AGREEMENT FOR COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ......
CONTRACT AGREED BY
UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA (hereinafter referred as UVG) represented by its President ROBERTO MORENO GODOY, national identity card No. XXXXXXXXXXXXX, both addressed at 11 calle 15-79 zone 15 Vista Hermosa III, and______(hereinafter referred as) represented by its President …………… identity card No.…….(or other applicable), both domiciled at ______wish to subscribe xx
WHEREAS
The UVG is a non-profit, private, higher education institution whose mission is to develop agents of change that impact society through educational and research experiences focused on science and technology.
PARTENER BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Both ...... and the UVG agree to collaborate in fields of common interest, including participating in joint research projects.
And so, the UVGand ...... hereby
AGREE
To strengthen their relationship, pool their efforts and set up broad rules for action to channel and increase their contact and collaboration within a pre-established framework, in accordance with the following
CLAUSES
FIRST – THE GOAL OF THIS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
The goal of this agreement is to set up a framework for collaboration between UVG and ...... in research activities.
SECOND – TYPES OF COLLABORATION
- Carrying out joint research projects and programmes by the UVG Institutes and/or Centres and ......
- Co-operation in research and technical staff training programmes
- Mutual assessment in matters related to the activities of the two entities
- Organising and carrying out common activities related to the social promotion of technological research and development
- Staff exchange for a limited time, when the nature of the work so requires
THIRD – TERMS FOR COLLABORATION
Researchers from the UVG will take part in the activities mentioned in this agreement in accordance with the UVG’s internal regulations.
Any collaboration resulting from this Framework Agreement shall be subject to these rules and to those agreed for each specific agreement, bearing in mind the nature of the collaboration and the centre where work is done.
FOURTH – CONTENT OF SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS
Each project and/or programme in the framework of this Agreement shall be the object of a Specific Agreement/Contract, which should contain, among others, the following aspects:
- Definition of the goal of the project
- A description of the work plan, including its different phases and deadlines
- A complete proposal of the material and human resources required, specifying the contributions by each entity
- Rules for coordination, execution and follow-up of the project
- Confidentiality, industrial property and the publication and use of the results obtained in the course of the project regulations
- Designated staff, one from each institution, who shall be appointed by mutual agreement and shall be responsible for executing the Agreement
FIFTH – FACULTY
Both the UVG and ...... shall be able to place some of their researchers, professors or technicians at the disposition of the other institution. The entity they proceed from shall be responsible for their salary and other civil obligations. Such workers shall be obliged to fulfil the rules in force at the centre where they are going to work.
SIXTH - EQUIPMENT
Any equipment provided by one party in the project shall remain in its ownership. The ownership of real estate and equipment purchased or built within the framework of a common project shall be determined by the corresponding specific agreement in each case.
SEVENTH – CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLICATION OF RESULTS
Each party hereby undertakes not to publish in any format the scientific or technical information (Information) belonging to the other party, and to which it could have access under this Framework Agreement, and in the definition and preparation of the projects related to the Specific Agreements to be signed, unless such information belongs to the public domain.
In this regard, the party that receives such Information shall maintain it in confidentiality and strict secrecy, and shall not reveal it to anyone except authorised employees and only then when it is necessary for the fulfilment of the Agreement. In any case, each party should previously obtain from such employees a commitment to maintain such secrecy and do everything possible to reinforce this commitment.
Both parties mutually authorise each other to provide public information about the signing of this Agreement, including its title and duration.
EIGHT – INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
All Information revealed for the purpose of this Agreement shall be the exclusive property of the party it originated from. No licence or anything similar should be inferred from the exchange of Information between the parties. Neither party shall use the other’s Information for its own benefit.
NINTH.- CONTACT PERSON
Each party will assign a contact person between institutions. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala XXX name, e-mail address and position or who may replace or reassign. By XX name, electronic address and position or who eventually replaces or who reassigned.
TENTH.- CONTROVERSY
Disputes arising from the interpretation, application and effects of this agreement or its Specific Agreements shall be settled by conciliatory procedure between the parties and if necessary, be formalized by a written amendment.
ELEVENTH –DURATION
This Framework Agreement shall come into force on signing and shall last for five years. The general agreement can be renewed by mutual agreement. The agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive two-years periods, unless one of the parties expresses otherwise. Both parties reserve the right to terminate this agreement in writing with six months’ notice before the date of termination. In both cases, all work in a Specific Agreement that is in force should be completed.
In witness thereof, the parties sign this document in ...... copies, in the ...... languages, on the date expressed in the header.
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala / ......President / President/Legal Representative
……………………. / ......
Place:…………………………………..
Date: ...... / Place:………………………………..
Date: ......