TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 15-1201

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EDUCATION

Memorandum of Understanding

Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and ANDORRA

Signed at Ordino February 2, 2015 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

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 ANDORRA

 Education

 Memorandum of understanding signed at 

 Ordino February 2, 2015;

 Entered into force December 1, 2015.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 

BETWEEN 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

AND 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA 

ON 

THE FULBRIGHT EXCHANGE PROGRAM 

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Principality of 

Andorra (hercinatter referred to as "the Parties"); 

Desiring to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the Principality of Andorra 

and the United States of America and by a wider exchange of knowledge through educational 

activities; 

Have agreed to the following terms for educational exchange under the auspices of the Fulbright 

Exchange Program: 

Article l 

A bilateral committee (hereinafter referred to as ''the Committee") shall be created to 

recommend action to the Parties on all matters pertaining to the Fulbright Exchange Program. 

Article 2 

A. The Andorran mmtster responsible for foreign affairs and the United States (U.S.) 

Ambassador to Spain and Andorra shall be honorary co-chairs of the Committee. The Andorran 

Ambassador to the United States and the Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, 

or whoever they may designate, shall co-chair the Committee. 

B. The Committee also shall consist of a minimum of two representatives and a maximum of 

four representatives from each side, appointed by the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, 

and appointed jointly by the Andorran ministers responsible for foreign affairs and higher 

education respectively. Members shall be appointed to terms of five years. The Committee shall 

strive to include members who represent the academic community and the private, nongovernmental sector. 

Article 3 

The Fulbright Exchange Program shall be bilateral, providing for the exchange of un 

approximately equal number of grantees from each country each year, and may include students, 

scholars, or teachers, subject to the availability of funds. 
Article 4 

The Committee shall recommend actions to the Andorran ministry responsible for higher 

education, the Commission for Cultural, Educational and Scientific Exchange between the 

United States of America and Spain, and/or the cooperating implementing agency in the United 

States, as appropriate, that will provide for the following: 

1. the development of a comprehensive proposal detailing the scope of the Fulbright 

Exchange Program for the following United States fiscal and academic years, the 

academic areas of concentration, the types of grants, and similar general guidelines for 

approval by the Parties; 

2. the publishing of the annual announcement of the request for applications for Fulbright 

grants from citizens of the Principality of Andorra; 

3. the receipt of applications from citizens of the Principality of Andorra that will assure 

that the competition is entirely open and that anyone can apply and compete on an equal 

basis; 

4. the eligibility of submiued applications through non~partisan technical review: 

5. the establishment each year of academic review panels for the purpose of evaluating the 

merits of each application and interviewing all candidates for subsequent review by the 

Committee; 

6. the establishment each year of panels to interview all persons whose applications have 

passed technical review; these panels should consist of four persons representing each 

Party, and members of the Andorran and U.S. academic communities. The panel each 

year shall establish a rating system for the interviews, including the evaluation of 

candidates on the criteria of English language ability, quality and feasibility of proposed 

program of study, applicability of the field to the needs of the sending country, and 

academic credentials and letters of reference; 

7. the presentation of a roster of rank-ordered principal and alternate candidates, based on 

the results of the interviews and subject to the approval of the J. William Fulbright 

Foreign Scholarship Board; 

8. the review of applications from U.S. students, scholars, teachers, or researchers seeking 

placement in the Principality of Andorra; and 

9. the placement of U.S. grantees in Andorran institutions. 
Article 5 

The financial obligations for the Fulbright Exchange Program are as follows, but are subject to 

the availability of funds: 

l. the Government of the Principality of Andorra will provide funding to cover all expenses 

fm· Andorran grantees, and will also cover related expenses for publicity, Committee and 

academic and review panel meetings, and grantee orientation programs. The Government 

of the United States of America will provide funding for U.S. grantees; 

2. the funding will include travel costs of the grantees from their homes to their host 

institutions in the host country; and 

3. the United States. acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the 

U.S. Department of State, will cover administrative costs charged by the cooperating 

implementing agency in the United States, including the cost of an accident and sickness 

health benelit program for grantees. 

Article 6 

This Memorandum of Understanding shall be applied provisionally by the Parties upon signature 

and shall enter into force when both Parties have notified each other in writing of the fulfillment 

of their respective internal legal requirements for entry into force. It shall remain in fi.)rce until 

December 31, 2020. unless either Party notifies the other in writing six months in advance of its 

intention to terminate. It may be extended for additional periods of five years by written 

agreement between the Parties. 

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This Memorandum of Understanding may be amended by an exchange of diplomatic notes 

between the Parties. 

DONE at Ordino, this 211d day of February, 2015, m duplicate, 111 the English and Catalan 

languages, each text being equally authentic. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE PRINCIPALITY QF ANDORRA: 

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PROTOCOL D'ENTESA 

ENTRE 

EL GOVERN DELS EST A TS UNITS D' AMERICA 

I 

EL GOVERN DEL PRINCIPA T D' ANDORRA 

SOBRE 

EL PROGRAMA D'INTERCANVI FULBRIGHT 

El Govern dels Estats Units d'America el Govern del Principat d'Andorra (d'ara 

endavant denominats "les parts''); 

Amb el desig de promoure l'entesa mutua entre els pobles dels Estats Units d' America 

i d' Andorra mitjan~ant un ampli intercanvi de concixements a travcs d'activitats 

educatives; 

Han acordat les condicions d'intcrcanvi cducatiu segtients sota els auspicis del 

programa d'intercanvi Fulbright. 

Article l 

Es creara un comite bilateral (d'ara endavant denominat ··et Comite") que tindra Ia 

funci6 de suggerir propostes a lcs parts sobre qualsevol tema relacionat amb el 

program" d'intercanvi Fulbright. 

Article 2 

A. L'an1baixador dels Estats Units d'America a Espanya i Andorra i el ministre andorr~l 

cncarregat dels afers exteriors seran copresidents honoraris del Comite. El conseller per 

a la diplomacia publica de l'Ambaixada dels Estats Units d'Amcrica a Madrid i 

l'ambaixador andorra als Estats Units, o aquelles persones que aqucsts puguin designar, 

copresidiran el Comite. 

B. El Comite tambe estara format per un minim de dos membres i un maxim de quatre 

mcmbres a cada part, designats per rambaixador dels Estats Units d'America a Espanya 

i Andorra i dcsignats conjuntament pels ministres andorrans encarregats dels afers 

exteriors i de l' ensenyament superior respectivamcnt. Els membres seran designats per 

perfodes de cine anys. El Comite vctllara perque entre els seus membres hi hagi 

representants del m6n academic i del sector privat no governamental. 

Article 3 

El programa d'intcrcanvi Fulbright es bilateral, i cs procurara que el nombre de 

beneficiaris de cada pais sigui aproximadament igual cada any i aquests podran scr 

cstudiants. academics o professors, en funci6 dels fons disponiblcs. 

Article 4 

El Comite suggerira propostes al ministeri andorra encarregat de l'ensenyament 

superior, a la Comissi6 d'Intercanvi Cultural, Educatiu i Cientific entre els Estats Units 
d'America i Espanya, i I o a l'organisme encarregat de Ia cooperaci6 als Estats Units 

d'America, segons correspongui, que han de permetrc el segticnt: 

1. L'elaboraci6 d'una proposta exhaustiva que detalli l'abast del Programa 

d'Intcrcanvi Fulbright per als segiients anys fiscals i academics dels Estats Units 

d' America, les arees academiques d'aplicaci6, els tipus de bequcs i directrius 

generals semblants perque siguin aprovades per les pans; 

2. Ia publicaci6 de la convocatoria anual per a la presentaci6 de soHicituds de 

beques Fulbright de ciutadans del Principal d' Andorra; 

3. la recepci6 de les sol-licituds dels ciutadans del Principal d' Andorra, que 

assegurara que la participaci6 es totalment oberta i que qualsevol Ia pot 

sol·licitar i competir en igualtat de condicions; 

4. la valoraci6 de l'admissibilitat de les soHicituds presentades mitjan<;ant una 

revisi6 tecnica imparcial; 

5. la constituci6 anual d·un jurat academic que avalu1 els merits de cada sol·licitud 

i entrevisti tots els candidats per a la revisi6 posterior del Comite; 

6. la constituci6 anual, de jurats que entrevistin totes les persones les sol·licituds de 

les quais hagin passat la revisi6 tecnica. Aquests jurats haurien d'cstar formats 

per quatre persones que representin cadascuna de les parts, i membres de les 

comunitats academiques d' Andorra i dels Estats Units. El jurat ha d'establir 

cada any un sistema de puntuaci6 de les entrevistes que inclogui: ravaluaci6 del 

coneixcment de llengua anglesa dels candidats, la qualitat i Ia viabilital del 

programa d'estudis proposat. l'aplicaci6 de rambit d'cstudi ales necessitats del 

pafs que cnvia, les titulacions academiques i les cartes de refercncia; 

7. Ia presentaci6 d'una llista de candidats principals i suplcnts ordenada per ordre 

de puntuaci6, basada en els resultats de lcs entrevistcs i subjccta a l'aprovaci6 

del J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board; 

8. Ia rcvisi6 de lcs sol·licituds d' estudiants. academics, docents o investigadors 

cstatunidcncs que busquin un intercanvi al Principat d' Andorra~ i 

9. l'acollida ales institucions andorranes dels becaris dels Estats Units d' America. 

Article 5 

Lcs obligacions financeres per al programa d'intcrcanvi Fulbright son les segtients, amb 

subjecci6, pero, a les disponibilitats de fons: 

l. EI Govern del Principal d' Andorra aportara els fons per cobrir totes les despeses 

dcls becaris andorrans, les despeses de publicitat, les de les reunions del Comite, 

les del jurat academic, les del jurat de revisi6 i les de lcs sessions d'oricntaci6 

del bccari. El Govern dels Estats Units d' America aportara els fons per als 

becaris cstatunidcncs; 
2. el financ;ament incloura les despeses de viatge dels becaris des dels seus 

domicilis ales institucions d'acollida del pais d'acollida; i 

3. els Estats Units d' America, mitjan~ant l'Oficina d' Afers Educatius i Culturals 

del Departamcnt d'Estat dcls Estats Units, es fara carrec de les despeses 

d'administraci6 que presenti l'organismc encarregat de Ia cooperaci6 als Estats 

Units, incloent-hi el cost de l'asseguranc;:a medica d'accidcnt i malaltia per als 

becaris. 

Article 6 

Aquest protocol d'entesa s'aplicara per les parts de manera provisional a partir del 

moment de la signatura i entran\ en vigor quru1 ambdues parts s'hagin notificat per escrit 

que s 'han complert els requisits legals interns respectius per a la seva entrada en vigor. 

Romandra en vigor fins el 31 de desembre del 2020, llevat que alguna de les parts 

notifiqui a l"altra per escrit, amb un termini de sis mesos d'antelaci6, la seva intcnci6 de 

rescindir-lo. Es pot renovar per periodes addicionals de cine anys mitjan~ant un acord 

escrit entre les parts. 

Article 7 

Aquest Protocol d'entesa pot ser esmenat mitjan<;ant un intcrcanvi de notes 

diplomatiques entre les parts. 

Ordino, el dia 2 de febrer del 2015, en duplicat, en les llengiies anglesa i catalana, 

ambd6s textos s6n igualment fefaents. 

PEL GOVERN DELS 

ESTA TS UNITS, D' AMtRICA 

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PEL GOVERN DEL 

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