National Resources on Knowledge Security

As a result of discussions amongst ACA members in the Global Developments TPG, this page serves as a non-exhaustive and evolving list of ACA members' national resources on the topic of knowledge security in higher education.

Belgium

• Responsible internationalization. Vision of the Flemish universities on an efficient approach to knowledge security and unwanted foreign interference (25 May 2022)

• Human Rights Assessment at the Flemish Universities

Germany

• Academic cooperation with China: a realistic approach, published by the DAAD
• KIWi Centre: DAAD Competence Centre for International Scientific Cooperation (KIWi)

Netherlands

• The National Knowledge Security Guidelines, issued by the Dutch government in collaboration with several partners. More information, also concerning the National Contact point where institutions can ask for advice, can be found here: National Contact Point for Knowledge Security
• Strategic interplay - Combine the strengths of the Netherlands and the EU for greater research and innovation impact, an advisory report published by the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI)
• Knowledge Security - Academy Position Paper, published by the Royal Academy (KNAW)
• How National Governments and Research Institutions Safeguard Knowledge Development in Science and Technology, published by the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI) and the Leiden Asia Centre

Norway

• Guidelines and tools for responsible international knowledge cooperation, published by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir)

Switzerland

• Guide for Responsible International Collaboration, published by Swissuniversities
  

Other resources:

• Annotated collection of guidance for secure and successful international R&I cooperation, an update to the “Analysis of current and publicly available documents on securing international science cooperation” that was published within the EU Knowledge Network on China (EU KNOC)
• STIP Compass, OECD