Creative Associates International Women Owned and Operated Women Owned and Operated Mid-sized Consulting Firm Mid-sized Consulting Firm Specialize in Education in Crisis Specialize in Education in Crisis Also, Civil Society Also, Civil Society 4 Offices in Iraq & 1 in Kuwait 4 Offices in Iraq & 1 in Kuwait Multi-national Staff Multi-national Staff

RISE Project Education Reform at the MOE Education Reform at the MOE Teacher Training Teacher Training Accelerated Learning Accelerated Learning Grants to School Committees Grants to School Committees Secondary School Inventory Secondary School Inventory School Supplies & Furniture School Supplies & Furniture No Curricula, No Textbooks No Curricula, No Textbooks

Inventory: Data for a Purpose Procurement for children, teachers, schools Procurement for children, teachers, schools Distribution planning Distribution planning Grants for school rehabilitation Grants for school rehabilitation Target teacher training Target teacher training Qualitative findings Qualitative findings Information for NGOs and contractors Information for NGOs and contractors EMIS foundation EMIS foundation

Guiding Principles Maximize Iraqi involvement Close coordination with other actors Integrate and build on existing data Qualitative and quantitative information

Methodology Inventory design Inventory design Training NGOs Training NGOs Visiting local DG offices Visiting local DG offices Hiring local education experts Hiring local education experts Hiring and training over 150 Iraqi data collectors Hiring and training over 150 Iraqi data collectors Centralized data entry Centralized data entry

Managing the Inventory Team West American Islamic Congress Team East Iraq Foundation Team North American University Challenges: Security Security Communications Communications Moving money Moving money Logistics Logistics Moving data Moving data Technical Technical Deadline Deadline

Enrollment by Gender Boys 61.6% Girls 38.4% = 112,000 out-of-school girls in the South and Heartland regions

Qualitative Results Teacher salaries Teacher salaries Parent involvement Parent involvement Teacher preparation Teacher preparation Trauma and drugs Trauma and drugs Sanitary facilities Sanitary facilities Fired non-Ba’ath teachers Fired non-Ba’ath teachers

Before Rehabilition

After

Supplying 1.5 million students

Manufacturing and Delivering 250,000 Pieces of Furniture

60,000 Chalkboard Adventure