Administratief Akkoord tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Egypte inzake het project "Fayoum Farmer Field School"

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The two Parties shall jointly execute a project to be known as the “Fayoum Farmer Field School Project” (FFS), hereinafter referred to as “the Project”.

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The overall project aims ¹⁾[Red: hier ontbreekt het woord „to” in de tekst.] improve the livelihood of the rural population in the Fayoum Governorate. Accordingly, the objectives are:

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  Support and strengthen the position of men and women in Fayoum through direct access to information flow about economic, agricultural, social and environmental issues

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  Develop and implement “broad context” FFSs at the governorate level

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  Develop an informed strategy for mainstreaming gender in the institutional set-up and activities of the project

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  The participatory FFS approach adopted in more governorates

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  Develop at farmer’s level a sustained system of information flow for all topics affecting their livelihood.

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The afore-mentioned cooperation between the two Parties is planned to last three years and four months. Project implementation is planned as of December 7, 2007 and end March 31, 2011.

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The value of the Egyptian contribution is estimated at LE 3,075,000.

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The Egyptian Party shall make the additional contribution “in kind” towards basic salaries and allowances of staff with adequate capabilities; office accommodation, facilities and basic services for the project team.

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The Netherlands Party shall appoint the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as the Executive Authority in charge of the Netherlands contribution to the Project.

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On the Egyptian side, the Executive Authority shall be the Fayoum Directorate for Agriculture (FAD).

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The above-mentioned Netherlands Executive Authority shall be represented in Egypt as far as the day-to-day operations of the Project are concerned, by the team leader appointed by the Netherlands party.

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The Team Leader will prepare an inception report that will be approved by the Project Advisory Committee and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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The project is described in the project document entitled “Fayoum Farmer Field School-facilitating access to information and development”, which shall serve as schedule of operations.

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  This document indicates:

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    the contribution of either party;

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    the number and duties of the staff appointed by each party;

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    their job description;

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    the duration of their assignment;

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    a time-table, and

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    a description of the equipment and materials to be made available.

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The document mentioned in paragraph 1, which may be amended in common agreement by the Executive Authorities, shall form an integral part of this Administrative Arrangement.

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In conformity with the provisions of Article V of the Agreement, the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt will exempt from all import duties and other charges, the equipment (inclusive passenger cars, spare parts, etc.) and other supplies provided by the Netherlands Government in connection with the Project.

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The ownership of all equipment and materials (inclusive of motor vehicles) supplied by the Netherlands Party in connection with the Technical Assistance component of the project, will be transferred to the Egyptian Party at the time the cooperation between the two parties on the project will be completed, unless both Parties decide to give another destination to the equipment and materials.