National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Executive Yuan,
R.O.C., and Ministry of Sports, Physical Education and
Recreation, Dominican Republic, herein referred to as the Two
Parties, in the interest of jointly promoting exchanges in
physical fitness activities to advance the health and welfare of
the citizens of both nations, and based on principles of
fairness and reciprocity, have agreed to enter cooperation on
the following items:

Article 1 Scope of Cooperation
1.The scope of cooperation covered by this Memorandum
of Understanding includes physical fitness related
exchanges, training and competition events between
nationally representative teams, as well as sports
science conference exchanges between the two
nations.
2.This Memorandum of Understanding shall serve as a
reference to support negotiations on existing
bilateral cooperation programs between the R.O.C.
and the Dominican Republic.

Article 2 Cooperation Activities
1.The Two Parties shall engage in exchanges between
scholars, experts, coaches, technicians, and sports
organizations in topics concerning physical fitness
and sports science.
2.The Two Sides shall engage in exchange of
information, documents, teaching material, and
researen concerning physical fitness and sports
science related events.
3.The Two Parties shall encourage scholars and
experts to participate in conferences pertaining to
physical fitness and sports science.
4.The Two Parties shall cooperate in developing
technology, equipment, and groundwork academic
research pertaining to physical fitness and sports
science.

Article 3 Cooperation Protocol
The Two Parties shall negotiate the period of
validity and substantial articles regarding bilateral
exchange protocol between the R.O.C. and the
Dominican Republic sports competent authorities.

Article 4 Cooperation Execution and Period of Effectiveness
The Two Parties shall engage in any further
negotiation required regarding the execution of this
Memorandum of Understanding; The Memorandum of
Understanding shall be effective upon the date of
signing.

Article 5 Cooperation Amendments
This Memorandum of Understanding and other related
implementation plans may be Revised according to
written agreements between the Two Sides.

Article 6 Termination of Cooperation
1.Either of the Two Sides shall inform the other side
in writing six months prior regarding desire to
terminate this Memorandum of Understanding.
2.Any activities initiated by this Memorandum of
Understanding during its period of effectiveness
shall not be affected by the terrnination of this
Memorandum of Understanding.

In accordance with the above, officially authorized
representatives of the Two Sides hereby sign this
cooperation Memorandum of Understanding in good faith

This Memorandum of Understanding exists in both
Mandarin Chinese and English; the two versions are
identical in both languages and are equally valid as
standard versions.

Signed in Santo Dormingo on the 31 day of October in the year
2006


Signatories:

Representing the R.O.C representing the Dominican
Governmen Republic Government


Eduardo Chen Hsien-Hsiang Felipe Payano
Ambassador Minister of Sports,
Republic of China (Taiwan) Physical Education and Recreation,
Dominican Republic