OPERATING PRINCIPLES Mallilausekkeet

OPERATING PRINCIPLES. IMS collaborative activities proceed on the following bases: — contributions to, and benefits from such cooperation, are equitable and balanced, — collaborative projects have industrial relevance, — collaborative project should include where possible academic participation, — collaborative projects are carried out by inter-regional, geographically distributed consortia, — collaborative projects can occur throughout the full innovation cycle, (1) The IMS collaboration scheme was launched in 1995, following the conclusion of a successful Feasibility Study. The duration of the initial IMS collaboration scheme was set at ten years up to 2005. Based on the experience gained in this initial phase, the partners to the IMS scheme decided to expand and improve on the initial phase. The Next-Phase IMS Working Group set up by the parties of IMS and the IMS International Steering Committee recommended that the partners to IMS renew the scheme with a modified framework for international multilateral collaboration in IMS. — IMS project activities under government sponsorship or using government resources should not involve competitive research and development, — results of collaborative projects are shared through a process of controlled information diffusion, and — there should be protection for an equitable allocation of any intellectual property right created or furnished during cooperation projects.