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Education Coordination Meeting |
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP MEETING
February 21th, 2002
Agenda:
1.Reconstruction/Rehabilitation
2.Refugees
3.Other Education
Programmes
4.AOB
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.
2.Refugees
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.
3.Other Education
Programmes
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.
4.AOB
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 28th February 2002 by 3:00 p.m. so that the
rehabilitation list could be updated and shared for better co-ordination.
The next Education Working Group meeting
will be held on Thursday,
7th March 2002 at 3:00 p.m. at UNICEF Conference Room.
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