Consortium agreement

Maria HabichtEstonian Research Council

January 30, 2013Chisinau

• Letter of Commitment

• Memorandum of understanding

• Confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement

• Consortium agreement

Secuence of activities

Conf. agreement

Call opens

Memorandum of understanding

Submission

Draft CA CA signed

GA signedEvaluation

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_documentation

ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-consortium-agreement-checklist-2011v2_en.pdf

http://www.desca-fp7.eu/latest-version-of-desca/desca-30/

Consortium agreement - models

• EICTA -IPCA Integrated Project Consortium Agreement–Model proposed as a reference for ICT and electronic projects–http://www.digitaleurope.org/

• EUCAR–Model of the European car industry –http://www.eucar.be/

• ASD -IMG4 –Model of the European aeronautic industry –http://www.aerosme.com/

Consortium agreement:

•Is obligatory in FP7

•Must be signed by ALL partners

•Commission is not involved at this stage

•May have different dates than Grant agreement

•Must treat all partner equally

•No partner can expect ‘special treatment’

Consortium agreement:

•Gives the list of project consortium members

•Defines the meaning of used terminology

•Specifies entry into force, duration and termination of the agreement

•Defines relations between the partners, their role, rights and obligations

•Describes the project management structure

Consortium agreement:

•Describes the distribution of Commission funding between the partners and gives an overview of management costs

•Specifies access to intellectual property and rules for dissemination of deliverables and project results

•Fixes the rules for ammendments and problem solving

•May include confidentiality issues if appropriate

•Gives a list of involved in-kind resources and conditions of their use

Consortium agreement is the coordinator’s major tool to control the project team and the process of implementation!

Read the draft carefully and protect your rights as a partner to be able to fulfill your obligations!