Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A benefit-sharing agreement specifies community-determined training, capacity building, and co-authorship arrangements alongside any monetary benefits.
- Is an instance
A research consortium negotiates a benefit-sharing agreement covering anticipated downstream commercial use of bioresources.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A one-off honorarium paid to individual research participants is not, on its own, a benefit-sharing agreement at the community level.
- Not an instance
A donation made by an institution without community input on its design does not constitute a co-developed benefit-sharing agreement.
Editorial commentary
Benefit-sharing agreements are central to CARE-aligned practice and to international instruments such as the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Benefits may take monetary or non-monetary forms, including training, infrastructure support, joint authorship, capacity building, and access to research outputs in community-accessible formats. The substance of the agreement is determined through engagement with the relevant community and reflects the community's priorities rather than only external incentives.
References
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007); GIDA CARE Principles (2019).
Also known as
benefit sharing arrangement · BSA
Machine-readable encodings
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