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| Canada-EU S&T Agreement | | | | In 1996, the Government of Canada and the European Commission signed an international agreement to “encourage and facilitate cooperation between Canada and the European Community in fields of common interest where they are supporting research and development activities to advance and/or technology relevant to those fields of interest.”The Agreement provides a framework for international cooperation based on “mutual benefit, the timely exchange of information and, within the framework of applicable laws and regulations, a balanced realization of economic and social benefits by Canada and the European Community in view of the contributions made to cooperative activities by the respective participants.”It applies to broad areas of cooperation, expanded in a 1998 Amendment, and modalities of cooperation including: the participation in research projects, shared use of research facilities, visits and exchanges and approximately annual meetings of a Joint S&T Cooperation Committee.Canada and the EU agreed to “take all reasonable steps and use their best efforts, within existing laws and regulations, to facilitate entry to and exit from their territories of personnel, material and equipment of participants engaged in or used in cooperative activities under the Agreement.” Moreover, they set out principals, including the development of Joint Technology Management Plans, governing the dissemination and utilization of information as well as the exercise of intellectual property rights.The Agreement has provided a foundation for true intellectual collaboration between Canadians and Europeans – individuals, universities, research institutes or other bodies – as equals, providing their own financing, seeking mutual benefit.For a copy of the Canada-EU S&T Agreement, click here. | | |
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