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INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards Meeting 11-13 September 2006 Present: Eva Ahlen (UNCHR), Dr. Rüdiger Blum?r (GTZ), Helge Brochmann (NRC), Amalia Earaso (Fundacion dos Mundos, in place of Jiovani Arias), Eric Eversmann (CRS), Dr. Shakir Ishaque (BEFARe), Ellen Van Kalmthout (UNICEF, in the place of Pilar Aguilar), Mitch Kirby (USAID), Fred Ligon (World Education), Elena Locatelli (AVSI), Geeta S. Menon (CARE US), Ken Rhodes (Academy for Educational Development), Jennifer Sklar (IRC, in the place of Rebecca Winthrop), Martine Storti (French Ministry of Education), Christopher Talbot (UNESCO IIEP), Carl Triplehorn (Save the Children US) Ex officio: Allison Anderson and Mary Mendenhall (INEE) Visitors/Presentations by: Deborah Haines (Save the Children UK), Adaeze Igboemeka (DFID), Susan Nicolai (Save the Children UK), Margaret Sinclair (Consultant/Grande Dame of the field) Apologies: Marina Lopez Anselme, RET, Robin Shawyer (Windle Trust), Birgit Villumstad (NCA) Welcome Administrative Procedures Working Group members approved the meeting agenda as well as the January 2006 Working Group meeting minutes (with one change that will be made by the Focal Point). While some INEE Working Group members reported that they had received an extension of their organization’s and person’s commitment to the Working Group through 2008, others are still in the process. The Focal Point on Minimum Standards (Focal Point) will send the updated INEE Working Group Terms of Reference along with the meeting minutes, asking for members to follow-up and report back to the Focal Point by November 6, 2006. Minimum Standards implementation update Working Group members shared updates on their promotion and use of the INEE Minimum Standards (which will be added into the 2006 Feedback report) and the Focal Point shared a summary of the 2006 feedback on the standards: only a year and a half since their launch, over 25,000 copies of the INEE Minimum Standards handbook have been produce