Após a sua entrada em vigor, a Parte em cujo território o presente Acordo for assinado submetê-lo-á, para registo, junto do Secretariado das Nações Unidas, nos termos do artigo 102.º da Carta das Nações Unidas, devendo, igualmente, notificar a outra Parte da conclusão deste procedimento e indicar-lhe o número de registo atribuído.
Em fé do que os abaixo assinados, estando devidamente autorizados, assinam o presente Acordo.
Assinado em Belgrado, a 18 de março de 2015, em duas cópias originais, nas línguas portuguesa, sérvia e inglesa, sendo todos textos igualmente autênticos. Em caso de divergência de interpretação, prevalecerá o texto em língua inglesa.
Pela República Portuguesa, Rui Chancerelle de Machete, Ministro de Estado e dos Negócios Estrangeiros.
Pela República da Sérvia, Ivica Dacic, Primeiro Vice-Primeiro-Ministro e Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros.
(ver documento original)
CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, SPORTS AND YOUTH
The Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Serbia, hereinafter referred to as "Parties":
Desiring to strengthen the friendly relations between both peoples;
Aiming to develop co-operation between the two countries in the fields of education, science, technology, culture, sports and youth:
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Fields of co-operation
The Parties shall encourage and promote mutual co-operation in the fields of education, science, technology, culture, sports and youth.
Article 2
Studying and understanding language, culture and history
- 1 -The Parties shall encourage, to the extent possible, in their respective countries, studying and understanding of the language, culture and history of the other Party.
- 2 -Each of the Parties shall endeavour to establish a relevant language department and organize courses of the respective language and literature at universities or other institutions of the State of the other Party.
- 3 -The Parties shall particularly encourage mutual knowledge of the culture of their respective countries and shall promote cultural co-operation.
Article 3
Co-operation in education
- 1 -The Parties shall promote the development of the relations between the two countries and co-operation between elementary and secondary schools, as well as the exchange of information and new experiences in these fields.
- 2 -The Parties shall encourage study visits or short-stay visits of teachers and students from elementary and secondary schools.
Article 4
Validation of elementary and secondary education certificates and diplomas
The Parties shall determine the methods and conditions whereby each of them may certify the equivalence of programme of studies and their respective elementary and secondary education certificates and diplomas, in accordance with the legislation in force in each of the Parties.
Article 5
Science, technology and higher education
- 1 -The Parties shall encourage co-operation in science and technology and shall ensure their promotion under the Long-term Agreement on Economic, Scientific and Technological Co-operation, signed in 1977.
- 2 -The Parties shall foster co-operation between higher education institutions and exchange information on higher education in order to defuse knowledge about their educational systems, for the purpose of facilitating recognition of higher education diplomas, as well as vocational, professional and academic degrees, in accordance with the relevant national legislation in force of either Party.
Article 6
Scholarships
- 1 -The Parties shall endeavour to provide scholarships for the study of the language and culture of each of them, pursuant to their domestic laws and on reciprocal basis.
- 2 -The fields, conditions, duration and form of financing of these scholarships will be specified in the Programmes of Co-operation, as provided for in Article 18 of this Agreement.
Article 7
Participation in cultural events and exchange programmes
The Parties shall foster participation and direct contacts between their respective national cultural institutions through the signing of separate programmes on cooperation and exchange of experts and knowledge, to the effect of familiarizing themselves with the cultures and traditions of the two countries.
Article 8
Literature and publishing
The Parties shall promote co-operation in the literature and publishing fields.
Article 9
Copyright
The Parties shall comply with the existing international conventions on the protection of copyright and shall encourage direct co-operation among institutions responsible for the protection of copyright in the fields of culture and arts.
Article 10
Cultural heritage
The Parties shall support, in accordance with their respective legislation, cooperation among institutions concerned with the protection of cultural monuments.
Article 11
Co-operation between archives, libraries and museums
The Parties shall support the strengthening of ties between national archives, libraries and museums and shall encourage exchange of experience in the popularization and conservation of their cultural heritage, as well as access to documents and information in accordance with their national legislation.
Article 12
Preservation of national cultural heritage
The Parties shall undertake all necessary measures aimed at preventing illegal import, export and transfer of cultural property forming part of their respective national cultural heritage, as required by their national legislation and international agreements.
Article 13
Establishment of cultural centres
The Parties agree to consider the possibility of establishing cultural centres of the State of one Party in the capital of the other. The legal status and conditions for the establishment of such centres shall be determined by a separate arrangement.
Article 14
Free circulation of people and goods
The Parties shall, pursuant to their national legislation, examine the possibility of facilitating the entry and stay of people, as well as the import and subsequent re-export of non-commercial goods and equipment of the other Party, for the activities within the scope of the Co-operation Programme to be agreed upon after the signing of the present Agreement.
Article 15
Sports and youth co-operation
- 1 -The Parties shall maintain co-operation in the fields of sports and youth at the international level, by bringing their positions closer and promoting their joint initiatives in international organizations, in particular the European Union, the Council of Europe and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
- 2 -The Parties shall pursue co-operation between governmental and/or non-governmental sports organizations in the fields of sports education and training, fight against doping and violence in sports, support for high performance sports, the organization of and participation in seminars, conferences and other sports events, and the exchange of sports information and experiences.
- 3 -The Parties shall continue to encourage co-operation between governmental and/or nongovernmental youth organizations by supporting youth associations and sharing of information and documentation on youth policies, development programmes and organizations aiming to enhance mutual knowledge of youth policies and the youth situation in each country.
Article 16
Other forms of co-operation
The Parties shall further cooperate in other fields including education, science, technology, culture, sports and youth, on the basis of protocols to be directly signed between the interested institutions.
Article 17
Financial Arrangements
Activities, programmes or projects implemented under this Agreement shall be subject to the availability of funds and personnel in the two Parties.
Article 18
Co-operation Programmes and Joint Committee
- 1 -For the purpose of the implementation of the present Agreement, the competent authorities of both Parties may sign periodic (three-year) Co-operation Programmes in the areas covered by this Agreement, to define specific activities as well as the organizational and financial arrangements for their implementation.
- 2 -Implementation of the Co-operation Programmes shall be supervised by the Joint Committee, which shall meet alternately in the two countries.
Article 19
Settlement of disputes
Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the present Agreement shall be settled through negotiation, through diplomatic channels.
Article 20
Participation in international conventions
The present Agreement shall be without prejudice as to the rights and obligations undertaken internationally by both Parties.
Article 21
Amendments
- 1 -The present Agreement shall be amended at the request of either Party.
- 2 -The amendments shall enter into force in accordance with the terms specified in Article 22 of the present Agreement.
Article 22
Entry into force
The present Agreement shall enter into force thirty (30) days following the date of receipt of the last notification, through diplomatic channels, informing that the internal legal procedures required for its entry into force have been fulfilled.
Article 23
Duration and termination
- 1 -The present Agreement shall remain in force for a period of five (5) years and shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of equal duration, unless either Party denounces it by written notice, through diplomatic channels, six months prior to the expiration of each such period.
- 2 -In case of denunciation, any exchange, plan or programme initiated while the Agreement was in force, shall apply until full completion thereof.
Article 24
Registration
Upon the entry into force of the present Agreement, the Party in the territory of which it was signed shall deposit the Agreement with the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, and shall notify the other Party of the completion of this procedure and its registration number.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized, have signed the present Agreement.
Done at Belgrade, on the 18th day of March 2015, in two original copies, each in the Portuguese, Serbian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
For the Portuguese Republic, Rui Chancerelle de Machete, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs.
For the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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