Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Administratief Akkoord tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Volksrepubliek Bangladesh inzake het project "Blue Gold" - BWBV0006110

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Administratief Akkoord tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Volksrepubliek Bangladesh inzake het project \"Blue Gold\" - BWBV0006110", "content": "Administratief Akkoord tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Volksrepubliek\n                           Bangladesh inzake het project \"Blue Gold\"\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,\n                                       being the competent Netherlands Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement,\n                                       hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Netherlands Party\u201d, represented in this matter by\n                                       the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dhaka, Bangladesh\n\nand\n\nThe Economic Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance of the People\u2019s Republic\n                                       of Bangladesh, being the competent Bangladesh Authority for the purpose of this Administrative\n                                       Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Bangladesh Party\u201d,\n\nHaving regard to the provisions of Article I of the Agreement on Technical Co-operation between the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n                                          and the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh signed at Dhaka on 19 May 1977, hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Agreement\u201d,\n\nHave entered into the following Administrative Arrangement:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\n1 The two Parties shall jointly carry out a program, entitled \u201cBlue Gold\u201d, hereinafter\n                                             referred to as \u201cthe Program\u201d;\n\n2 The aim of the Program is to reduce poverty in the coastal area by enhancing the livelihood\n                                             of the rural population, through more efficient water resources management and increased\n                                             productivity of mainly crops, fishery and livestock in the polders and by empowering\n                                             the communities to become the driving force for the development activities. It also\n                                             aims to improve people\u2019s adaptation capacity to climate change impacts;\n\n3 The aforesaid co-operation between the two Parties is planned to last from 20 February\n                                             2013 to 31 December 2021.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe Netherlands Party shall make a maximum contribution of \u20ac\u00a061,915,000 to the Programme\n                                       in the following manner:\n\n\u2013 a maximum of \u20ac 27,320,000 of grant financing to be administered by the Bangladesh\n                                             Water Development Board (BWDB);\n\n\u2013 a maximum of \u20ac 1,495,000 of grant financing to be administered by the Department of\n                                             Agricultural Extension (DAE);\n\n\u2013 a maximum of \u20ac 33,100,000 for Technical Assistance, through direct contracting by\n                                             the Netherlands Party including support to the activities related to Department of\n                                             Fisheries and Department of Livestock Services.\n\nThe Netherlands Party\u2019s contribution will become available on the condition that:\n\n\u2013 The Bangladesh party shall have approved the consolidated revised Development Project\n                                             Proforma (RDPP) for the entire Programme no later than 28 February 2017;\n\n\u2013 BWDB shall have deployed sufficient staff for Programme Management Office (PMO) and\n                                             Design Offices in Dhaka and field offices;\n\n\u2013 DAE shall have deployed sufficient staff for Dhaka and field offices for implementation\n                                             of DAE Component works.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe Bangladesh Party shall make at least Bangladesh Taka 1,315,200,000 available to\n                                       the Programme.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\n1 The Netherlands Party shall appoint the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n                                             as the Netherlands Executive Authority in charge of the Program. The Netherlands Executive\n                                             Authority shall be represented, as far as the daily operations of the Program are\n                                             concerned, by the Leader of the Technical Assistance Team (being the Team Leader or\n                                             in his absence the Deputy Team Leader, hereinafter referred to as \u201cTL/DTL\u201d);\n\n2 The Bangladesh Party shall appoint the Ministry of Water Resources as the Bangladesh\n                                             Executive Authority in charge of the Program. The Bangladesh Executive Authority shall\n                                             be represented, in as far as the daily operations of the Program are concerned, by\n                                             the Program Coordinating Director.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nEach of the Executive Authorities shall be entitled to delegate under its own responsibility,\n                                       partly or entirely, its duties in connection with the Program to other authorities\n                                       or organisations. In doing so, the Executive Authorities shall inform each other in\n                                       writing of any such delegation and of the extent of the delegation.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\n1 The TL/DTL shall be responsible to the Netherlands Executive Authority for the correct\n                                             implementation of the Netherlands contribution;\n\n2 The TL/DTL shall act in close consultation with the Bangladesh Executive Authority\n                                             and shall respect the operational instructions given by the said Authority to the\n                                             Bangladesh personnel;\n\n3 The Bangladesh Executive Authority shall provide the TL/DTL with any information that\n                                             may be considered necessary for the execution of the Program.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\n1 The Executive Authorities shall establish in common agreement a Schedule of Operations\n                                             indicating in detail:\n\n\u2013 the contribution of either Party;\n\n\u2013 the number and duties of the staff appointed by each Party;\n\n\u2013 their job-descriptions;\n\n\u2013 the duration of their assignment;\n\n\u2013 a time-table;\n\n\u2013 a description of the equipment and materials to be made available.\n\n2 The Schedule of Operations shall form an integral part of this Administrative Arrangement.\n\n3 The Schedule of Operations may be amended in common agreement by the Executive Authorities.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe personnel supplied by the Netherlands Party shall enjoy the privileges and immunities,\n                                       mentioned in the Articles II and III of the Agreement.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\n1 The provisions of Article IV and V of the Agreement shall be applicable to the import and export of the equipment and materials provided\n                                             by the Netherlands Party as well as to the status of the said equipment and materials.\n\n2 Without prejudice to the payment by the Bangladesh Party or the Bangladesh recipient\n                                             agency of the customs duties and taxes on the equipment and materials supplied by\n                                             the Netherlands Party, those custom duties and taxes are due upon the transfer of\n                                             the equipment and materials to the Bangladesh Party or Bangladesh recipient agency.\n                                             The Netherlands Party is in no way under an obligation to pay the customs duties or\n                                             taxes.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe TL/DTL and the Program Coordinating Director shall submit to both Executive Authorities\n                                       an annual report in English. The first annual report on the progress made in the execution\n                                       of the Program and on the expenditure incurred by both Parties will cover the period\n                                       from start till 30\u00a0June 2013; subsequent annual reports will follow the Bangladesh\n                                       Fiscal Year, i.e. cover the period from 1\u00a0July till 30 June the next year. The information\n                                       on the TA budget expenditure will be shared with the Bangladesh Party. Approval or\n                                       rejection of expenditures made from the Netherlands contribution is entirely and solely\n                                       at the discretion of the Netherlands Executive Authority. On termination of the Program,\n                                       the TL/DTL and the Program Coordination Director shall submit to all parties involved\n                                       a final report in English on all aspects of the work done in connection with the Program.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThe Executive Authorities shall have the Program evaluated through two joint Mid-Term\n                                       Review mission; the timing and the ToR of this missions will be determined by both\n                                       Executive Authorities.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nAny dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Administrative\n                                       Arrangement, which cannot be settled in consultation between both Parties shall be\n                                       referred to the respective Governments and shall be settled in a way to be decided\n                                       upon by the latter.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 31-12-2021]\n\nThis Administrative Arrangement shall enter into force on the day of signature by\n                                       both Parties and shall expire at the end of the period mentioned in Article I, paragraph 3, of this Arrangement or on the date on which the Program has been completed in conformity\n                                       with the provisions of this Arrangement and of the Program Document, whichever date\n                                       is the later.\n\nDONE at Dhaka in two originals in the English language both texts being equally authentic.\n\nFor and on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of\n                                       the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n\nC.J.J. RICHTER\n\nCharg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires a.i.\n\nEmbassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n\nDhaka\n\nDated: 20 - FEB - 2013\n\nFor and on behalf of the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh, the Economic\n                                       Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance\n\nABUL MANSUR MD. FAIZULLAH\n\nJoint Secretary ERD\n\nMinistry of Finance\n\nDated: 20/2/2013"}