1. ERBIL EDUCATION CLUSTER MEETING
29th January 2018
Paola Brambilla Amd Rasho

2. UNICEF to follow-up with MoE (list of IDP schools and enrolment numbers).
Partners to send EC focal points the lists of schools in need of textbooks (number of children per grade) .
Partners to update their interventions using the online service mapping sheet using the link
EC to share contact details of Mr. Sapan via .
Partners to update the Erbil Education Planning Tool and submit to EC focal points
EC to meet the representative of federal MoE on the topics a) barriers for children in “second destination” camps to enroll b) lack of teachers in camps; c) closure of schools in Erbil
ACTION POINTS

3. Updates regarding closure of IDP schools in Erbil governorate
Updates regarding lack of teaching personnel in formal schools
Meeting with Federal MoE representative in Erbil
Request for a focal point for the Erbil Cluster
Priorities of Federal MoE
DOE/MOE UPDATES

4. DOE/MOE UPDATES Catch up/remedial classes for students;
Capacity building (training and workshops) for teaching personnel;
Provide gas to the MoE Rep office in Erbil and its schools;
Provide kerosene and heaters to schools in Erbil;
Transactions related to school maintenance and costs related to transporting text books and stationary from central MoE to the MoE rep in Erbil;
Textbooks and stationery to schools;
Direct support to students e.g. providing transportation costs and financial support for those in need;
Provide the MoE rep with lists of the assets provided by NGO’s to the schools to keep track of and maintain them;
Advocate with the Council of Ministers and Prime minster and Central Minister of Education regarding the school closure decisions and especially the MoE rep office in Erbil.
DOE/MOE UPDATES

5. STUDENT INTEGRATION TASK FORCE
First meeting held and drafted a ToR of the Task Force (see minutes circulated)
Updates to come in the coming cluster’s meetings
STUDENT INTEGRATION TASK FORCE

6. MOSUL RESPONSE UPDATES
• JCMC will supervise the camp closure and returns process through committees at governorate level. Each committee will include: local authorities, at least two NGOs and two UN agencies. The process for NGO selection to be clarified. Still, no updates available on the engagement process between JCC and JCMC for the camps under KRI.
• Access: a new process will be put in place for the people returning from Mosul to KRI camps. IDPs are mostly returning to As-Salamiyah, Hamam Al Alil, Qayara camps. The Protection cluster is working with EJCC to locate the most vulnerable cases among people who are not allowed to return to KRI camps through check points and facilitate their movement.
• Request for camp managers to collect the number and the reason people are returning to the camps. RWG noted that the reason for returning to camps is mostly economic and protection issues.
MOSUL RESPONSE UPDATES

8. CCCM INTENTION SURVEY MAIN POINTS
• IDP households living in camps more frequently reported an intention to move back to their area of origin in the following three months than they were in September 2017 (48 per cent in January versus 24 per cent in September).
o During the second round, households more frequently reported their original home being destroyed (36% compared to 19% in first round) and more frequently reported an intention to move to an abandoned apartment/ house (9% compared to 1% in Phase I)
o Households reported needing basic services (56%), improved safety and security (47%), and shelter rehabilitation (37%) in the area of origin to be able to return safely and with dignity.
o The most commonly reported reason for not being able to move back to the AOO was the lack of financial means to afford the costs associated with returning and restarting, this is followed by damaged/destruction of the shelter in the area of origin.
CCCM INTENTION SURVEY MAIN POINTS

9. MOSUL RESPONSE GAPS AND NEEDS
Lack of teachers in formal schools in camps. Reported to Fed MoE representative
UNICEF was asked to contribute with transportation costs for teachers to reach the camps
Need to conduct assessments in schools to understand the intention of the students to return to schools in their area of origin or elsewhere. Education cluster to work with Protection cluster on this issue.
MOSUL RESPONSE GAPS AND NEEDS

10. MOSUL RESPONSE PARTNER UPDATES

11. IDP RESPONSE PARTNER UPDATES
Updates by UPP
Ankawa IDP schools targeted (Salam 1, Mariam al Tahira, Shahidain Bahnam, Sara):
38 teachers received 1 day training on PFA for children and 4 training days on resilience groups workshops.
The same teachers are starting to implement these resilience groups workshops in the schools.
Sayidat al Bishara school in Ashti 2 camp is still closed, in spite of the permission to open from Baghdad MoE representative in Erbil.
IDP RESPONSE PARTNER UPDATES

12. Supervision schools – 32 schools in Erbil and Suli by UNICEF
Supervision schools – 32 schools in Erbil and Suli by UNICEF. The new supervision approach will commit the supervisors to be accountable for providing quality of education at school level.
IRC’s suggestion to coordinate with UNICEF on this. UNICEF to share the training plan and the locations.
REFUGEE RESPONSE

13. REFUGEE RESPONSE PARTNER UPDATES

14. 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.

15. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
ERBIL EDUCATION SERVICE MAP
Service map of education partners working in Erbil Governorate

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