Task Manager / Jeffrey Waite / / 1-202-458-0842
Team Leaders / Primary Education:
Geeta Verma
Higher Secondary and Vocational Education:
Ahmed Ferej and
Nestor Balmores /

MAIN COUNTERPARTS
CPA / Dorothy Mazaka
/ 1-914-360-6528

Iraqi Representative
CONFIRMED PARTICIPATION
Convening Agency / World Bank
Jeffrey Waite, Sr. Education Specialist
Peter Buckland, Sr. Education Specialist
Mohammed Allak, Economist
Tayseer Al-Nahar, Education Consultant
Regina Bendokat /




Other Participants / ·  UNICEF
·  UNESCO
·  WFP
Member State Participation / Fabienne Bessonne, EC (France)
ISSUES THAT NEED ATTENTION
1. Infrastructure:
For all levels of education (UNICEF - primary education, UNESCO - secondary, higher and non-formal education).
2. School equipment and materials:
Need to identify the status of schools and educational institutions for a proper assessment.
3. Administration and teacher’s salaries
Teacher’s salaries and training.
4. Data Management
EMIS requirements

Cross Cutting Issues:

/
Human Rights
Gender
Environment: Environmental curricula in schools and universities, public awareness campaigns on environmental topics, higher and vocational training for environment protection, media capacity for information dissemination.
Capacity Analysis
TIMELINE/WORK PLAN
Date /
Activity
/ Responsibility
21 July 2003 / Preliminary survey, / UNESCO
21 July 2003 / Compilation of existing data from UNICEF and UNESCO / UNICEF and UNESCO
End July 2003 / Compile statistical information and provide statistician/planner / World Bank
August 1-10 / Mission to collect additional information and validate costing analysis / Regina Bendokat, World Bank
August 2-16 / Field Mission / Peter Buckland (South African), Mohammed Allak (Iraqi), Tayseer Al-Nahar (Jordanian) and Fabienne Bessonne of the EC (?) on the ground
August 4-24 / Mission to Assess School Meal Programs / WFP
End August 2003 / Costing of 2004 needs / World Bank
LIST OF ONGOING ASSESSMENTS
§  Colin Kaiser, UNESCO will be in Baghdad from 07 to 10 July on senior mission
§  UNESCO OFFP Team Michael Croft and Mohammed Djedid will be in Iraq from 04 to 24 July
§  Dr. Jacques Baudouy, Director Human Development, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank will be visiting Iraq 07 to 10 July.
§  WFP Mission to assess school meal programs, 4 August to 24 August
§  Watching briefs are being carried out by UNICEF and WHO, with the World Bank in reference to Social Sector.
LIST OF RESEARCH AND BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION
§  Existing UNICEF and UNESCO data
§  Watching brief
§  Existing activities by CPA and USAID
OFFERS OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Name / Agency/Expertise / Based in / Contact Information
Freij Fenniche / OHCHR
Roswitha Newels / UNOPS
Colin Kaiser / UNESCO / Sarajevo (Currently in Baghdad) /
Adam Abdelmoula / UNOHCI /
David Jenson / UNEP / Geneva / ,
+41-22-9178167
Mir Asghar Husain / UNESCO / Paris /
+33-1-45-68-21-32
Darlene Bission / WFP, School Feeding Program
Arlene Mitchell / WFP, School Feeding Program

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