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Besedilo protokola se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in prevodu v slovenskem jeziku glasi: The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Kosovo, hereinafter “the Parties”, desiring to develop and enhance the cooperation in the field of education between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Kosovo, convinced that such cooperation will help improve understanding and enhance the general relations between the two countries, proceeding from the Article 7 of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science signed on 15 October 2010 in Ljubljana and still valid, have agreed as follows: The Parties, in accordance with the objectives of this Protocol, shall develop their cooperation in the field of elementary, secondary and tertiary education and therefore support direct cooperation and contacts between concerned educational establishments. Pupils who are citizens of the country of one of the Parties and live in the territory of the country of the other Party shall have the right to attend elementary school and prepare for elementary school under the same conditions as the citizens of the country on whose territory they live. The Parties agree that their citizens shall enrol in secondary education in the country of the other Party according to the national legislation of that Party. The Parties agree that students who are citizens of the other Party shall be subject to the same criteria concerning the payment of tuition fees for tertiary education as domestic students. As regards studies and the regulation of other matters at tertiary education the principles of the autonomy of establishments shall apply. The Parties shall support the introduction of joint postgraduate studies among interested higher education establishments in fields of mutual interest. They shall provide all necessary assistance in the fulfilment of the necessary conditions for the initiation of joint studies in accordance with their national legislation. The Parties shall annually exchange up to eighteen

(18)monthly scholarships for advanced studies at higher education establishments with duration of 3 to 6 months for candidates aged up to 26. Scholarship holders shall be guaranteed residence and other subsidies and a monthly scholarship to an amount determined by the national legislation of each Party. The Parties shall annually notify each other of the structure and amount of scholarships and other conditions. The Parties agree to notify each other, by the end of June of each year at the latest, about the number of students of the other Party who are enrolled in the previous academic year. The Parties shall enhance mutual cooperation in the field of education especially with the aim of exchanging their experience with reform of the education system as a part of the process of stabilisation and accession to the European Union and shall to this end, either directly or in the framework of multilateral programmes, cooperate in different projects of mutual interest. The Parties shall especially support mutual cooperation in the field of higher education in the framework of multilateral programmes of the European Union and the CEEPUS regional programme. The Parties shall also promote direct cooperation of interested organisations and individuals within other multilateral organizations and networks in the field of education. The Parties shall promote teaching of the language and comprehension of the literature of the partner country. The Parties shall support the development and progress of teaching their mother tongue and culture for children who are members of the Slovenian community in the Republic of Kosovo or members of the Kosovo community in the Republic of Slovenia. The Parties shall support the implementation of information-communication technologies into educational systems and exchange of good practice. In order to monitor the implementation of the Protocol, Parties have decided to found a joint committee consisting of the same number of representatives of both Parties. The joint committee meetings shall take place as necessary on request of one of the Parties, but alternately in the Republic of Slovenia and in the Republic of Kosovo. All forms of cooperation shall take place in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties. The Parties may propose amendments to this Protocol at any time. Such proposed amendments shall be communicated to the other Party through diplomatic channels. The amendments shall enter into force upon the receipt of the written consent with the proposed amendments of the other Party through diplomatic channels. The Parties shall resolve any other open issues that are within their competence by common consent and through diplomatic channels. The Protocol shall be provisionally applied by the Parties upon signature. It shall enter into force on the day of receipt through diplomatic channels of the last official written notification on fulfilment by the Parties of the internal procedures required for the entry into force of this Protocol. The Protocol shall be applied for five academic years following its entry into force. The Protocol shall be automatically extended for another periods of five years, unless either Party notifies in writing six months in advance of its intention to terminate this Protocol. The Protocol shall remain in force no longer than until the end of the academic year in which the Republic of Kosovo becomes a full member of the European Union. The termination of this Protocol shall not influence programmes and projects initiated under this Protocol, so they shall continue until their conclusion except as otherwise agreed. The Parties shall strive to settle any dispute regarding the interpretation or implementation of this Protocol in an amicable way. In witness thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed this Protocol. Concluded in Ljubljana on 28 October 2015 in duplicate in the English language. Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport Republike Slovenije in Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in tehnologijo Republike Kosovo, v nadaljnjem besedilu ''pogodbenika'', sta se v želji, da se razvija in poglablja sodelovanje na področju izobraževanja med Republiko Slovenijo in Republiko Kosovo, v prepričanju, da bo tako sodelovanje pripomoglo k boljšemu razumevanju in krepitvi vsestranskih odnosov med državama, na podlagi 7. člena Sporazuma med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Kosovo o sodelovanju na področju kulture, izobraževanja in znanosti, ki je bil podpisan 15. oktobra 2010 v Ljubljani in je veljaven, dogovorili: