TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13024 

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ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION 

GLOBE Program 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and HUNGARY 

Signed at Washington March 10, 1999 

 with 

Appendices 
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 HUNGARY 

Environmental Cooperation: GLOBE Program 

Agreement signed at Washington March 10, 1999; 

Entered into force March 10, 1999. 

With appendices. 
Agreement between

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

of the United States of America and

the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary

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 of the Republic of

Hungary (hereinafter, the Hungarian 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.
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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);

2. Select, in consultation with international scientists and educators, the

GLOBE environmental measurements and define specifications for

measurement equipment (details 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 Hungarian 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 Hungary;

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 Hungarian 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 Hungarian 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 Hungarian side will:

1.Identify Hungarian schools that will participate in the GLOBE

Program (details regarding GLOBE schools in Appendix A) and provide

an updated list of Hungarian GLOBE schools to the U.S. side at the

beginning of each school year;

2. Ensure that Hungarian 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 Hungarian Government Point of Contact responsible for policylevel 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 Hungary;

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 Hungarian GLOBE school;

6. Ensure that GLOBE instructional materials related to measurement

procedures and data reporting protocols are utilized in Hungarian

GLOBE schools, and that broader GLOBE educational materials are
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appropriately translated, adapted, reproduced, and distributed to all

Hungarian 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 Hungarian GLOBE schools calibrate

GLOBE measurement equipment according to procedures provided in

GLOBE instructional materials;

9. Ensure that Hungarian 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; the Hungarian Country Coordinator

will need access to the Internet so that all measurement data from

Hungarian GLOBE schools will be reported via Internet.); and

10. Evaluate GLOBE operations in Hungary 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

the Republic of Hungary.

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.

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

Hungarian 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 the Republic of Hungary.
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 Washington, D.C., in duplicate, this tenth day of March, 1999, in

the English and Hungarian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

For the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration of

the United States of America:

For the Ministry of Education

of the Republic of Hungary:
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
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.