OfFICIAL DOCUMpR The World Bank Office, Romania UT IR, f r Tel.: (+4) 021-201-0311 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. 31 Vasile Lascir treet Fax.:(+4) 021- 201-0338 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Bucharest, Romania OIPOSDRU-M.E.C.T. IESIRE S / R EOctober 2, 2014 His Excellency Mr. Remus Pricopie Minister IN0/ AR Ministry of National Education of Romania Bucharest, Romania 3, .4 Re: Romania: Amendment No. 2 to the Advisory Services Agreement on Assistance to the Ministry of National Education for Preparing a Strategic Framework for Lifelong Learning (P146632) Excellency: We refer to the Agreement for Advisory Services between the Ministry of National Education of Romania (the "Recipient" or "MoNE") and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the "Bank") dated September 16, 2013. We also refer to Section 16 of the Agreement (Amendments), which states that "Any amendment or waiver of, or any consent given under, any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and, in case of an amendment, signed by the Parties". Pursuant to our recent conversations on the subject, the World Bank hereby agrees to amend the Agreement as follows (revisions are included with underlining): 1. Article 12 (a) of the Agreement is modified to read as follows: "12. Expiration and Termination. (a) This Agreement shall expire on the day falling sixteen (16) months after the Effective Date unless it shall earlier be renewed with the mutual agreement of the Recipient and the Bank." 2. Article 11 (a) of the Agreement is modified to read as follows: "(a) The Recipient shall pay the Bank an amount not exceeding three million seven hundred nineteen thousand and seven hundred and sixty-six Romanian lei (RON 3,719,766) for the Advisory Services." Mr. Remus Pricopie 2 October 2, 2014 3. The table following paragraph 11 (b) of the Agreement is modified to read as follows: "Category of Experts Estimated Maximum Daily Billing Rate Number of Days (RON) International Expert 380 6O Local Expert 634 2199 Total RON 3,719,766" 4. The table in Section I of Schedule 1 to the Agreement is modified to read as follows: "Outputs Matrix Outputs [ Estimated Delivery Time 1 - Developing a Draft Strategic Framework for Lifelong Learning 1.1 Outline of the draft Strategy for LLL End of month 2 after the Effective Date identifying the structure of the draft strategy (first element of the draft SFLLL) and a brief description of the content of each section and element of the draft strategy. 1.2 First draft of the Strategy for LLL covering the End of month 3 after the Effective Date first three elements of the GD number 561/2009. 1.3 Second draft of the Strategy for LLL covering End of month 6 after the Effective Date all elements of the GD number 561/2009. 1.4 Report on the public consultation process, with End of month 8 after the Effective Date the collection of proposals from relevant stakeholders. 1.5 Final version of the draft Strategy for LLL. End of month 8 after the Effective Date 1.6 Draft Strategic Framework for LLL. End of month 10 after the Effective Date 2 - Disseminating the Draft Strategic Framework for Lifelong Learning 2.1 Report on the dissemination of the draft End of month 15 after the Effective Date SFLLL. 3 - Strengthening the Capacity to Monitor Lifelong Learning Programs 3.1 LLL monitoring information system. End of month 15 after the Effective Date 3.2 Training of up to 70 users of the LLL First week of month 16 after the Effective monitoring information system. Date 3.3 Advisory report on monitoring LLL programs. First week of month 16 after the Effective Date" All other terms and conditions of the Agreement, except as amended herein, remain unchanged. Mr. Remus Pricopie 3 October 2, 2014 Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing, on behalf of the Recipient, by signing, dating and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter. This amendment will become effective upon the date of your countersigning of this letter. Sincerely, INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECON T C ION AND DEVELOPMENT isabetta Capan Country Manager World Bank Romania AGREED: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION OF ROMANIA By: P-w(Ps~ NJ (!Ope uthorized Fresentative Name: Title: film / Date: ff /..I2 By: Name: Abriirze R Pr ative Name: Title: Date: