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Education Coordination Meeting |
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP MEETING
11 October 2001
Participants:
Ms. Natasha Paddison, UNICEF (chair)
Ms. Elena Misik
Ms. Nadica Gjozeva, UNHCR
Ms. Andrijana Micevska (minutes)
Mr. Hermann Kranzl, CPA
Mr. Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC
Ms . Anne Bideau, Solidarites
Ms. Svetlana Pandiloska, UNICEF
Ms. Vladanka Andreeva, OCHA
Mr. Ioannis Diangeloikis, EP
Ms. Anat Prag, CRS
Agenda
1. Reconstruction / Rehabilitation
2. Refugees
3. AOB
1. Reconstruction
/ Rehabilitation
MCIC informed the group about some changes in the rehabilitation list
maintained by UNICEF: MCIC will rehabilitate the school in Matejce; Solidarites
are doing the rehabilitation of the school in Otlja.
CRS has committed to rehabilitate the following additional schools: PS
"25 Maj"- Cento, Skopje; PS "Kiril i Metodij"-Tetovo;
PS "A.Zdravkovski"-Jegunovce, Tetovo; PS "Karpos"-
Ljubodrag, Kumanovo. According to an assessment made by CRS the school
in Ljubodrag has very minor damage but rehabilitation is needed for the
water and sanitation facilities.
Lack of access to Nikustak village is reportedly still a problem; however
some 80% of the villagers are back in the village. The school staff has
for some years refused rehabilitation; instead, they insist on a completely
new school. A suggestion was made that school activities could be held
outside the school building in the interim.
Solidarites together with ECHO have committed to do the rehabilitation
of the school in Neprosteno village.
Solidarites has assessed the schools in Semsevo and Radusa and will report
at the next meeting whether they will do the reconstruction of these two
schools. MCIC also have an interest in that school, so they will coordinate
and agree bilaterally.
UNICEF reported on their meeting with the Ministry of Education and Science
on 8 October 2001. The Ministry provided the updated list for school rehabilitation.
UNICEF continues to inform the Ministry about changes regarding the status
of rehabilitation as presented by agencies in the Working Group. The Ministry
invites those agencies listed for rehabilitation efforts to approach them
individually for final approval.
It was mentioned that German KFOR is interested in rehabilitating 10 schools
in the Tetovo area. UNICEF will investigate and provide information at
the next meeting.
MCIC have done the technical assessment of the schools in Slatino and
Lesok. They are ready to repair the windows of the Slatino school; the
school in Lesok has severe damage and therefore it may be better to build
a new school.
2. Refugees
UNICEF is continuing with the distribution of textbooks for the refugees
settled in Skopje and other cities in Macedonia.
UNHCR held discussions with the villagers of Katlanovo village and will,
as a result, reconstruct the Macedonian-speaking primary school.
There was a minor incident with Albanian-speaking children who attend
the school in Konjare village and now their parents refuse to let them
go to school.
UNHCR is conducting field assessments of refugees settled in host families,
including whether children are back in school. UNHCR is also trying to
solve related transportation problems. More than 50 refugees are interested
in attending evening school.
UNHCR will present their assessment of refugee needs at next weeks' meeting.
3. AOB
No discussion.
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