REINTER

Agreements

• How to apply for an agreement

  International Agreements

  International agreements represent an important strategy to expand the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)'s presence on the global stage. This goal is included in the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) 2024-2028, specifically in Axes I - Teaching, II - Research, and XIV – Governance, Risks, and Integrity, under Objective 3, which proposes the strategies to "Enhance FURG's institutional image internationally" and "Expand FURG's level of internationalization." The regulation of agreements follows the JOINT NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION PROPLAD/PROGRAD/PROEXC/PROITI/PROPESP/FURG No. 1, dated 12/2022.

  The Secretariat of International Relations (REINTER) has the mission to promote FURG’s internationalization processes by supporting international cooperation and academic mobility activities. Through institutional agreements, REINTER establishes partnerships with foreign teaching and research institutions, facilitating opportunities for exchange and academic collaboration. The agreements signed are valid for five years and may be renewed according to the interests of the parties involved.

  To formalize these partnerships, specific legal instruments (drafts) are used to regulate the planned actions. Cooperation Agreements allow for bilateral or multilateral academic partnerships, student mobility, joint research, events, double degree programs, laboratory sharing, among others.

   

  INSTRUCTIONS

  I need to make an International Agreement, how should I proceed?

  Check the Cooperation Agreements page at (insert link) to see if FURG has any active agreements.

  If there is no active agreement, proceed with the request to formalize an agreement following the steps below:

   

  OPENING THE PROCESS IN SEI

  Process Type: International Relations: International Cooperation

  Specification: International Agreement between FURG and Institution XXX / Country

  Subject Classification: 001 Interinstitutional Relations

  Interested Parties:

  Academic Unit of origin

  REINTER

  PROPESP

  Agreement Supervision / PROPLAD

  Access Level: Public

   

  DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS

  Draft of the Cooperation Agreement

  Portuguese version (link)

  Portuguese/English version (link)

  Portuguese/Spanish version (link)

  The foreign institution’s model may be used;

  For agreements in foreign languages other than those listed above, a proficiency certificate must be included;

  Work Plan:

  Standard simplified model

  Minutes of approval by the unit’s council;

  Ad-referendum issued by the Unit Director: *conditional on approval by the unit’s council;

  Partner Institution’s Statute: Constitutive act, statute, articles of incorporation, or equivalent;

  Document appointing the authority responsible for signing at the partner institution;

   

  PROCESS FLOW

• Active International Agreements

  Below are all the International Agreements that have been signed and are still in effect.

  Institution Country Begin Effective Duration in years Universidade de Pretoria África do Sul 29/09/2023 5 University of KwaZulu-Natal África do Sul 18/07/2024 5 Yaqu Pacha E.V. Alemanha 04/04/2022 5 Universidade Nacional de Rafaela Argentina 29/10/2021 5 Universidade Católica de Santa Fé Argentina 20/04/2022 5 Universidad Nacional de Rafaela e Universidad Tecnológica - UTEC Argentina 03/07/2023 4 Universidad Nacional de la Plata Argentina 28/08/2023 5 Universidade de Buenos Aires - UBA Argentina 26/06/2024 5 Universidade de Córdoba Argentina 13/08/2024 5 Concordia University of Edmonton Canadá 25/12/2024 5 Universidad Católica del Norte Chile 24/04/2023 5 Universidad Católica de Temuco Chile 12/06/2023 5 Heibei Normal University China 30/06/2023   FIO e CIIMAR China 17/08/2024 5 Universidad de Antioquia Colômbia 19/07/2021 5 Fundación Universitária Juan de Castellanos Colômbia 19/10/2021 5 Universidade Pedagógica Nacional Colômbia 05/12/2022 5 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colômbia 22/01/2023 5 Universitat de Girona Espanha 02/07/2021 5 Universidad de Extremadura Espanha 07/01/2025 5 Universidade Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) Espanha 23/05/2025 5 Universidade Clermont Auvergne França 16/11/2023 5 Université de Rennes França 18/01/2024 5 Universidade de Nantes França 28/03/2025 5 The Ocean Cleanup Holanda 02/10/2024 5 Universidad Nacional de Agricultura Honduras 23/05/2025   Maynooth University - MU Irlanda 21/06/2021 5 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) México 05/04/2021 5 Universidad Nacional de Asunción - UNA Paraguai 02/10/2023 5 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Peru 26/05/2023 5 Universidade de Coimbra Portugal 24/03/2021 5 Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra Portugal 08/01/2025 5 Universidade de Aveiro Portugal 23/05/2025   National Oceanographic Centre Reino Unido 07/11/2025 5 Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences – SIORAS Rússia 17/10/2024 5 Universidade Isparta de Ciências Aplicadas Turquia 06/01/2022 5 Latitute - Fundação Latu Uruguai 25/07/2022 5 Programa de Pesquisa Aplicada do LACNIC Uruguai 08/12/2023 5