Abstract
The paper presents the concept of relation between the state and universities in France, based on contracts concerning research activities, training and documentation. The concept was created in France in the middle of seventies, but it received legal basis in 1984 and is developing intensely. The Author presents basic assumption of the contract policy, on the ground of institutionalized universities projects, concerning their action plans. The drafting of such projects is preceded by the comprehensive audit of the institution’s capabilities, structure and scope of activities. The policy of contracting shape the relations between a university and the state in a new way. It influences the way the stocks are planned, its allocation, personnel policy and the university external position. The contract policy demands however establishing of new forms of consultation, coordination, negotiation procedures and monitoring of the contract and its final price.
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