbar operation will come next – the military have been staging maneuvers & preparing assembly points.
The last week has seen a sharp increase in number of families being displaced from Western Anbar (e.g. Ka’im, Ru’ua, Ana).
360 families were taken to Kilo 60 camp last week, and then transported across to Khaldiya. Kilo 18 camp is full, and extension of 1000 plots not yet confirmed by Governor.
Governor previously refused to allow these IDPs into the Eastern Ramadi camps (e.g. AAF, HTC, Khaldiya, Bzebeiz). High-level advocacy ongoing to open these camps up – over 7000 plots available in these & much better services than Kilo 18 & 60.

9. Anbar – displacement routes & camps

10. Anbar response – CALL FOR ACTION!
We really have very very few Education agencies present and working in Anbar..
Very shortly, Anbar will see mass displacement like we’ve seen in Ninewa, and we need to be ready to respond to children’s needs there.
Currently the only partners present & working on EiE:
DoE Anbar (with UNICEF); NRC; Afkar (with WCUK); RIRP; UMIS; SSORD.
WHICH AGENCIES CAN RESPOND IN ANBAR?
IRC? SCI? TDH? INTERSOS? Mercy Corps? Al Mortaqa?

11. Engaging Adolescents in EiE – IMC

12. ADOLESCENT TOOLKIT INTRODUCTION
For Education Partners

13. Why?
In Emergencies: Adolescence is a critical time—compared to their male peers and adults, adolescent girls are less likely to have life-saving information, skills and capacities to deal with the upheaval that follows displacement.
In Emergencies: Adolescent girls are forced to assume roles and responsibilities that restrict their mobility and visibility, increasing their isolation and breaking bonds with their peers and with other social networks.
There is a need to develop more specific interventions to respond to the needs of adolescent girls in both child protection and GBV programming.
Protect adolescent girls from GBV and improve their health and wellbeing
Provision of access to basic knowledge on their rights, especially Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health rights,
Engagement in social and recreational activities to develop their social and human assets to prevent violence.

14. Who is the Toolkit for? Partners who have access to girls
Partners who want to access girls
Partners working in CFSs, YFSs, Women’s Community Centres
Partners doing mobile and outreach activities
Partners who want to set up an adolescent girls programme
Partners who want to enhance their existing work with girls
Partners working in emergency response

15. The Components Girls Programming Outreach Girls Curriculum
Sessions for Mothers
Adolescent Girls Toolkit

16. Community Engagement

17. Education context
Leaders in camps/communities through an organogram – Define who are the allies and how to reach parents
Activities with the community – not necessarily related to Education programmes
Exploring Community views about roles, rights and responsibilities of Ags – Understanding why girls cannot go to school
Identifying people who can support girls in the community (mix from leaders and community members)
Taking action, creating a committee that focuses on bringing adolescents to Education
Same can be done on Adolescents in broader way

18. Girls Programming Outreach
Girl Friendly Space
Which Girls
Where are they
Know how to gather them
Know how to facilitate sessions with girls
Implement activities based on need
Understand their
needs
Know how to talk to them
Involve girls in programme feedback
Project cycle closure

19. Education context
Create Girl friendly spaces – non mixed environments, safe, confidential and divided by age group
Making sure we are providing a safe physical environment (transportation, inside the school e.g. WC…)
Make sure we are trying to reach most vulnerable/invisible girls who are out of the public sphere – can be done through door-to-door and word of mouth
Introducing Education services – engaging parents in the conversation; creatively to AGs (drawing a list of courses and playing)
Leave some space for recreational/life skills/ PSS activities

20. Facilitation Techniques
Sensitive Topics
Confidentiality
General Language
Reproductive Health Session Guidance
Safety Sessions
Positive Discipline

21. General Language Recognize and manage girls’ discomfort.
Avoid lecturing or preaching.
Share accurate information.
Don’t give your own opinions/don’t judge.
Ask for support if you need help responding to particular issues.
Talk to the group about the importance of privacy.
Make sure you set ground rules from the start of the activity and remind girls at the beginning of the sessions
Use of Positive discipline instead of punishment

22. Using the Curriculum for Short Interventions
The Adolescent Girls Curriculum Structure
Core Sessions
Emergency Response Sessions (girls/mothers)
Sessions for a Specific Intervention – Can be done in schools as girls might express risks in school.
Assessing Sessions for Intervention
Follow up Session

23. Structure:

24. Sessions for Mothers Working with mother to engage in parallel
Developed sessions about sensitive topics for AGs and mothers’ self-care
Build trust with caregivers
Avoid potential problems

25. UNICEF’s Back to Learning / Registration Campaign

26. Refugee Education Update – UNHCR

27. Capacity Building Campaign
As you know, it’s now necessary for Education Cluster partners to widen the focus from only ACCESS to emergency education, and more focus on QUALITY of emergency education. 
We’d like to ensure that all implementing agencies have the chance to be trained on a range of key EiE topics, to further improve the quality of education programming in the field.
The Cluster will be running a Capacity Building campaign over the next 3 months, with the support and technical input from Cluster partners. 
We hope to have some of the training sessions filmed by IOM’s CWC teams, & all training resources will be put on our website, so people unable to attend can still access the content.
Fredrik (Roving Coordinator) is leading this initiative, and is currently putting together the schedule, venues, timings, etc. Attendee sign-ups will open soon and be sent to all.

28. Capacity Building plan
Training
Suggested content
Supporting agencies
Conflict Sensitive Education
Conflict needs to be considered in education policy and programming, so that education investments do not increase tensions; how education can contribute to conflict and to peace.
UNESCO, UNICEF & INEE
Fundraising for EiE
Where and how to find EiE funding opportunities; step-by-step guide to different parts of a proposal template; how to find assessment / needs data; national NGOs networking & partnering with INGOs.
OCHA HFU Team
MRM
Grave violations committed against children, teachers & schools; MRM reporting forms for education partners.
UNICEF MRM Team
Inclusive EiE
How to make TLS and emergency education projects accessible for children & teachers with disabilities.
Handicap International
Adolescents in EiE
How to better engage, include & support adolescents in EiE programming – not just primary school aged children.
UNICEF, IMC, Mercy Corps

29. Capacity Building plan
Training
Suggested content
Supporting agencies
PSS / PFA
Psychosocial support and Psychological First Aid training for frontline EiE workers.
TDH Italy, TDH Lausanne, SCI
Managing Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS)
Recruiting TLS facilitators; scheduling of lessons & shifts; maximising limited space; WASH facilities; curriculum to use; outreach;
INTERSOS, NRC
Priority Teacher Training topics
Positive discipline; teaching with limited resources; effective utilization of UNICEF Kits; managing large class sizes; new arrivals; teaching methods.
NRC, UNICEF, IRC (?)
ToT Teacher Training
TICC (Teachers in Crisis Contexts) training of trainers.
NRC
Activity Info
How Education partners report activities.
Ed Cluster IMOs
EiE Needs Assessments
Paper based + Kobo; the practicalities of doing a needs assessment (hiring & training staff, translators, etc); assessment fatigue; assessment etiquette.
Ed Cluster IMOs, TGH, AWG.
Can your agency support this important Campaign? PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!
E.g. with expertise, conference/training rooms, translation, refreshments, etc.

30. Information Management
Activity Info: Thank you to the 37 IDP partners and XX refugee partners that reported on AI their June EiE activities!
Google map of who is working where (an interactive 3W) here

33. Sub-National meetings
Centre South: 1st August, 10am, NCCI Baghdad
Dahuk: 8th August, 10am, at DoE office
Erbil: 23rd July, 9am, SCI office
Kirkuk: 13th July, 10.30am, SCI office
Sulaymaniyah: 18th July, 10am, DoE office
Tikrit: 25th July, 11am, Sorouh office

34. Next meeting: Monday 24th July 2017
Thank you!
Next meeting: Monday 24th July 2017
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – Fredrik.telle1
Skype – ashihan