M A P 

AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION

Between :

on one side,
And :

on the other side.

ARTICLE 1 : MAIN LINES OF COOPERATION

The partners agreed to cooperate in following fields : artistic experimentation, research and education, as described bellow.

* Artistic experimentation

The partners agree to welcome artists and to offer them facilities and technical supports in order to enable them to carry out individual or collective projects.

* Research:

The partners commit themselves to exchange specific data both scientific and technical (theoretical sessions, seminars, exchanges via Internet, etc...)

* Education :

The partners commit themselves to find out the ways and means to improve their knowledge for various audiences (students, adults, children).
The parners undertake to facilitate their cooperation by making available their administrative and technical ressources in order to achieve the common actions they have agreed upon.

ARTICLE 2 : TOPICS OF INTEREST

Beforehand, the partners have identified the following topics as being of common interest :

ARTICLE 3 : MEANS

The partners commit themselves to facilitate the exchange of teaching staff, artists and students.

* Artists
To carry out individual projects as well as interactive artistic experiments connected to other disciplines, other artists or groups of artists ;
* Students :
To carry out individual projects within the frame of their studies'program ;
* Teachers :
To give lectures and supervise students'research projects.

ARTICLE 4 : MANAGERIAL STAFF

The partners agree to set up specific teams to achieve their aims :

On one side :

On the other side

ARTICLE 5 : FINANCIAL PLANS

The partners commit themselves to secure specific funds for these activities. The following institutions will be contacted :

On one side

On the other side :

Signed in duplicate, the...December 1996

For the Russian Institute of Regional Problems, Alfred Ailamazyan, Director,

For the Program Systems Institute, Gennady Osipov, vice-Director,

For the University of Pereslavl, Michael Dmitriev, Rector

For CYPRES, Claude Gudin, President,
Ysabel de Roquette, Director,

For LOEIL, Christian Soucaret,

For the Art School (enclosed the convention between the Art School and CYPRES).