1. ERBIL EDUCATION CLUSTER MEETING
12th March 2018
Paola Brambilla Amd Rasho

2. The ToR for the integration task force is currently under revision.
The MoE does NOT have enough textbooks. PDF of books to be shared so that partners who have capacity can cover
EC to share vulnerability criteria of UNICEF’s transportation cost support program for Syrian Refugee students
MoE to share a list of particularly vulnerable students in need of help. They will not share.
EC to follow up with the DoE for confirming that placement exams will take place inside the camps.
EC to circulate the presentation of INTERSOS
ACTION POINTS

3. List of Teachers designated to Hamdaniya camps: still waiting from OK from Baghdad
Textbooks: electronic copies will be sent
Partners need to seek approvals to work in IDP schools: approvals can only been obtained through the Fed Gov. Department of cultural relations
DOE/MOE UPDATES

4. IRAQ HUMANITARIAN FUND 2018
Timeline:
March
22/03 Partner Proposal Revision and Adjustments
27/03 Final check
29/03 Grant Agreement (GA) preparation
April
02-03/04 HC signs GA / final approval and countersignature
06/04 GA final clearance
11/04 Disbursement
Updates:
Sub National Clusters have already reviewed, and gave recommendations
SAG+Cluster did the review and submitted to OCHA the endorsed projects.
IHF Advisory Board will do a technical review
IRAQ HUMANITARIAN FUND 2018

5. NINEWA EDUCATION SUB-NATIONAL CLUSTER
Ninewa Education Cluster was established officially
Contacts:
NINEWA EDUCATION SUB-NATIONAL CLUSTER

6. IDP RESPONSE -PARTNER UPDATES
AVSI presentation on Vocational Program for Youth
JWL request for support
IDP RESPONSE -PARTNER UPDATES

7. REFUGEE RESPONSE – PARTNERS UPDATES
INTERSOS updates:
Continuous assessment in the location of work: a high number of secondary aged students do not have possibility to access secondary schools, because of the distance from schools.
Based on information from the school managements in 28 Arabic Schools, the enrollment is still unstable due to the frequent movement of the families
Mid-term exams: high percentage of failures.
Causing factors identified are teachers’ incentives irregular/not paid (source is the school management) The majority are students from 1st grade (students in transition into Kurdish system?).
REFUGEE RESPONSE – PARTNERS UPDATES

8. REFUGEE RESPONSE – PARTNERS UPDATES
INTERSOS with UNHCR – Space for Q&A from past presentation
Adolescents and youth programming National Consultations – last week, joint UNICEF-UNHCR
REFUGEE RESPONSE – PARTNERS UPDATES

9. REFUGEE RESPONSE - Criteria for support from UNICEF
According to UNICEF Social Policy section:
HHs are selected based on vulnerability scores. Criteria are the following:
Working members in the households and dependency ratio
households having unaccompanied and separated children
female headed households
households with disability
any person having chronic diseases and elderly,
father and mother literacy
type of housing
HHs using any kind of negative coping strategies e.g. HHs with risk of children’s dropout or households with out of school children.
These criteria have different weights.
REFUGEE RESPONSE - Criteria for support from UNICEF

10. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITY INFO REPORTING
For refugees: Many partner submitted their report. System was closed on 10th March.
For IDPs: system will be opened next week (20 Mar 2018) for reporting months of January, February, March.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY. INTEREST?
IM team If partners wish to receive training on how to analyze data and navigate better the data shared by the cluster – especially for documents shared by the IM team,
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

11. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
ERBIL EDUCATION TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN
ERBIL EDUCATION CLUSTER WEATHERIZATION PLANNING SHEET
ERBIL EDUCATION CLUSTER CAPACITY BUILDING TRACKER
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE - IRAQ
Partners planning TLM distributions can update their plans using this online google sheet
Partners planning weatherization interventions can update their plans on this online google sheet
To track capacity building interventions provided by partners working in Erbil governorate and manage resources by inviting organizations planning similar capacity building interventions to share resources, knowledge and experiences when possible
Humanitarian Response is a specialised digital service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA). Humanitarian Response provides access to country sites and a "one-stop-shop" for global information coordination resources, such as normative products including guidance notes and policies, cluster specific information and data, toolboxes and internet links.

12. ERBIL EDUCATION SERVICE MAP ERBIL EDUCATION PLANNING TOOL
Service map of education partners working in Erbil Governorate
Education partners’ future interventions in Erbil Governorate
Paola Brambilla Amd Rasho

13. AOB