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THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE THIS 19 DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2005 between the University of West Indies, a regional institution established by Royal Charter with Centre headquarters at Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies, through the Caribbean Child Development Centre hereinafter referred to as “UWI”,  on the one hand and the Inter-American Children’s Institute, a specialized organization of the Organization of American States, hereinafter referred to as “IIN” on the other hand, and both parties jointly referred to as “The Parties”.

WHEREAS: IIN aims to raise awareness about the problems affecting children in the America, through the cooperation between the countries of America with the purpose of improving the conditions of children, young people and families in terms of health and education, as well as social, legal and cultural aspects, in general;  

WHEREAS: IIN has been promoting since 1988 the Inter-American Network of Information on Children (RIIN), for which there are three databases operating (Documental, Organizational and Project Database); with 85.000 documents, 14.500 organizations and 3000 projects at this time; 

AND WHEREAS:  cooperation between similar organizations and particularly between organizations within the Inter-American System, is important in order to attain 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;  

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to the following: 

FIRST: To sign this agreement with the purpose of creating a National Centre of Information on Children and Family, hereinafter called THE CENTRE, which will be the focal point of the RIIN and will act as a Coordination Centre for the National Information Network on Children and Family in Jamaica 

SECOND: (Objectives) THE CENTRE,  will have the following objectives: 

a.       To receive, select and systemize all information and documentation being produced in Jamaica on the subjects of children and family, concerning legal, social and educational aspects, as well as others such as health and drug addiction prevention, having the Convention on Children’s Rights as a reference.

b.      To receive, select and systemize all reference information on institutions, projects and events that are taking place in connection with the subjects stated in section a of this clause. 

c.       To diffuse within Jamaica all the information on children 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 Jamaican children, and families. 

d.      To send  every 6 months the information and documentation received by THE CENTRE to the IIN’s Centre of Information and Coordination (hereinafter called CIC), in order for this information to be used in updating common databases and to make this information available for all users of the System in the region. 

e.       To provide the users in Jamaica and users of the RIIN in the rest of the region with copies of the original documentation in accordance with the mechanisms agreed with the IIN by common consent. 

THIRD: (Terms of the Agreement). This Agreement will be implemented on condition that the following terms are fulfilled: 

a.  The IIN will hand over the OPD System (Organizations, Projects and Documents) to UWI by means of a non-exclusive royalty free license.  This system includes at least three (3) databases: documentary database, organizational database and project database, and it is specially programmed by the IIN. The IIN will also hand over the documentation in connection with this system. 

b.  The IIN will be responsible for providing the training and technical support that contribute to THE CENTRE’S proper functioning. 

c.  UWI will provide the adequate facilities  such as micro-computer, printer, scanner and  adequate space needed for the CENTRE to function. 

d. UWI will be responsible for providing the necessary staff in order for the CENTRE to properly function, and will store computer programs as well as all the information on children and family being handled by the OPD System. 

e. UWI will provide the budget needed to set up and maintain THE CENTRE, creating the necessary conditions for it to operate beyond the first twenty-four (24) months. 

f.  UWI will be allowed to create a National Network starting from THE CENTRE in other locations of Jamaica, by signing agreements with appropriate institution. The terms of this Agreement will be extended to those institutions, except for the clauses referring to the support and maintenance of computer programme which the UWI will be responsible in those cases. 

g. UWI will inform IIN about the activities in connection with THE CENTRE, as well as about the creation of new nodes. 

h. UWI  will produce the Children’s Yellow Pages annually and a Project Guide to be distributed amongst the users from Jamaica. 

i.  UWI  will be responsible for all the information entering the system in Jamaica and will not be held accountable for the rest of the information entering the system from other National Centres, nodes, or from the CIC. 

j.  UWI will be allowed to copy or move the information in the system in order to use it for its own databases. 

k. UWI will use the Internet in order to have access to electronic mail, electronic conferences and databases which enable a dynamic information exchange with other Centres of the Inter-American Program of Information on Children and Family (PIINFA), as well as to enable usufructuary institutions to have access to online consulting services. 

l. UWI will make every effort to ensure the continuity of human and material resources allocated for this project, in order to attain the objectives specified in this agreement. 

FOURTH: In the event that any dispute shall arise out of or concerning the Contract, the parties shall attempt to settle the dispute by means of mediation, and if this fails, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration before a sole arbitrator to be agreed upon by UWI and the Consultant. 

FIFTH: (Final Provisions). This agreement will have a duration of two (2) years, and may be extended by mutual agreement, for a further period of two years. 

This agreement may be terminated by ninety (90) days’ notice at the request of any of the parties involved. In this case, the Information Centre will no longer be allowed to make use of the programs and databases, which will have to be returned to the IIN.  The terms of this agreement may be amended by both Parties by mutual agreement.  

For record of the foregoing two (2) copies of this Agreement with the same  content have been signed in (city) Kingston on the _19__ of _September__ the year_____2005__