Education Coordination Meeting

EDUCATION WORKING GROUP MEETING
February 21th, 2002

1.Reconstruction/Rehabilitation

UNICEF shared the information that IMG has signed a contract with the Italian Cooperation for rehabilitation of the schools: "Kultura" in Matejce (old building); "Marsal Tito" in Arachinovo (new building); "Faik Konica" in Slupcane (new building-rehabilitation, old building-reconstruction).

UNICEF informed that five schools from the crisis regions in FYR Macedonia have applied for reconstruction to the Japanese Embassy in Vienna.

The rehabilitation list will be updated with the latest information provided by the German KFOR.

ECHO informed that the rehabilitation of the school in Poroj is finished.

UNHCR are preparing their QIPs applications.

During the next week UNICEF will provide containers for the school in Nikustak.

UNICEF informed that the parents of Albanian speaking children settled in CC Katlanovo agreed to let their children attend the school in Konjare.

There are 7 secondary school refugee pupils that currently attend secondary schools but they may not receive certificates at the end of the school year because they do not have personal documents. UNICEF and UNHCR will take joint action to resolve this issue.

The Ministry of Education and Science still has not responded about the UNICEF proposal for a Confidence-Building Project in the Skopje, Tetovo and Kumanovo Municipalities.

The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education and Science expressed his gratitude for everything that has been done so far regarding the rehabilitation of the education process in conflict affected areas.

It was agreed that all agencies submit the updates on their rehabilitation work to UNICEF on Thursday 28^th February 2002 by 3:00 p.m. so that the rehabilitation list could be updated and shared for better co-ordination.

Previous meetings

• 24 January 2002
• 10 January 2002
• 1 November 2001
• 25 October 2001
• 18 October 2001
• 11 October 2001
• 4 October 2001
• 27 September 2001
• 6 September 2001
• 16 August 2001