TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13000 

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ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION 

GLOBE Program 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and CYPRUS 

Signed at Nicosia November 24, 1998 

 with 

Appendices 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

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or authentication thereof.” 
 CYPRUS 

Environmental Cooperation: GLOBE Program 

Agreement signed at Nicosia November 24, 1998; 

Entered into force November 24, 1998. 

With appendices. 
Agreement between

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

of the United States of America and

the Ministry of Education and Culture

of the Republic of Cyprus

for Cooperation in the GLOBE program

PREAMBLE

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting on behalf of itself

and other U.S. Government agencies participating in the GLOBE Program (hereinafter,

the U.S. side), and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus

(hereinafter, the Cypriot side),

Intending to increase the awareness of students throughout the world about the global

environment,

Seeking to contribute to increased scientific understanding of the Earth, and

Desiring to support improved student achievement in science and mathematics,

Have agreed to cooperate in the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the

Environment (GLOBE) Program as follows:

ARTICLE 1 THE GLOBE PROGRAM

The GLOBE Program is an international environmental science and education program

that brings students, teachers, and scientists together to study the global environment.

GLOBE has created an international network of students at primary, middle and

secondary school levels studying environmental issues, making environmental

measurements, and sharing useful environmental data with one another and the

international science community.

ARTICLE 2 — RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

A. The U.S. side will:

1. Identify U.S. schools that will participate in the GLOBE Program (details regarding

GLOBE schools in Appendix A);
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2. Select, in consultation with international scientists and educators, the GLOBE

environmental measurements and define specifications for measurement equipment

(detail provided in Appendix B);

3. Select Principal Investigator Teams for the GLOBE environmental measurements,

and support the U.S. members of the Teams;

4. Develop, in consultation with international scientists and educators, GLOBE

educational materials;

5. Translate GLOBE instructional materials related to measurement procedures and

data reporting protocols into the six United Nations languages, and provide a copy

of these plus all broader GLOBE educational materials to the Cypriot side for

further reproduction as necessary;

6. Conduct regional training sessions for GLOBE Country Coordinators and GLOBE

teachers who will serve as trainers for additional GLOBE teachers in Cyprus;

7. Design, develop, operate, and maintain GLOBE data processing capabilities and

other necessary technology and equipment;

8. Provide GLOBE software, as necessary, for use on Cypriot GLOBE school

computers (to the extent possible, textual material appearing on computer screens

will be accessible in the student's choice among the six United Nations languages);

9. Accept environmental data reported from GLOBE schools around the world, and

develop and provide resultant global environmental images to the Cypriot side; and

10.Evaluate the overall GLOBE Program periodically, in consultation with

international GLOBE Country Coordinators, and modify the overall program as

appropriate.

B. The Cypriot side will:

1. Identify Cypriot schools that will participate in the GLOBE Program (details

regarding GLOBE schools in Appendix A) and provide an updated list of Cypriot

GLOBE schools to the U.S. side at the beginning of each school year;

2. Ensure that Cypriot GLOBE schools conduct the fundamental activities of GLOBE

schools detailed in Appendix A (take GLOBE environmental measurements, report

data, and receive and use resultant global environmental images, using GLOBE

educational materials under the guidance of teachers trained to conduct the GLOBE

Program);

3. Name a Cypriot Government Point of Contact responsible for policy-level

communications with the Director of the GLOBE Program;

4. Name a Country Coordinator responsible for day-to-day management, oversight,

and facilitation of the GLOBE program in Cyprus;

5. Ensure that the Country Coordinator and some GLOBE teachers attend GLOBE

regional training and in turn provide GLOBE training to at least one teacher in each

Cypriot GLOBE school;

6. Ensure that GLOBE instructional materials related to measurement procedures and

data reporting protocols are utilized in Cypriot GLOBE schools, and that broader

GLOBE educational materials are appropriately translated, adapted, reproduced, and
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distributed to all Cypriot GLOBE schools;

7. Ensure that the measurement equipment used by GLOBE schools to take GLOBE

environmental measurements meets GLOBE specifications (described in Appendix

B);

8. Ensure that teachers and students at Cypriot GLOBE schools calibrate GLOBE

measurement equipment according to procedures provided in GLOBE instructional

materials;

9. Ensure that Cypriot GLOBE schools have the necessary computer and

communications systems to allow Internet/World Wide Web access in order to

report GLOBE environmental measurements and to receive and use GLOBE

environmental images; if such computer and communications systems are not

available in Cypriot schools, make agreed alternative arrangements for such

reporting and receipt (at a minimum, the Cypriot Country Coordinator will need

access to the Internet so that all measurement data from Cypriot GLOBE schools

will be reported via Internet); and

10.Evaluate GLOBE operations in Cyprus periodically and assist the U.S. side in

conducting periodic evaluation of the overall GLOBE Program.

ARTICLE 3 — FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Each side will bear the costs of fulfilling its respective responsibilities under this

agreement. Obligations of each side pursuant to this agreement are subject to its

respective funding procedures and the availability of appropriated funds, personnel, and

other resources. The conduct of activities under this agreement will be consistent with

the relevant laws and regulations of the United States and Cyprus.

ARTICLE 4 — EXCHANGE OF DATA AND GOODS

GLOBE environmental measurement data, global environmental images, software, and

educational materials will be available worldwide without restriction as to their use or

redistribution.

ARTICLE 5 — RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT

THE GLOBE PROGRAM

Each side may release information on the GLOBE Program as it may deem appropriate

without prior consultation with the other.
HE Kenneth C. Brill

U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus

HE Lycourgos Kappas

Minister of Education and Culture

For the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration

of the United States of America:

For the Ministry of

Education and Culture

of the Republic of Cyprus:

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ARTICLE 6 — CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION

Each side will use its best efforts to facilitate the movement of persons and goods into

and out of its territory and to accord entry to such goods into U.S. and Cypriot territory

free of customs duties and other similar charges, as is necessary to implement this

agreement, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations of the United States and

Cyprus.

ARTICLE 7 — DURATION

This agreement will enter into force upon signature of the two sides and will remain in

force for five years. It will be automatically extended for further five-year periods,

unless either side decides to terminate it and so notifies the other side with three months

written notice. This agreement may be terminated at any time by either Side upon three

months prior written notice to the other side. This agreement may be amended by

written agreement of the two sides.

Done at the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus on the 24th

day of November 1998, in duplicate.
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APPENDIX A

GLOBE SCHOOLS

Each partner country is responsible for identifying its participating schools. Schools

should be selected so as to satisfy the objectives of the GLOBE Program. In particular,

countries should emphasize the selection of schools that will maximize the number and

geographic distribution of students worldwide participating in the program. Also,

countries should consider involving schools in locations that will yield measurement

data that is important to the international science community.

Students at all GLOBE schools throughout the world conduct the following

fundamental activities: they make environmental measurements at or near their schools;

report their data to a globe data processing site; receive vivid graphical global

environmental images created from their data and the data from other GLOBE schools

around the world; and study the environment by relating their observations and the

resulting images to broader environmental topics. All of these activities are conducted

under the guidance of specially trained teachers (GLOBE-trained teachers).

GLOBE educational materials are used in GLOBE schools under the guidance of

GLOBE-trained teachers. These materials contain instructional materials detailing

procedures for taking environmental measurements and protocols for reporting data;

they also explain the significance of the measurements, guide the use of the global

environmental images, and integrate the measurement aspects of the program into a

broader study of the environment.
APPENDIX B

GLOBE Environmental Measurements and Equipment

GLOBE environmental measurements contribute in a significant way to the scientific

understanding of the dynamics of the global environment. The set of GLOBE

measurements reflects the desire of GLOBE Program management, scientists, and

educators to respond to the needs of the education community as well as to provide

scientifically useful environmental data. All GLOBE Schools are strongly encouraged

to participate in the full range of GLOBE Science measurements. Instrument costs

vary, depending on the optional methodologies selected and on equipment already

available. GLOBE instruments need to meet functional and performance specifications;

they do not need to be purchased from specific vendors.

ATMOSPHERE/CLIMATE STUDIES

Air Temperature: current, daily maximum and minimum

Clouds: cloud cover, cloud type

Precipitation: rain/snow daily amounts, pH

HYDROLOGY STUDIES

Surface Water Temperature

Surface Water Chemistry: pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, salinity, electrical

conductivity

Transparency

SOILS STUDIES

Soil Moisture

Soil Temperature

Soil Characterization: structure, color, consistence, texture, bulk density, particle size

distribution, pH, fertility

LAND COVER/BIOLOGY STUDIES

Biometery: extent of canopy and ground cover, tree height and circumference, species

identification

Land Cover: correlation of in situ measurements with remote sensing data.
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APPENDIX C

GLOBE Computer and Communications Systems

In order to derive maximum benefit from the GLOBE Program, all schools are

encouraged to use the Internet, along with classroom computers. The Internet/World

Wide Web multi-media information access capability has been selected to support the

required GLOBE school activities of data entry, data analysis, and use of global

environmental images.

The diversity of technology accessible by schools worldwide may require, in some

cases, that environmental measurements be reported via e-mail or in hardcopy and that a

variety of media, including e-mail and hardcopy, be used to distribute global

environmental images. All schools that want to participate in the program will be

accommodated.

Technology associated with the GLOBE Program will continually evolve to higher

levels and participants will be encouraged to upgrade over time.