{"reference":"MOU-ACME-IFAPME-2026","parties":[{"legal_name":"Acme Supplies SRL","organisation_type":"SME (B2B office supplies)","address":"Rue de la Loi 100, 1040 Brussels, Belgium","registration_number":"BE0123456789","representative_name":"Isabelle Durand","representative_role":"Managing Director","contact_email":"talent@acme-supplies.be"},{"legal_name":"IFAPME Campus Charleroi","organisation_type":"Vocational-training institution (public, Walloon region)","address":"Rue de la Bruyère 151, 6001 Marcinelle, Belgium","registration_number":"BE0678901234","representative_name":"Nathalie Moreau","representative_role":"Directrice du Campus","contact_email":"n.moreau@ifapme-charleroi.be"}],"effective_date":"2026-09-01","purpose":"Acme Supplies SRL and IFAPME Campus Charleroi wish to establish a structured, multi-year collaboration to create an internship pipeline between the IFAPME logistics and digital-commerce programmes and Acme's operations, supply chain and customer-service teams. The collaboration aims to offer IFAPME students meaningful work placements in a growing Belgian SME, while giving Acme early-career access to well-trained Walloon-francophone talent and an opportunity to contribute to the curriculum.","areas_of_collaboration":["Internship placements (stages) of 8–16 weeks for IFAPME students in logistics, supply-chain and digital-commerce programmes.","Guest lectures and case-study contributions from Acme's managers at IFAPME (at least two per academic year).","Access for IFAPME instructors to Acme's warehouse and fulfilment centre for observation visits and for updating teaching materials.","Joint participation in careers fairs and Walloon apprenticeship-week events.","Co-development of a short 'SME Operations' elective module combining Acme case studies with IFAPME pedagogy."],"roles_and_responsibilities":[{"party":"Acme Supplies SRL","responsibility":"Offer at least six (6) internship slots per academic year across the identified departments; designate a named mentor for each intern; participate in IFAPME's student-evaluation process; reimburse intern transport costs at the legal rate."},{"party":"Acme Supplies SRL","responsibility":"Contribute at least two guest lectures per year and up to four case-study reviews; provide one warehouse-visit slot per trimester for IFAPME classes."},{"party":"IFAPME Campus Charleroi","responsibility":"Identify and nominate suitable student candidates for internships and facilitate the IFAPME administrative steps (convention de stage, insurance)."},{"party":"IFAPME Campus Charleroi","responsibility":"Evaluate the pedagogical impact each academic year and report to Acme; provide a nominated instructor as the academic counterpart for the elective module."}],"duration":"Three (3) academic years from 2026-09-01 to 2029-08-31, renewable for further one-year periods by tacit agreement of the parties unless either party gives three (3) months' written notice before the end of the then-current term.","governance":{"joint_committee_boolean":true,"meeting_cadence_optional":"The parties shall set up a Joint Steering Committee of two (2) members from each party, meeting twice per academic year (September and March) to review progress, plan the coming period and identify improvement actions. Ad-hoc meetings may be called by either party.","contacts_optional":[{"party":"Acme","name":"Marie Laurent","role":"Head of People and Compliance","email":"m.laurent@acme-supplies.be"},{"party":"IFAPME","name":"Julien Dubois","role":"Responsable Entreprises-Partenaires","email":"j.dubois@ifapme-charleroi.be"}]},"confidentiality_reference":"Each party shall treat any non-public information received from the other party under this MOU as confidential and shall use it solely for the purposes of this MOU. Students on placement at Acme will sign Acme's standard intern confidentiality undertaking.","binding_provisions":["Confidentiality (clause above)","Data protection: processing of any personal data exchanged under this MOU complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). The parties act as independent controllers for the limited processing of intern identification data strictly necessary to manage placements.","Use of names and logos: no party may use the other's name or logo in marketing or public communications without prior written consent, save for factual references to this MOU in institutional communications.","Governing law: Belgian law"],"non_binding_disclaimer":"Save for the provisions expressly identified as binding above, this MOU is a non-binding expression of intent and does not create any legal obligation between the parties. Any internship placement will be governed by a separate 'convention de stage' signed by Acme, IFAPME and the student. Nothing in this MOU obliges either party to enter into, continue or conclude any specific placement, lecture, visit or cooperation activity.","signatories":[{"party_legal_name":"Acme Supplies SRL","name":"Isabelle Durand","role":"Managing Director","date":"2026-06-20","place":"Brussels"},{"party_legal_name":"IFAPME Campus Charleroi","name":"Nathalie Moreau","role":"Directrice du Campus","date":"2026-06-22","place":"Charleroi"}]}