Friday 12 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Panama and U.S. Sign
Agreement
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Panama and U.S. Sign
Agreement
Panamanian Vice
President and Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis
Navarro and U.S.
Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice signed
a memorandum of
understanding today to
further educational
cooperation between
Panama and the United
States.
The agreement will fund
up to 10 scholarships
for Panamanian graduate
students through a
partnership between the
Panamanian National
Bureau of Science,
Technology and
Innovation (SENACYT) and
the Public Affairs
Section of the U.S.
Embassy in Panama City,
under the auspices of
the Fulbright
Scholarship Program.
The signing comes on the
heels of the "Pathways
to Prosperity in the
Americas" summit hosted
by the Panamanian
government, which
brought together
ministers of foreign
affairs and commerce
from 12 countries in the
Western Hemisphere to
promote greater
cooperation and
broad-based economic
growth in the region.
"Enhancing educational
opportunities for
Panamanians is crucial
to the Torrijos
administration's vision
for economic and social
development," said Vice
President and Foreign
Minister Lewis. "These
scholarships will allow
some of Panama's best
and brightest students
to supplement their
education with an
international
perspective that will
help them contribute to
Panama's development
upon their return home."
Through the Fulbright-SENACYT
program, the government
of Panama will provide
funding for up to 10
scholarships per year to
Panamanian graduate
students or professors
pursuing degrees in the
fields of science or
technology at the
Masters and Ph.D.
levels.
The scholarships will
fund two to four
academic years, and will
cover tuition, roundtrip
airfare, room and board,
books, health insurance
and a settling-in
allowance. Full
financial support for up
to nine months of
English language
training is also
available for those
recipients without
adequate English
language abilities.
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