Resumen

MONTILLA, Aída; PRIETO, Leticia; ARENAS, Olga  y  COLINA, Belinda. Analysis of Cooperation Agreements at the University of Zulia. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.34, pp.244-261. ISSN 1315-9984.

The cooperation agreement allows for developing relationships between the university and the external sector through negotiation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cooperation agreements made by LUZ with the external sector during the 2000-2003 period, identifying their types and characterizing the performance sectors (communication, economics, education, government, industry, judiciary, military, social, health). The investigation was of an exploratory-descriptive nature, carried out through a review of documents, using a population of 266 juridical declarations; the sampling was intentional and non-probabilistic for cooperation agreements signed and renewed during the period under study, using a sample of 107 cooperation agreements as the object of this analysis. Results: 61.75% were agreements of a general type with 55.1% belonging to the educational sector and 20.6% to the governmental sector; 56.1% had a 24-month duration; in terms of geographical scope, 40.2% were regional and 37.4% international; 86.9% were temporary; 59.8% were agreements of academic cooperation and 28% for institutional support; cooperation agreements were made principally with universities (35.5%), followed by Mayor’s offices (14%). In conclusion, in the cooperation agreements which are the juridical expression of the relationship between the university and the external sector, the criteria for establishing an agreement are not precisely defined whereby the university could effectively agree upon the performance field with the counterpart and thereby obtain the benefits declared in the same. Among other recommendations, it is suggested that a system of explicit criteria and a system of follow up be designed for these agreements.

Palabras clave : Agreement; cooperation; external sector; university.