Curt Acredolo (cracredolo@ucdavis.edu)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:41:29 -0800
From: UCD Directives <ucddirectives@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Directive #99-115: Agreements of Cooperation with
International Institutions
UC DAVIS: OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
October 29, 1999
DEANS, DIRECTORS, AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSONS
SUBJECT: Agreements of Cooperation with International Institutions
Many international universities and research institutions are interested in
establishing relationships with our campus to facilitate a wide variety of
intellectual interactions and exchanges. As a result, UC Davis has entered
into a number of Agreements of Cooperation with international institutions,
most of them at the initiative of individual faculty members. We wish to
encourage such collaborations, and request that you and your colleagues bear in
mind the following guidelines when pursuing such international agreements:
* All proposed agreements must utilize the standard campus Agreement of
Cooperation form (December 1991). (See attachment.) Additional copies of the
form may be obtained from the Office of the Vice Provost--University Outreach &
International Programs.
* All proposed agreements must be routed to the Office of the Vice
Provost--University Outreach & International Programs for review. That office
may confer with staff in the Office of the Vice Chancellor--Research, the
Office of the Vice Provost--Undergraduate Studies, or the Dean--Graduate
Studies regarding revisions to the standard Agreement of Cooperation language.
* The agreement must be signed by the Chancellor.
* The standard agreement may be supplemented by specific working
agreements with colleges or departments provided: (1) the standard agreement
has been properly executed; and (2) the vice provost has reviewed the proposed
supplemental agreements.
* The appropriate dean must sign specific working agreements. (The
department chair does not have signature authority for these arrangements.)
* The dean's authorization of a specific working agreement includes the
responsibility for any resource commitment associated with that agreement.
a.. For each Agreement of Cooperation, a UC Davis faculty or staff member
will be designated as the primary contact by the Vice Provost--University
Outreach & International Programs.
b.. Each year, on February 1, the primary contact shall provide the Vice
Provost--University Outreach & International Programs with a brief annual
report summarizing activity for the previous year and plans for the current
year.
Please let us know if you have any questions regarding these procedures. We
appreciate your cooperation.
Robert D. Grey
Provost and Executive
Vice Chancellor
William B. Lacy
Vice Provost--University
Outreach & International
Programs
Attachment
99-115
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AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION NUMBER *_________________
BETWEEN
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
AND
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
ON BEHALF OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the Davis Campus, and
the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX have entered into an Agreement of Cooperation in
order to further the development of basic scientific and technological research
and graduate education at the two (2) Institutions. This general Agreement
between the two (2) Institutions may be implemented by one or more specific
working agreements between subunits of the Institutions adopted as amendments
to the general agreement.
AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION NUMBER _______________ ENTERED INTO BY
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS XXXXXXXXX, REPRESENTED BY
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, AND BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, ON
BEHALF OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS UC DAVIS, REPRESENTED BY
DR. LARRY N. VANDERHOEF, CHANCELLOR OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS.
* Number to be assigned by the Office of the Provost after the Agreement has
been executed.
DECLARATIONS
I. XXXXXXXXX DECLARES:
A.
B.
C.
II. UC DAVIS DECLARES:
A. That it is one of the nine campuses of the University of
California, an institution created by the State of California in 1868 to impart
higher education and to plan and carry out research programs for the purpose of
the preservation and extension of knowledge, including the awarding of advanced
degrees at the M.A., M.S., Ph.D., and professional level. It was created by
the Organic Act of 1868, which established it with appropriate judicial and
financial support at the State level, and as a Land Grant Institution of the
United States under the Morrill Act of 1862. Its chief campus officer is the
Chancellor.
B. That, in order to accomplish its mission, it is organized into the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Engineering,
the College of Letters and Science, Division of Biological Sciences, the
Graduate School of Management, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the
School of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate Studies, the Agricultural Experiment
Station, and the Agricultural Cooperative Extension.
III. BOTH PARTIES DECLARE:
A. That the Institutions are united by common interests and objectives
in academic, scientific and cultural affairs;
B. That these Institutions are the ones which, by reason of their
essence, ends and objectives are called upon to establish channels of
communication that will facilitate intellectual interaction;
C. That for the reasons above, the Institutions believe it
advantageous to promote their academic ties by entering into an academic,
scientific and cultural agreement of cooperation;
D. That, because of mutual benefits to the Institutions in the
advancement of graduate research and education through the scholarly
educational, scientific, technological and cultural contributions of each, it
is appropriate and advantageous to the Institutions to enter into this
Agreement of Cooperation.
CLAUSES
I. The objective of the present Agreement is to increase the
academic, scientific and cultural relations between XXXXXXX and UC Davis in
identified areas where there is mutual interest in establishing specific
working Agreements of Cooperation.
II. Under this general Agreement, cooperative work may be
undertaken by subunits of the Institutions. A working agreement between the
respective subunits may be executed as an amendment to this general Agreement,
and will include:
A. Designation of the participating institutional subunits (e.g.
Colleges, Schools, Divisions, Departments and Programs);
B. Designation of one or more persons in each institution who will
serve as program leader(s) for the agreement; and
C. General description of the kinds of cooperative work and activities
to be undertaken.
III. For each working agreement, the program leaders will be
responsible for developing an annual program plan, including a description of
the work and activities to be undertaken and the financial arrangements to
support them. The annual program plan will require approval by the chief
administrative officer of each Institution or the officer's designated
representative.
IV. The financial stipulations that will apply to the exchange of
academic personnel are as follows:
When the researcher or teacher goes to the other Institution at the host
Institution's request, the host Institution will be responsible for the
international travel costs and living expenses in accordance with its internal
regulations. In all other circumstances, the Institution of origin will be
responsible for the international travel costs and living expenses incurred.
Other financial arrangements relating to such matters as health insurance and
tuition will be addressed in specific working agreements.
V. Access to emergency medical care for researchers, teachers and
graduate students will be based on the health care programs available at the
host Institution. The cost of medical/health services will be the
responsibility of the visiting researchers, teachers and graduate students.
VI. Each Institution will take steps to:
A. Publicize the opportunities available under this Agreement of
Cooperation and promote the development of cooperation;
B. Assist its subunits, faculty, staff and students with the
administrative details of interchange; and,
C. Establish a review process for approval and evaluation of programs.
VII. The Institutions, under the auspices of this Agreement, may jointly
sponsor conferences, short courses, regular courses, seminars and symposia, as
well as exchange publications and other didactic and research materials.
VIII. The present Agreement is for three (3) years, and it or any of its
parts may be modified or terminated by written consent of both parties who will
comply with the obligations which might be in effect on the date of
termination.
IX. Regularly employed personnel, while involved in this Agreement
of Cooperation, remain subject to the rules and regulations of their own
Institution in all matters of employment, benefits, medical and life insurance,
employee rights, etc.
X. The general Agreement does not, in and of itself, obligate
either XXXXXXX or UC Davis to any financial expenditures not explicit in the
above. Such obligations, if any, will be made as part of the specific working
Agreements and annual program plans which may be developed under this
Agreement. Both parties hereby agree to comply with each and every obligation
contained in this document and all those which might be in effect on the date
of termination of the Agreement.
Having read the present Agreement and being fully aware of the content and
scope of each and every one of its clauses, the parties hereby affix their
signatures to the present document.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
By _______________________________________________
Date __________________________
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
By ______________________________________________
Larry N. Vanderhoef
Chancellor
Date __________________________
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