1. National Education Cluster meeting
Monday 16th January 2016
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – buulaay1
Skype – ashihan

2. Introduction from both MoE
Criteria?

3. Previous Meeting Action Points
Responsible
Status
The Cluster to follow with MoE Federal on textbook issue and update interested partners
Cluster Team
MoE Federal will update in the next education cluster meeting
The MoE KRG to update on enrollment (Back to School campaign) in the next meeting
MoE KRG
KRG MoE will update in the next education cluster meeting
Cluster Team to share with Cluster members on the next steps on the HRP and HNO Updates
Shared with the Partners

4. Cluster Team: Cluster Coordinators Information Management
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – buulaay1
Skype – ashihan

5. Back to School campaigns – KRI MoE

6. Humanitarian Response Plan 2017
Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) development update:
‘People in Need’ number finalised and submitted to OCHA
HNO narrative is finalised and shared with the partners and OCHA.
Education cluster standard indicators finalised and shared with Partners and OCHA
OPS closed Saturday midnight
Strategic Review Team are meeting on Tuesday morning to review all submissions and select those to be included in the 2017 HRP
Cluster Coordinators defend this portfolio on 23rd Jan to the HCT
Final Education portfolio finalised by 26th based on HCT instructions

7. Refugee Education Update - UNHCR

8. EiE Funding Opportunities
PRM
Deadline Monday 6th Feb, 8pm (Iraq time).
Funding is for refugees, IDPs & returnees in Iraq.
IDP or Syrian Refugee projects: Minimum $500,000, maximum $3m per year. Duration to be 12 or 24 months
Joint projects (IDP and Refugee): Minimum $500,000, maximum $4m per year. Duration to be 12 or 24 months
Projects need to be aligned to 3RP (refugee plan) and/or the HRP (IDP plan). Duration to be 12 or 24 months
PRM looks favorably on programs with the ability to operate in multiple locations, particularly those that can feasibly work in central/southern Iraq
Project start date: September 1, 2017

9. EiE Funding Opportunities
ECHO HIP
HIP will be released in February
Children of Peace (EiE only grant) has been taken out and EiE is now incorporated into the general HIP
Emphasis will be on:
Integrated programmes (e.g. EiE and CP)
Life-saving elements
Accountability to communities
Geographical hotspots for displaced people
New Single Form to be used for applications

10. EiE Funding Opportunities
IHPF National NGO
$2m allocation (for all Sectors… very small pot!)
The Call for Proposals was published on Saturday, but we will only know on Thursday or Friday this week exactly which NNGOs are eligible..
Priority will go to frontline NNGOs who didn’t receive IHPF funding last year
Only for life-saving activities and hard to reach areas / hotspot areas (including but not limited to Mosul, Hawiga, Tal Afar)
Deadline for submission: 8th February

11. EiE Funding Opportunities
IHPF Standard Call
The IHPF Standard Allocation is coming soon (maybe February or early March)
All projects have to be in line with HRP 2017
Funding will be for first line response activities
$36m is the possible envelope for all sectors to bid for

12. Mosul - operational update
Rapid assessment in newly retaken areas
Al-Samah neighborhood of Mosul City (10th January)
Strong need for psychosocial support and Mine Risk Education
In eastern Mosul city, registration for the schools hasstarted, and 30 schools plan to re-open in the next week (w/c 15th Jan) if furniture procurement goes on time.
Needs expressed by DoE were: rehabilitation for partially damaged schools (including provision of caravan classrooms); stationary and study materials; uniforms; human resource for teachers and school staff (guards, cleaners, other workers for school management)
The 1 school visited in Al-Samah neighborhood (Imam Zahuli school - primary and secondary) had less than 5% damage, and is able to reopen school if teachers and staff are available. Damage to the schools’ water system - no taps were functional & no running water in the toilets.
Cluster Assessment mission to East Mosul on Wednesday, we will share the assessment findings on Thursday (Kokjali, Intisar, Samah, Zahraa, Tahrir)

13. Mosul - operational update
Rapid assessment in newly retaken areas
Have any other rapid EiE assessments been done lately?
Has your organisation done any?
Are teams in your organisation doing any WASH assessments? Or Food assessments? Or Shelter assessments? If you can’t join them, PLEASE ASK THEM TO INCLUDE 3 OR 4 EDUCATION QUESTIONS IN THEIR ASSESSMENT MISSION!!!
We have our Cluster Rapid EiE assessments ready for you to use / adapt, so no work needed to create a tool.
PLEASE SHARE ANY ASSESSMENTS / FINDINGS WITH THE EDUCATION CLUSTER – YOU ARE OUR EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND 
UNICEF Assessment plans with DoE Ninewa using Kobo Tool. 1st assessments will be in Qarrayah.

14. Mosul Crisis Response: Education Dashboard 15 Jan 2017
Funding required: $10m Current Funding: $31%
Current No. Partners: 10
Type of Orgn
Among the recently displaced people by the Mosul emergency, 39,370 children are school aged (35% of IDP population)
Children Displaced*
50,774
A total of 10,479 (4,993 girls) IDP children have been enrolled in the over 24 TLSs in Khazer, Hasansham, Qayyarah, Jad’ah, Qaymawa, Zelikan camps and in Rehabilitated Classrooms in Tikrit and Alam.
Children enrolled in TLS
13,201
Displaced school-aged children in camps are urgently not accessing any form of education activities due to funding gaps
IDP Children Need EiE Support
37,573
Children reached per activity
Challenges
-Education for the children in non camp and return areas remains at stake given lack of funding.
-Space for Education activities remains limited in some camps.
-Access to some camps such as Qayarrah remains a challenge limiting the continuity of education activities
Contact:

15. Map of active Mosul EiE partners (12-01-2017 CCCM map)
(P) = Planned

16. Mosul - operational update
Challenges faced by EiE partners
Are any of our frontline EiE partners facing any challenges in the field that you need Cluster support from?
We can raise issues higher up the chain of command in the MoE or OCHA
Let us know!

17. Mosul - operational update
Schools as shelter:
The Cluster Guidance Note on using Schools as Shelter was shared with both MoE and all DoEs.
Partners are reminded to report to the Cluster whenever they see schools being used as shelter or being used as screening sites.
You are our eyes and ears on the ground, and we won’t hear about schools being occupied otherwise! We can then lobby authorities to get school buildings emptied.

18. Inter-Cluster Coordination Education and CP
PSS training for teachers
After discussion, the education cluster and the CP Sub-Cluster proposes that:
if Education team with education budget conducted PSS training for teachers, it will then be reported to Education.
if CP team with CP budget conducted PSS training for teachers, it will then be reported to CP Sub-Cluster
PSS activities for children
PSS activities for children in learning space will be considered as Education activities, and reported under education cluster 
 any PSS activities for children outside of school /learning space(i.e. CFS, communities, peer groups etc.) will be reported to Child Protection Sub-Cluster
Child Protection related training 
Any Child Protection related training / awareness raising (apart from PSS) for teachers and children in learning spaces will be reported under CP Sub-Cluster 
Topics might include (but not limited to): prevention of family separation; prevention of exploitation; identification of child protection cases and referral pathways (for teachers) 

19. Education Cluster Priorities for 2017
Capacity building for partners – Psycho Social Support, Psychological First Aid, EiE minimum standards (INEE), Mine Risk Education, Accelerated Learning Programmes, Child Protection referrals, how to conduct EiE rapid assessments, proposal writing, etc)
MoE and DoE leadership of the National and Sub-National Clusters
Advocacy:
CCCM – ensuring enough space is allocated to TLS in each camp
Donors – to increase funding to EiE
Schools as Shelter – use our Cluster Guidance Note to ensure schools aren’t occupied by armed forces or IDPs
Redistribution of Federal MoE teachers to emergency camps
Registration for exams
Payment of teacher salaries
Use of Federal MoE’s Accelerated Learning Programme (condensed curriculum) for children who have missed 2-3 years of learning
Finalising Iraq’s contextualisation of INEE Minimum Standards
Standardizing the EiE response across Iraq (e.g. standardising packages of EiE supplies/kits; ratio of teacher:student; dimensions of TLS; number of latrines; etc)
Strengthening South-Central coordination structures
Publication of joint Guidance Notes (e.g. WASH in Schools; Transition from CFS to TLS; etc)

20. Information Management
Feedback on Activity Info 2016?
Next steps for Indicators for 2017 AI
Reporting Reminders
Asssesments

21. AOB: Sub-National meetings
Tikrit: Tuesday 17th January, 11am, Sorouh office
Dahuk: Tuesday 17th January, 10am, DoE Duhok
Erbil: Monday 30th January, 9am, SCI office
Sulay: Monday 23rd 2017, 10am reach office (Monthly cluster meeting from now on)
Kirkuk: Sunday 22nd January 2017, 11am, SCI office 

22. Next meeting: Monday 30th January 2016
Thank you!
Next meeting: Monday 30th January 2016
Skype – KatyNoble.HST
Skype – mugabi-fred
Skype – Abdirisak09
Skype – Samirizzat
Skype – buulaay1
Skype – ashihan