<h1>Legal risks and compliance checklist for institute partnering on government data innovation, M&E assistance and translation empanelment</h1> A management institute entered into a memorandum of understanding with a national statistics ministry division to act as knowledge partner for a data innovation lab, and signed a statement of intent with a government monitoring and evaluation office to provide technical assistance, develop toolkits, curricula, and training for monitoring and evaluation; it was also empanelled under a national language translation mission to support AI/ML, datasets, and regional hubs. These agreements create collaborative obligations for research, capacity-building, data collection and evaluation support, and raise legal considerations regarding data governance, intellectual property, confidentiality, and compliance with applicable government procurement and privacy rules.