Common use of Mechanisms for Cooperation Clause in Contracts

Mechanisms for Cooperation. Cooperation developed under the Agreement may occur through bilateral and/or regional activities such as, but not limited to: (a) exchanging of delegations, professionals, technicians and specialists from the academic sector, nongovernmental organizations, industry and the governments, including study visits, to strengthen the development, implementation and assessment of environmental and natural resource policies, practices and standards; (b) organizing conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings, training sessions and outreach and education programs; (c) developing programs and activities, including technological and practical demonstrations, applied research projects, studies and reports; (d) facilitating partnerships, linkages or other new channels for the development and transfer of knowledge and technologies among representatives from academia, industry, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and government to promote the development and/or exchange of best practices and environmental information and data likely to be of interest to the Parties; (e) collecting, publishing and exchanging information on environmental policies, laws, standards, regulations, indicators, national environmental programs and compliance and enforcement mechanisms; and, (f) any other forms of environmental cooperation on which the Parties may agree.