Uredba o ratifikaciji Programa sodelovanja v izobraževanju, kulturi in znanosti med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Turčije za leta 1999–2003

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey, (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”), endeavouring to strengthen their friendly ties and develop the exchanges in education, culture and science, and in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Science and Culture, signed on 6 June 1995 in Ankara, have agreed on the following Programme for the years 1999–2003:

I. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Article 1

The Parties shall encourage direct cooperation between their respective institutions of higher education and research institutes.

Article 2

The Parties shall encourage participation of scientists in symposia, seminars and congresses to be held in their respective countries.

Article 3

The Parties shall examine the possibility of introducing the teaching of the language and culture of the other country in their respective educational institutions.

Article 4

The Parties shall support the exchange of experts and experience in the field of education during the validity of this Programme on direct and reciprocal basis.

Article 5

The Parties shall strive to objectively present the history and geography of the other country in the textbooks of primary and secondary education in the spirit and in accordance with the goals of UNESCO and of the Council of Europe.
    In this regard, the Parties shall exchange atlases, geography and history textbooks of primary and secondary schools and shall exchange their reviews, remarks and comments on these materials.

Article 6

The Parties shall encourage the participation of primary, secondary school and university students in international educational, cultural and sport activities which shall be held in their respective countries.

Article 7

The Parties shall encourage the exchange of information and documentation with a view to facilitating the recognition and equivalence of the certificates, diplomas, degrees and academic titles issued by their competent authorities in accordance with their respective national legislations.

Article 8

The Parties shall inform each other about the scholarship programmes for foreign citizens and enable the exchange of scholarships in accordance with their respective national legislations.
    The Slovene Party shall each two (2) years grant to the Turkish Party scholarships for a period of up to six (6) months for individual postgraduate studies.

Article 9

The Parties shall annually exchange at least one (1) scholarship for participation in the “Seminar of the Slovene language, literature and culture” in Ljubljana and for summer courses of the Turkish language and culture in the Republic of Turkey.

Article 10

The Turkish Party shall annually grant to the Slovene Party two (2) research scholarships for a period of eight (8) months each.

Article 11

The Parties agree to mutually invite each other’s scientists to the scientific meetings to be held in their respective countries.

Article 12

The Parties shall exchange books, periodicals and microfilms among their respective libraries.

Article 13

The Parties shall encourage their mutual participation in symposia, congresses, conferences, etc. to be held in their respective countries with a view to enhance cooperation in the field of libraries.

Article 14

The Parties agree to encourage their experts and scholars to conduct researches in their respective archives and libraries, in accordance with their national legislations.

Article 15

The Parties shall encourage cooperation between the General Directorate of State Archives of the Republic of Turkey, and the “Archives of the Republic of Slovenia” in accordance with their respective legislations, the international practice in the field of archives and mutual interests.
    To this end, the Parties will also encourage the signing of a Protocol of Cooperation between their aforementioned institutions.

II. CULTURE

Article 16

The Parties shall promote contacts between their respective institutions in the fields of arts and culture through diplomatic channels.

Article 17

The Parties shall encourage cooperation between the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana and the Prehistoric Archaeology Department of the Istanbul University.

Article 18

The Parties shall inform each other about festivals and other important cultural events in their respective countries.
    The Slovene side shall invite the Turkish artists to:
    – The International Graphic Biennial to be held in Ljubljana in 2001
    – The International Writers’ Meeting (PEN)
    – The international writers’ meeting at Vilenica
    The Turkish side shall invite the Slovene artists to:
    – The Istanbul Biennial
    – The Istanbul Music Festival
    – The Ankara Music Festival

Article 19

The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their competent authorities in the field of cinema. The cooperation will be extended to national film archives and film festivals of both countries. The Parties express their interest in presenting their films in international film festivals to be held in their respective countries.

Article 20

During the validity of this Programme, the Parties shall organise film days, to which one to three (1-3) experts will be invited for a period of five (5) days. The details will be arranged between the competent institutions of the two countries.

Article 21

The Parties shall exchange cultural and documentary exhibitions.
    The Parties shall encourage the organization of art exhibitions including photographic exhibitions for a period of twenty (20) days accompanied by one (1) exhibition commissioner.

Article 22

The Parties shall encourage translation and publication of each other’s literary works in order to mutually promote their respective literature.
    For this purpose, they shall exchange two (2) experts in this field (translator or publisher) for a visit up to seven (7) days, during the validity of this Programme.

Article 23

The Parties shall inform each other about international book fairs to be organized in their respective countries.

Article 24

During the validity of this Programme, the Slovene Writers’ Association will prepare a short anthology of the outstanding achievements of the modern Slovene literature to be published in the leading Turkish literary newspapers and magazines, and the Turkish Party will prepare a similar anthology of modern Turkish literature to be published in the leading Slovene literary magazines and newspapers.

Article 25

The Parties shall exchange two (2) experts for a period of one (1) week in the fields of history of arts, archaeology, museology and restoration of historical monuments during the validity of this Programme.

Article 26

The Parties shall encourage cooperation in protecting, preserving and conserving their cultural heritage and restoration of cultural and historical monuments as well as the cooperation in combating the illicit trafficking of cultural properties in accordance with their respective national laws and regulations and international instruments in force.

Article 27

The Parties shall invite each other’s scholars and experts to the scientific meetings in the field of folk culture which will be held in their respective countries.

III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Article 28

The Parties shall inform each other of the international conferences, panel discussions, symposia etc. to be organized in their respective countries in the field of intellectual property rights.

Article 29

The Parties shall exchange publications and documents concerning their respective regulations of intellectual property.

Article 30

The Parties shall inform each other about the settlement of disputes stemming from the implementation of their respective intellectual property rights systems.

IV. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Article 31

The Parties shall encourage the conclusion of an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of science and technology.

Article 32

The Parties shall encourage direct cooperation between the Slovene and Turkish scientific and research institutes, such as:
    1. The Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana and the University of Ankara;
    2. The Geology Department of the Ege University, Izmir; the Geology Department of the Cumhuryet University, Sivas, and M.T.A. (Mineral Research Institute) in Ankara and Ivan Rakovec Institute of Paleontology at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana;
    3. The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Hacettepe, Ankara and Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana.

V. YOUTH AND SPORTS

Article 33

The Parties shall encourage direct cooperation between their respective youth and sports organisations and participate in sport events which will be held in both countries.

VI. MASS MEDIA

Article 34

The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their respective public service television and radio organisations, with a view to exchange television and radio programmes.

Article 35

The Parties express their satisfaction with regards to laying an appropriate ground for all kinds of cooperation between their respective radio and television institutions considering their membership to the European Radio and Television Union.

Article 36

The Parties shall encourage cooperation between newspapers, press agencies and other information services of both countries in order to promote the exchange of information and materials to be published.

Article 37

The Parties shall promote the exchange of information related to the political, economic, cultural and social life in their respective countries in order to obtain a deeper mutual knowledge.

VII. OTHER FORMS OF COOPERATION

Article 38

The Parties shall promote cooperation in the fields of culture, science and education within the framework of UNESCO, European Union, Council of Europe and other international organisations.

VIII. GENERAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Article 39

The scholarships granted by the Turkish Party in 1999 will cover the following items on the basis of reciprocity:
    a. Scholarships offered by the Turkish Party:

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                      For the first          For the second
                      half of the year       half of the year
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For research          26,000.000 T.L.        30,000.000 T.L.
                                             per months
Summer courses        26,000.000 T.L.        30,000.000 T.L.
                                             per months
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b. Enrollment expenses, tuition fees, short-term medical treatment.
    c. For research scholarships 6,400.000 T.L. for residence permit expenses annually.
    Scholarship allowances will be adjusted every year in accordance with the cost of living.
    The Slovenian Party shall provide:
    a. For scholarships of one month or longer, accommodation and a monthly allowance of 60.000 SIT,
    b. For study trips of one month or shorter, free accommodation and a daily allowance of 3.500 SIT,
    c. For summer courses, free accommodation, meals, tuition and a monthly grant of 10.800 SIT per week.
    The cost of travel to the capital city of the Receiving Party shall be borne by the Sending Party. Travel within the Receiving Party shall be borne by Receiving party.

Article 40

With regard to the exchange of persons for short periods of time (not exceeding 15 days), travel expenses shall be covered by the Sending Party, and board and lodging by the Receiving Party in accordance with their internal regulations.

Article 41

With regard to the exchange of scholarship holders, the Receiving Party shall provide scholarship, student accommodation and basic health insurance and cover other expenses related to the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the regulations in force.

Article 42

The Parties shall inform each other in time about the deadlines for application, provision and submission of necessary documentation and financial and other conditions, relating to the invitation and acceptance of candidates.

Article 43

With regard to the exchange of exhibitions, the following conditions shall apply:
    a) The Sending Party shall cover the expenses of transporting the exhibition to its first location and the expenses of transporting the exhibition back from its last location in the Receiving Party;
    b) The Receiving Party shall cover the expenses of transporting the exhibition to other locations on its territory and the costs of installing the exhibition, printing of publicity material and catalogues or pamphlets;
    c) The Sending Party shall cover the insurance costs of the exhibition in accordance with the “nail-to-nail” principle;
    d) In case of damage incurred to the objects sent by the Sending Party, the Receiving Party shall provide the Sending Party with all necessary documentation, in order to enable the latter to pursue its claim for compensation with the relevant insurance company. The restoration is not permitted unless the Sending Party gives its explicit consent;
    e) The costs of collecting data and information shall be covered by the Receiving Party;
    f) The Receiving Party shall provide all necessary security for the exhibition;
    g) Costs of accommodation for experts accompanying the exhibition shall be covered by the Receiving Party;
    h) The Sending Party shall forward all necessary catalogue material to the Receiving Party at least three months prior to the opening of the exhibition unless otherwise agreed by the Parties;
    i) The abovementioned conditions, regulating the exchange of exhibitions, do not apply to those major exhibitions for which special agreements will be concluded by the Parties.

Article 44

The Sending Party shall provide all necessary information for organizing visits and all documents relating to the exhibitions at least two months prior to the planned activity.

Article 45

The expenses relating to the exchanges of soloists, performers, directors, etc. shall be dealt with according to the direct agreements to be made by the Parties.
    The Receiving Party shall cover board and lodging as well as domestic travel expenses of the artists and experts’ visits not exceeding three (3) months.

Article 46

All other questions that may arise in the course of the implementation of this Programme shall be settled through diplomatic channels.

Article 47

The provisions of this Programme do not preclude the consideration of other exchanges or programmes to be mutually agreed through diplomatic channels.

Article 48

This Programme shall enter into force on the day of the exchange of Diplomatic Notes confirming the approval of this document. It shall be provisionally applied as of the date of its signing and shall remain in force until a new Programme is signed.
    Done in Ankara on 25 May 1999 in two original copies in the English language.