Article 8 Participation by Research Institutes in JIV-ERIC

JIV-ERIC may enter into a Collaboration Agreement with research institutes which operate a VLBI element or represent the national interest in the VLBI collaboration and are not in countries that are a Member or an Observer. The Collaboration Agreement shall establish the terms and conditions under which the national research institutes may join the JIV-ERIC infrastructure and commit to the tasks and activities set out in Article 2.

The Collaboration Agreement shall include the agreed contribution, the right to contribute data for processing at the central facilities of JIV-ERIC and the right to attend the Council meetings, the right to receive the agenda and attached documents and to express an opinion on the operational activities of JIV-ERIC in the Council meetings.

The Collaboration Agreement shall be concluded by the Executive Director of JIV-ERIC.

To settle the amount of the annual contribution of the research institutes the same principles as outlined in Annex 2 shall be taken as a guiding principle. Specifically this takes into account the annual operational effort towards the local element that participates in the VLBI infrastructure.