Education Cluster Meeting Agenda. Directorate of Education, Wednesday 14th of December 2016, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Venue: REACH office

1. Introduction and welcome 5m. 2. Review of previous action points 15m. 3. NEEDS – a. Update on the response to Musil operation and the preparation to camp. 5 m b. Update on Surdash camp, (Gaps and Needs) relocating IDP families, and the response of the Education partners. 10m c. IDP school needs in Suli 10 m. d. Refugee school’s needs (Renovation of School, status of new schools, textbooks). 5 m. e. Reporting (Monthly report, activity info, and JCCC report). 5m f. Update on Education Working Group in Garmian (The response of MoE). 5m 4. RESPONSE –  Refugee schools. 5m  IDP schools.5m 5. GAPS – a. Challenges in IDPs camps and non-camps schools (lack of space in Ashti camp school) 10m b. Challenges in Refugee camp and non-camps schools. 10m

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1. Introduction and welcome # Agenda Items Discussion Action Point \ Decision 1 Introduction and welcome Introduction

2. Review of previous action points # Agenda Items Discussion Action Point \ Decision 1 Lack of teaching staff Qorato IDP school doesn’t have English teacher MoE Visited the school and allocated the lecturers to solve the lack of teaching staff. 2 Update on Chamchamal camp No any update from government and it’s not The government reduced the capacity of the camp to clear when will be established. 2,500 plots and asked UN agencies to support to establish that camp. 3 Providing Buses to transport the Syrian UNICEF and UPP allocated 48 buses to UNICEF visited the schools and met with the refugee students transport the refugee students. transportation company, and solved the issues. 4 The issue of shortage in textbooks UNICEF printed textbooks curriculum books UNICEF waiting the official letter request from the especially for refugees. principals of refugees schools concerning it.

5 Teacher incentives UNICEF to provide the data of Refugee school Done teachers to IRC

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3. NEEDS: # Agenda Items Discussion Action Point \ Decision A response  The updates based Chamchamal camp: on the meeting The outcome of the discussion regarding Chamchamal camp: with the minister 1- The minister mentioned that we believe that we need to construct Chamchamal camp, of MoDM and the however they have a tents for that camp only, and they asked UN agencies to support them governor of Suli to finish that camp, as he mentioned they will support with 33% and UN agencies should support with 66%, no one from UN agencies gave any commitment regarding the request and they mentioned that they will discuss that internally. 2- The governor of Suli mentioned that since Suli in plan B regarding Mosul preparedness plan he suggested that to reduce the capacity of the camp from 5,000 plots to 2,500 plots, and the minister agreed on that request. In a brief they asked a support from UN agencies to construct Chamchamal camp with capacity 2,500 plots, and MoDM will only provide tents, and the camp will remain as a plan B to relocate IDPs from Mosul. B  The updates based Surdash camp: on the meeting 1- The minster mentioned that they don’t have a plan anymore to work on second phase in with the minister this camp, and He suggested to move IDPs from Arbat or Ashty camps, to this camp and he asked UN agencies to finish their works in this camp and prepare the camp. of MoDM and the 2- The governor mentioned that due to some security reasons Asayish doesn’t give a clearance governor of Suli to move the 400 IDPs families from Mosul to Surdash camp and they prefer to move IDPs from Arbat or Ashty camps because they think that this camp is constructed by Prefabs and it is better than tented camp.

The empty plots in Qorotu, Tazade and Barzinja: 1- The minister mentioned that recently they moved 70 families to Tazade camp from Mosul, but at this level they believe that they have a space in the camps near Mosul; and Suli to host the IDPs from Mosul is Plan B, if there is a large displacement of families from Mosul they will prepare a plan to accommodate the IDPs from Mosul to these camps. C IDP school’s needs. - Barznja School - MOE visited the camp and recommended to move the students from the school building to some Using some prefabs inside the camp. prefabs as a school - JCC responded on the request of the cluster and they mentioned that we cannot use the prefabs classroom. as school classrooms, and they may move IDPs from another camps to Barznja camp.

Education Cluster Meeting Minutes 3 D Refugee school’s  Bazian and Bainjan needs. schools need - Cluster to raise that issue and ask the partners for their response. health awareness

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E Reporting - OCHA change the Regarding the monthly report, as agreed in the last ICCG meeting the submission of monthly inputs to JCCC th date of JCC is 5 of every month. reporting.

4. RESPONSE # Agenda Items Discussion Action Point \ Decision 1 UNICEF:  Continue paying the incentive for 175 refugees teachers and 36 non-teaching staff  The transportation for all refugees’ students and teachers are still ongoing.  Providing Rain coats to the schools outside the camp.  Distributing winterization for children in camp.

2 UNHCR :  Provided kerosene to all refugee schools 1,000 per school.  Provided 36,000 Ltr of kerosene to IDP and some host community schools (30 schools in , 30 schools in Kalar, 12 schools in ). 3 UPP: -  Supporting 6 buses for transportation to 210 students in Kobani School.  PSS to refugees teachers in Amuoda and Kobani schools

4 REACH: - Center in Bazian , Banjan from different target groups refugee, IDP and host community for catch up study , languages , sport activities for social cohesion and improving their skills as following:  Computer training  Art activity for children  Music training.  Sport activities.

Education Cluster Meeting Minutes 4  English training.  IDP students participated in catch up and study support in Bazian community centre.  Sorani (Kurdish) training.  Kindergarten activities in 3 community centre.  Arabic language training.

5 Qandel :

- PTA meeting in Amouda school - PTA meeting take place in Grespi intermediate school, Kobani basic school, Sarikany basic school, Afren Basic School and Amooda primary and secondary schools will be on the Third week of December.

6 IRC: -TLC for 150 students in Amuda school - PTA for Amuda camp school - Providing kit bags to teachers in Amouda school - Supporting lice shampoo to students in Amouda school - Paying incentive to teachers in Barkhodan high school in the camp after 01 Jan 2017 ( Not confirmed Yet) 7 PWJ

- Rehabilitation schools in Dukan and Darbandixan - Coordinating with DOH for providing the health materials to camp school

5. Gaps: # Agenda Items Discussion Action Point \ Decision

1 - MOE to take URGENT action about it Lack of teaching staff in IDP camps MoE in processing to solve lack of teachers in - Cluster to share that problem with UNESCO high schools

2 Opening the host community schools - Some schools are opened Lack of space in Ashty camp Education cluster to prepare a report about - MOE raise that issue to MOE in Baghdad. 3 that. Cluster coordinated with MoE for - UNICEF discuss with their main office in Erbil ( not providing the space and extend the school. willing to install tent school

Education Cluster Meeting Minutes 5 4 Lack of bus for high schools Lack of buses in Derek secondary school, UNESCO will be able to pay Incentives for Education partners to resend the email regarding Barkhodan secondary school in Barika camp till collecting the challenges in refugee’s high schools to 15th of Jan.2017, from there IRC will pay the be share with UNESCO ASAP as agreed in last cluster incentives till 30th of May.2017. meeting in 29 Nov. 2016. Dirik school is not included this year for teacher incentives. - UNESCO to update the cluster to confirm that their Cluster sent email to partners to inform cluster incentive to Barkhodan school will be until end of the gaps of refugee and IDP schools then to Dec. 2016. send to UNESCO

5 Garmyan EC meeting Garmeyan group: MoE are not attending the - Solved meeting

6. AOB: * UNICEF arranged with MODM for providing kerosene to IDP camp schools

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