Responsibility in International Collaboration Agreements

An international collaboration agreement should describe the nature of the collaboration, clarify mutual rights and obligations and safeguard academic freedom and other fundamental ethical principles. 

In research, collaboration agreements should regulate matters related to funding, confidentiality, intellectual property rights (IPR), data processing and open access research.

An assessment should also be made of the need for a confidentiality agreement prior to sharing information during the planning stages of an international collaboration. A confidentiality agreement will help ensure that sensitive and strategically important information is not disclosed to unauthorised persons or misused by potential partners.

Guidelines and templates have been established for collaboration agreements within education and research at OsloMet: 

• Entering into international cooperation agreements witin education (in Norwegian only)
• Agreements and contracts for research collaborations