Grant agreement no: 612789
RICHES: Renewal, Innovation and Change: Heritage and
European Society
Cooperation Agreement
A Cooperation Agreement is hereby concluded between:
Promoter Srl – Via Boccioni, 2, 56037 Peccioli (PI) ITALY (“Communication Manager”)
and
<Name>, <Address> (“the Associate Partner”)
collectively “the parties”, represented by their authorised representatives .
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Provided that
RICHES is a collaborative project within the framework of the FP7 SSH
Programme, funded by the EC, Grant Agreement 612789, and aimed at
researching the context of change in which European CH is transmitted and the
frameworks to be put in place for benefiting from CH in Europe in the digital age;
2) RICHES will have a life span of thirty months, starting from the 1 st of
December 2013 and ending on the 31st of May 2016;
3) The RICHES project is coordinated by Coventry University, represented by
Prof. Neil Forbes
4) RICHES networking and communication is managed by Promoter Srl,
represented by Dr. Antonella Fresa
5) The RICHES project has the following goals:
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unlocking the societal potential of Europe’s Cultural Heritage;
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unlocking the economic potential of Europe’s Cultural Heritage;
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stimulating innovative interactions with cultural audiences;
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influencing the educational processes by offering innovative learning/teaching
resources and opportunities;
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fostering a user-driven technological research pull, in order to meet the real
users requirements;
6) These goals will be accomplished through the work of:
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Experts from cultural institutions;
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Experts from public and national administrations;
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Experts from SMEs;
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Experts from the humanities and social sciences;
in the framework of the activities covered by the RICHES project, and
in consideration of the mutual rights and obligations hereto, the
parties have agreed to cooperate as it follows:
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Article 1 - Subject matter and scope
The purpose of this Cooperation Agreement is to enable the Associate Partner to
participate in the RICHES project and to contribute to its activities in accordance
with the conditions provided for in this agreement.
The Associate Partner shall perform its share of the work pursuant to this
Cooperation Agreement in compliance with the project goals.
The Associate Partner shall cooperate with the Coordinator and with the other
members of the RICHES project on the topics defined in the Technical Annex, which
is attached to this Cooperation Agreement and forms an integral part of it.
Article 2 – Rights and duties
The Communication Manager will provide and the Associate Partner will have the
right to:
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Be invited to conferences, international workshops and project meetings
organised by RICHES1;
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Have access to the RICHES deliverables, technical reports and other materials
produced by the project in the frame of the scope of the RICHES initiative;
The Associate Partner will have the duty to:
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Report on the activities performed and on the initiatives undertaken;
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Disseminate the RICHES results;
Article 3 - Entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement
The Cooperation Agreement shall enter into force from the date of its signature.
Article 4 - Completion, expiry or termination of the Cooperation Agreement
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This Cooperation Agreement shall terminate on the date of completion or
termination of the RICHES Grant Agreement with the European Commission.
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In the case that the RICHES project will continue its activities beyond the
completion of the Grant Agreement with the European Commission, this
Cooperation Agreement can be renewed on the basis of a mutual decision of
the parties.
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Travel and subsistence costs will be sustained autonomously by the Associate Partner,
unless otherwise specified in the attached Technical Annex.
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Each party may terminate this agreement subject to two months’ written
notice.
Article 5 – No warranties
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In respect of any information or materials supplied by the RICHES project
through the Communication Manager or by any other participant in the
RICHES project to the Associate Partner, no warranty or representation of
any kind is made, given or implied as to the sufficiency or fitness for purpose
nor as to the absence of any infringement of any proprietary rights of third
parties.
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The Associate Partner shall in all cases be entirely and solely liable for the use
to which it puts such information and materials.
Article 6 – Limitation of liability
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No party shall be responsible to any other party for any indirect or
consequential loss or similar damage such as, but not limited to, loss of
profit, loss of revenue or loss of contracts.
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The liability of each party to the other shall be limited in all events to a
maximum sum of €10,000.
Article 7 – No partnership
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Nothing in this Cooperation Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a joint
venture, agency, partnership, interest grouping or any other kind of formal
business grouping or entity between the parties.
Article 8 – Governing Law and Jurisdiction
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This Cooperation Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of Belgium excluding its conflict of law provisions.
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The parties agree to consider mediation in accordance with the WIPO
Mediation Rules for settlement of disputes and in the absence of settlement,
the courts of Brussels shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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Nothing in this Cooperation Agreement shall limit the parties’ right to seek
injunctive relief in any applicable competent court of law.
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Article 9 – Confidentiality
9.1 The Individual and the Organisation each undertake at any time during this
agreement, and for a period of five years after termination of this agreement, not
to disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the RICHES
except as permitted by Article 9.2.
9.2 The Individual and the Organisation may disclose RICHES project confidential
information:
a) to its employees, officers, representatives or advisers who need to know such
information for the purposes of carrying out the obligations under this
agreement and,
b) as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any
governmental or regulatory authority.
9.3 The Individual and the Organisation shall not use any other party's
confidential information for any purpose other than to perform the obligations
under this agreement.
9.4 This Article 9 shall not apply to any confidential information that is
subsequently published or otherwise put into the public domain in relation to the
RICHES project.
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For the parties:
The Communication Manager
NAME OF THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE:
TITLE:
Antonella Fresa
Director
SIGNATURE:
DATE:
The Associate Partner
ORGANISATION:
ADDRESS:
NAME OF THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE:
TITLE:
SIGNATURE:
DATE:
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Technical Annex
The Associate Partner shall cooperate with the Coordinator and with the other
members of the RICHES project on the following activities:
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Sharing experience, promote standards and guidelines, seek harmonisation of
best practice and policy;
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Participating in questionnaires, surveys, interviews and co-creation sessions;
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Acting as a conduit for knowledge transfer from the project to policy makers,
programme owners, cultural institutions, SSH research organisations, civil
society and private stakeholders;
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Reviewing and providing feedback on documents produced by the project;
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Disseminating and promoting the project results, also after the project period
is concluded.
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