Cooperation Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Description
Agreement that seeks to establish collaborative relations between the two institutions to promote ties of friendship and cooperation in a mutually beneficial partnership.
The two institutions will encourage cooperation in one or more disciplines studied at both institutions.
These agreements may be general, i.e., open to the entire University, or specific by Faculty or Academic Unit.
Reviewers Involved
- Vice Rector's Office for International Affairs
- Faculty/Academic Unit
- Directorate of Legal Affairs
- Counterparty Institution
Responsibilities
The results of the Cooperation Agreement will be evaluated at mid-term and prior to its termination. Therefore, the respective Faculty/Unit will be asked for information on the activities and projects carried out with the counterpart.
Estimated completion time
2 months.
Processing flow
- Verify in the International Agreements Repository if there is already a cooperation agreement with the same characteristics as the one to be established.
- If it does not exist, contact the International Agreements and Evaluation team(jialarcon@uc.cl) indicating the characteristics of the Cooperation Agreement to be regulated and the corresponding institution.
- The team will send an Agreement Proposal form.
- After receiving the form, the team will evaluate the application and notify if:
a) Additional information is required.
b) The proposal is accepted and can continue the process.
c) It is not appropriate to continue with the application.
If the proposal is accepted, the Faculty or Unit must obtain the signature of the form from the Dean or the highest authority of the Unit to formally initiate the processing of the agreement.
Upon receipt of the signed form, the Agreements and Evaluation team will contact the counterpart to initiate the negotiation of the agreement.
- The counterpart will work on a proposal and submit it to the UC Agreements and Evaluation team.
- The Agreements and Evaluation team will review the proposal and work on the document in conjunction with the Directorate of Legal Affairs (DAJ).
- The agreement will be iterated between the counterpart and the DAJ until a final version is obtained.
If the agreement includes clauses that may compromise the indemnity of the University, the Faculty or Unit must submit a Mandatory Internal Declaration (DOI) in order to continue with the processing. This must be signed by the Dean of the Faculty or the highest authority of the Unit.
- Send the final version of the agreement to the Directorate of Legal Affairs (DAJ) and coordinate the signing process.
- Only signatures of the legal representatives of the institutions involved will be accepted.
- Once signed, the agreement will be filed in the VRAI records and uploaded to the International Agreement Repository.
- The VRAI will send a final copy to the counterpart and ensure that the UC Faculty/Unit also receives it.
Model UC agreements
The Vice Rector's Office for International Affairs encourages the use of the UC models to expedite the iteration and signing of the international agreement. Consult for the UC drafts to the head of International Agreements, Javiera Alarcón(jialarcon@uc.cl).