INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN AND THE LABOR MINISTRY FOR THE CREATION OF AN INFORMATION CENTER ON CHILDREN AND FAMILY
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INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN AND THE LABOR MINISTRY FOR THE CREATION OF AN INFORMATION CENTER ON CHILDREN AND FAMILY |
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BETWEEN: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN,
Governmental Institution
under the Administrative Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic,
created by Decree number 426 passed on the 23rd of November of
the year 1978, duly represented by its President LOURDES ISABEL MEJÍA DE GRULLÓN, Dominican, of legal age,
married, bearer of the identity and electoral card number 001-0201514-6,
who will hereinbelow, for the purposes and consequences of this agreement,
be called CONANI, THE INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE, a specialized
organization forming part of the Organization of American States (OAS),
duly represented by the Official Representative of the Dominican Republic
and President of the IIN’s Directing Council, CARMEN
BERGES DE AMARO, Dominican, of legal age, married, bearer of the
identity and electoral card number 001-0122325-3, who will for the
purposes and consequences of this agreement be called IIN, and the other
party which is the LABOR MINISTRY,
an official institution which directs the national policy, created and
established through Law number 1312, passed on the 30th of June
of 1930, with its Head Office located in this city, on
Jiménez Moya Avenue, number 5, Centro de los Héroes de Constanza,
Maimón y Estero Hondo, duly represented by the Labor Secretary, MILTON
RAY GUEVARA, Dominican, of legal age, married, attorney for the courts
of law of the Republic, domiciled and residing in this city, bearer of the
identity and electoral card number 031-0109157-1, who will hereinbelow be
called SET. CONSIDERING: That the National Council for Children
(CONANI) is a normative assisting institution, which has specific duties
concerning children and adolescents, family and community, providing
direct assistance through its internal and external work being carried out
through its Operational Units. As an Institution specialized in carrying
out actions aimed at assisting children and adolescents it is a member of
the Organization For Directing the System for the Protection of Children
and Adolescents. That along these lines the SET signed on the
first day (1st) of November of the year two-thousand and one
(2001) a `GENERAL AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION’ with the Inter-American
Children’s Institute, which includes, among other objectives, the
following: `Promoting SET’s participation, and
particularly the participation of the National Directing Committee for the
Struggle Against Child Labor in the Inter-American NETWORK of Information
on Childhood’ That in order to fulfil the aforementioned
objective and considering that CONANI has been designated by the
Inter-American Children’s Institute as a Coordinating Center (at
national level) of the NETWORK of Centers of Information on Children and
Family, SET is signing this agreement for technical cooperation. That the Inter-American Children’s
Institute (IIN) has been promoting since 1988 the Inter-American Network
of Information on Childhood (RIIN), for which there are three databases
operating ( Document, Organizational and Project Database); That cooperation between similar
organizations -and particularly between organizations within the
Inter-American System-, is important in order to attain a more
considerable and more efficient utilization of their resources to benefit
countries in the hemisphere, all of which will contribute to the
development of a national capacity for responding to the needs of
children, adolescents and their families; That both CONANI and the IIN have signed an
agreement on the 23rd August 2001 for setting up a National
Center for Information on Children and Family. That CONANI is the Coordinating Center
(working at national level) for the NETWORK of Centers of Information on
Childhood and Family, which CONANI is allowed to set up according to the
agreement signed with the IIN. THEREFORE: The NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN (CONANI) and
the SET agree to create an INFORMATION CENTER ON CHILDREN AND FAMILY,
which will act as the Center using the National Network of Information on
Children and Family for the Dominican Republic, which forms part of the
RIIN. FIRST
CLAUSE This Information Center will have the
following objectives: Article 1. Receiving, selecting and
systemizing all information and documentation being produced in the
Dominican Republic on the subjects of children, adolescents and family
concerning legal, social, and educational aspects, as well as other such
as health and drug addiction prevention, having the Convention on
Children’s Rights as a reference. Article 2. Receiving, selecting and
systemizing all reference information on institutions, projects and events
taking place in connection with the subjects stated in Article 1. Article 3. Diffusing within the Dominican
Republic all the information on children, adolescents and family generated
in this country, as well as the information received by the IIN from the
rest of America and the documentation that does not belong to the
Inter-American System but that directly or indirectly contributes to
improving the quality of life of Dominican children, adolescents and
families. Article
4. Periodically sending to the National Center of Information on Children
and Family the information and documentation received, in order to enter
this information in the common databases and make it available for all
users of the System in the region. Article 5. Providing users in the Dominican
Republic and users of the RIIN Network in the rest of the region with
copies of the original documentation in accordance with the mechanisms
agreed by common consent. SECOND
CLAUSE Article 1. CONANI will hand over the OPD
System -specially programmed by the IIN-and the documentation concerning
this system, to the SET, as a `licensed user. Article 2. CONANI will provide the necessary
training and technical support in order for the Usufructuary Center to
function properly. Article 3. The SET will provide adequate
facilities needed for the Usufructuary Center to function, as well as the
necessary furniture and equipment (computer, photocopier), which make it
possible to attain the objectives pursued by this agreement. Article 4. The SET will be in charge of
providing the necessary staff in order for the Usufructuary Center to
function properly. Article 5. The SET will be in charge of all
setting-up, training and maintenance expenses concerning the Usufructuary
Center, and will provide the necessary conditions for the center to
operate. Article 6. The SET will inform CONANI about
the activities connected with the Usufructuary Center. Article 7. The SET will not be allowed to
hand over any computer software connected with these programs to a third
party, or to partially or totally commercialize information belonging to
the OPD System. Article 8. The SET will be allowed to
incorporate announcements in the Information Magazines and in other
documents being produced, all of which will have to be approved by both
parties before being published. These announcements will have to be
consistent with the characteristics and purposes of the Organization of
American States, the IIN and CONANI. Article 9. The SET will use the Internet in
order to have access to electronic mail, electronic conferences and
databases which enable a dynamic information exchange with the other
Centers of the Inter-American Network of Information on Childhood and
Family, as well as to make usufructuary institutions have access to online
consulting services. Article 10. The SET will ensure the
continuity of human and material resources allocated for this project, in
order for them to be used in attaining the aims derived from this
agreement. THIRD
CLAUSE This Agreement will come into force after
having been signed by the parties involved, and will retain its validity
for a period of 24 months, being renewable prior to the evaluation of
CONANI and the SET. The first renewal will be expressly carried out, and
the subsequent ones will take place automatically, each renewal having a
duration of 24 months. This Agreement may be rescinded at the
request of one of the parties, 90 days beforehand. In this case, SET will
not be allowed to continue using the programs and databases according to
this Agreement, and they will have to be returned to CONANI. The terms of this Agreement may be altered by
the parties’ express common consent. This Agreement has been signed between MRS.
LOURDES ISABEL MEJÍA DE GRULLÓN, Secretary of State, President of
the National Council for Childhood, CARMEN BERGES DE AMARO,
Delegate to the IIN’s Directing Council, and MILTON RAY GUEVARA,
Secretary of State for Labor, in the city of Santo Domingo this 4th
day of February of the year 2003.
SET CONANI
By
By
MILTON
REY GUEVARA
ISABEL
MEJÍA DE GRULLÓN DELEGATE
OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
CARMEN
BERGES DE AMARO |