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?

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

  2. 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;

 

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