Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Administratief Akkoord tussen de bevoegde Nederlandse en Bengalese autoriteiten inzake de uitvoering van het “Kusthia Target Group Project” - BWBV0003294

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Administratief Akkoord tussen de bevoegde Nederlandse en Bengalese autoriteiten inzake de uitvoering van het \u201cKusthia Target Group Project\u201d - BWBV0003294", "content": "Administratief Akkoord tussen de bevoegde Nederlandse en Bengalese autoriteiten inzake\n                           de uitvoering van het \u201cKusthia Target Group Project\u201d\n\nThe Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, being the Competent Netherlands\n                                       Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred\n                                       to as \u201cthe Netherlands party\u201d, represented in this matter by the Charge d'Affaires\n                                       a.i. of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Dacca\n\nand\n\nthe Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, represented by the Ministry\n                                       of Finance, External Resources Division, being the Competent Bangladesh Authority\n                                       for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe\n                                       Bangladesh Party\u201d,\n\nHaving regard to the provisions of Article I of the Agreement on Technical Cooperation\n                                       between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the People's Republic of Bangladesh signed\n                                       at Dacca on 19 May, 1977, hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Agreement\u201d,\n\nHave entered into the following Administrative Arrangement:\n\n1 The two parties shall jointly carry out a project, to be known as \u201cKushtia Target\n                                             Group project\u201d, hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe project\u201d,\n\n2 The aim of the project is the development of the rural poor in the three thanas of\n                                             the Kushtia District.\n\n3 The aim will be achieved in a way to be indicated in the Schedule of Operations, referred\n                                             to in Article VII.\n\n1 As its contribution to the project the Netherlands Party undertakes:\n\n\u2013 to supply a team of qualified advisers for an assignment in Bangladesh and to bear\n                                                   all expenses incurred by the advisers and their families;\n\n\u2013 to provide equipment and bear the cost of its transportation (including insurance)\n                                                   to the most suitable port or airport in Bangladesh;\n\n\u2013 to arrange and bear the cost of transport of the advisers within Bangladesh;\n\n\u2013 to provide, if necessary, technical support from the Netherlands.\n\n2  The value of the contribution by the Netherlands party shall not exceed 2.700.000,-\n                                             guilders.\n\nAs its contribution to the project the Bangladesh party undertakes:\n\n\u2013 to provide the advisers with a sufficient number of qualified counterparts and skilled\n                                             and unskilled assistants and to bear the cost of their salaries, allowances, emoluments\n                                             and other rights;\n\n\u2013 to provide fully equipped office accomodation;\n\n\u2013 to bear the cost of running and maintaining the offices together with the equipment\n                                             supplied by the Netherlands;\n\n\u2013 in general to take all measures which will facilitate cooperation between the parties.\n\n1 The Netherlands party shall appoint the International Technical Assistance Department\n                                             of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Netherlands Executive Authority\n                                             in charge of the project.\n\nThe Netherlands Executive Authority shall be represented in as far as the daily operations\n                                             under the project are concerned, by the team-leader, who is to be appointed from among\n                                             the Netherlands advisers.\n\n2 The Bangladesh party shall appoint the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development\n                                             and Co-operatives as the Bangladesh Executive Authority in charge of the project.\n                                             The Bangladesh Executive Authority shall be represented in as far as the daily operations\n                                             under the project are concerned, by the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP).\n\n1 The team-leader shall be responsible to the Netherlands Executive Authority for the\n                                             implementation of the Netherlands contribution to the project. At the same time the\n                                             implementation of the Netherlands contribution to the project will need the approval\n                                             of the IRDP.\n\n2 The team-leader shall act in close consultation with the Bangladesh Executive Authority\n                                             and respect the operational instructions given by the said Authority to the Bangladesh\n                                             personnel.\n\n3 The Bangladesh Executive Authority shall provide the team-leader with any information\n                                             that may be considered necessary for the execution of the project.\n\nEach of the Executive Authorities shall be entitled to delegate the duties in connection\n                                       with the project under its responsibility partly or entirely to other authorities\n                                       or organizations.\n\nIn doing so, the Executive Authorities shall inform each other in writing of any such\n                                       delegation and of the extent of the delegation.\n\n1 The Executive Authorities shall establish by common consent a Schedule of Operations\n                                             stating in detail the contribution of either Party, the number and duties of the advisers,\n                                             their job-descriptions, the duration of their stay abroad and a description of the\n                                             equipment and materials to be made available.\n\nThe Schedule of Operations shall include an itemized budget of the contribution of\n                                             either party, an Operations priority Scheme, a time-table and lists of equipment and\n                                             materials to be supplied by either party.\n\n2 The Schedule of Operations may be amended by common consent between the Executive\n                                             Authorities.\n\nThe personnel supplied by the Netherlands Party shall enjoy the privileges and immunities\n                                       described in Article II and III of the Agreement.\n\n1 The provisions of Article IV and V of the Agreement shall be applicable to the importation\n                                             and exportation of the equipment and materials provided by the Netherlands party as\n                                             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 customs duties and taxes are only due upon the transfer\n                                             of 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\nThe team-leader shall submit to both Executive Authorities a quarterly Report in English\n                                       on the progress made in the execution of the project.\n\nOn the termination of the project the team-leader shall submit to all parties involved\n                                       a final report in English on all aspects of the work done in connection with the project.\n\nBesides regular reviews of the project as provided for in the Schedule of Operations\n                                       the Executive Authorities shall provisionally evaluate the results of the project\n                                       at the end of the third project-year.\n\nAny dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Administrative\n                                       Arrangement which cannot be settled by consultations between the two parties shall\n                                       be referred to the respective Governments.\n\n1 This Administrative Arrangement shall enter into force on the date of signature by\n                                             both parties and shall expire on the date on which the project has been completed\n                                             in conformity with the provisions of the Arrangement and of the Schedule of Operations.\n\n2 This Arrangement shall automatically terminate, if the Schedule of Operations referred\n                                             to in Article VII will not be agreed upon by the Executive Authorities within three\n                                             months after the signing of this Arrangement.\n\nDONE at Dacca on the 30th of January 1980, in two originals in English.\n\nFor the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation:\n\n(sd.) T.F.THE\n\nFor and on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh:\n\n(sd.) M. SAADAT HUSSAIN"}