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Contract templates

When planning development projects, it is also good to think about contractual matters.

Contract templates

When planning development projects, it is also good to think about contractual matters. Companies may need, for example, non-disclosure agreements and resale and agency agreements.

The links provide information on drafting contracts and different contract templates. You can get more concrete help in drafting a contract from other advisory organisations and law firms.

Please note that this material is intended as general background information, not as such as a basis for contracts or other business activities. Business Finland or persons acting on behalf of Business Finland are not responsible for the consequences of the use of this material or the information contained therein.

Coordination of a joint project

Everyone who receives the coordination service must contribute to the payment of the coordination costs, regardless of whether the organisation receives public funding for their project or not. If the recipient of the coordination service does not contribute to the costs of the coordination service, the funding is deemed to have been transferred to a third party.

Upon request, the funder must be provided with the content of the coordination agreement, which states that the service does not include a service created before the start of the project or a service that is not part of the implementation of the project.

The coordination costs of cooperation can be invoiced either as a percentage or according to some other precise and pre-agreed formula. The basis for apportioning costs cannot be the amount of funding granted by Business Finland or another public actor.

Example of an approved activity: The coordinator draws up a cooperation agreement, the costs of which can be divided between the five project participants, for example, in the ratio of 30%-30%-20%-10%-10% or 1/5 of the invoice for each.

Example of a non-approved activity: The coordinator draws up a cooperation agreement, the costs of which are divided on a percentage basis from each participant's approved cost estimate.