MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN SPORTS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SPORTS OF THE UNITE…

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The Philippine Sports Commission of the Republic of the Philippines and the General Authority of Sports of the United Arab Emirates. (hereinafter, the Participants);

Desiring to engage in bilateral relationships through the promotion and increase of cooperation in athletics;

Taking into consideration the experience earned and advantages gained by both countries from this mutual cooperation in athletics;

Subject to prevailing laws and regulations in addition to policies in both countries;

The Participants have reached the following Understanding:

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Objectives
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provides a framework for cooperation between the Participants in athletics, in addition to being a basis for mutual interests.

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Fields of Cooperation
The Participants will cooperate in the following fields:

  1. Sports education;
  2. Entertainment and athletic achievement;
  3. Sports sciences including Sports, Medicine and Anti-Doping;
  4. Athletic equipment;
  5. Athletic training;
  6. Information systems;
  7. Technical and scientific development in athletics;
  8. Developing and enhancing information in athletics; and
  9. Any other sports fields determined by the Participants.

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Forms of Cooperation
The Participants will cooperate through the following:

  1. Exchange of visits of sports policymakers, so as to spread and share their viewpoints and experiences regarding national and international sports affairs;
  2. Exchange of sports experts, coaches, referees, professionals, sport pioneers and athletes;
  3. Participation in conferences, seminars, forums, fairs, meetings and championships organized pursuant to this MOU;
  4. Exchange of literature, data, and other information pertaining to athletics;
  5. Organizing and holding mutual sporting events;
  6. Cooperation in sports for the handicapped;
  7. Cooperation in women’s sports; and
  8. Any other forms of cooperation determined by the two parties.

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Financial Arrangements

  1. Visits between officials from in each country shall be according to submitted invitations provided that each party shall bear costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence in the host country and the later shall arrange for the required translation and transportation (unless otherwise agreed upon between the two parties).
  2. Exchange of sports teams will be according to financial terms to be agreed upon between the concerned federations and sports clubs. 

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Enforcement
This MOU will come into effect on the date of the later written notification of the Participants, through diplomatic channels, indicating that the domestic requirements for its effectivity have been completed.

Pending such notification, this MOU will take effect provisionally on the date of its signing.

This MOU will be valid for a period of three years and will be automatically renewed for same period unless either participant notifies the other, through diplomatic channels of its intention to terminate it. Such termination will take effect after six (6) months from the notification date.

Signed in duplicate on May 9th, 2018 in Abu Dhabi, in Arabic and English languages, and all being equally valid. In case of divergence, the English text will prevail.  

 

(Sgd.)
For the
      Philippine Sports Commission
      of the Republic of the Philippines
(Sgd.)
For the
        General Authority of Sports of
        the United Arab Emirates

Entry into Force: May 9, 2018

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