Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 4.djvu/529

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61 STAT.] PERU-COOP)ERATIVE EDUCATION- Apr. 1.4 ,15 1944 Jan. 30, Apr. 30, 1945 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT The Government of the Republic of Perui and the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Founda- tion"), a division of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and an agency of the Government of the United States of America, have agreed to undertake a cooperative educational program available to all interested public and private groups in accordance with the following terms and conditions: Terms tions. 1. The cooperative educational program may include: a. A staff of educational specialists requested by the Ministry of Public Education for service in Peru in carrying out the cooperative educational program; b. Grants to permit Peruvian educators to travel to the United States of America for training, to deliver lectures and to real- ize an interchange of ideas and experience with United States educators; c. Exploration and survey in Peru of local educational needs and of the resources which are indispensable for the carrying out of training projects; d. Development, adaptation and exchange of suitable teaching materials, particularly visual materials; e. Local projects needed to implement the program in Peru. 2. For the purpose of providing an instrumentality through which s-c P. the cooperative educational program can be conducted by the repre- sentatives of the two parties to this agreement, the Government of Peri shall create a special service to be known as the Servicio de Cooperaci6n Peruano Norteamericano en Educaci6n (hereinafter re- ferred to as S. C. P. N. E .), which shall operate as an entity within and subordinate to the Ministry of Public Education. The S. C. P. N. E. shall have the power to execute the cooperative educational program agreed upon herein. 3. The Foundation will provide a group of educational specialists E.ducatic to collaborate in the consummation of the cooperative educational program. The group of specialists shall be under the direction of the Representative in Peru of the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., who shall be appointed by the same and who shall be acceptable to the Government of Perl. This official shall be the representative of the Foundation in connection with the program to be undertaken in accordance with this agreement. 4. The Government of Perl shall appoint as Director of the . ec . or S.C.P .N.E. the Representative in Perdt of the Inter-American Educa- tional Foundation, Inc. The Director of the S.C .P .N .E. shall be responsible for the execution of, and shall have authority to carry out, the cooperative educational program of the S.C .P .N .E. The Director of the S.C.P.N .E. shall delegate certain of his functions to personnel of the S.C .P .N.E. including personnel of the Foundation assigned to the S.C.P.N.E. 5. The cooperative educational program in Per shall consist of P"MI individual projects. Such projects shall consist of specific kinds of 3877 and condi- N.E. onal special- of .0.P.