Suggested literature as evidence per Domain, Topic and Indicator
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General literature
- ISEAL Alliance, a global membership association for sustainability standards
- Research: Africa’s fight for equality
- Horizons: Researching fairness
- Research partnerships: the benefits of North–South collaboration
- Partnership Theory and Practice: Time for a New Paradigm
- Academic partnerships between rich and poor countries
Additional Guidelines on Partnerships
Domain 1: Fairness of Opportunity
1.1. Relevance to communities
The WHO strategy on research for health – 2012
A checklist for health research priority setting: nine common themes of good practice.
On the agenda: North–South research partnerships and agenda-setting processes
The bureaucratic context of international health: A social scientists view
Indicators
1.1.1. Research priorities in communities where research is being conducted
1.1.2. Actions if there are no research priorities
1.1.3. Justification to research low priority topics
1. 2. Early engagement of partners
Indicators
1.2.1. Relationship between the ‘main/lead/sponsoring’ and ‘other’ partners
1.2.2. SOPs for partner inclusion in study design
1.2.3. SOPs for supportive actions to partners
1.3. Making contributions of all partners explicit
Indicators
1.3.1. Role clarification in research partnerships
1.3.2. SOPs for conflict resolution
1.3.3. Making potential impact explicit before starting research
1. 4. Ensuring that matching and other co-financing mechanisms do not undermine opportunities for fair participation of all partners
Co-financing for health and development – an affordable innovation
Indicators
1.4.2. Alternatives to equal co-financing.
1.4.3. Research outside national priorities and co-financing.
1. 5. Recognition of unequal research management capacities between partners and providing for appropriate corrective measures
Science and technology for wealth and health in developing countries
Indicators
1.5.1. Research Management Capacity.
1.5.2. Financial Management Capacity.
1.5.3. Contracting and Contract Negotiation capacity.
Domain 2: Fair Process
2. 6. Minimizing negative impact of research programmes on health and other systems
Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework
Indicators
2.6.1. Assessing potential harm of research.
2.6.2. Reducing negative impact of research.
2.6.3. Compensation for unintended (negative) consequences of research.
2. 7. Fair local hiring, training and sourcing
Changing mindsets: Research capacity strengthening in low- and middle- income countries
Strengthening capacity for health research in Africa
Indicators
2.7.2. Local sourcing of consumables and services.
2.7.3. Support for local capacity development.
2. 8. Respect for authority of local ethics review systems
Indicators
2.8.1. Research Ethics Approval.
2.8.2. Supporting local Research Ethics Review capacity.
2.8.3. Enabling access to global expertise.
2. 9. Data ownership, storage, access and use
Data Sharing for Public Health: Key Lessons from Other Sectors
Indicators
2.9.1. Data Ownership Agreements.
2.9.2. Material Transfer Agreements.
2.9.3. Rights of Use of Data for Publication.
2. 10. Encourage full cost recovery budgeting and compensation for all partners
World Bank World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health.
Indicators
2.10.1. Full Cost Recovery Budgeting.
2.10.2. Improving/Standardizing Budgeting.
2.10.3. External Financial Audit.
Domain 3: Fair Sharing of Benefits, Costs and Outcomes
3.11. Research systems capacities
Strengthening Research Capacity—TDR’s Evolving Experience in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Indicators
3.11.3. Increase (Predictable) Funding.
3. 12. Intellectual property rights and tech transfer
Indicators
3.12.2. Sharing Intellectual Property Rights
3.12.3. Contracting Support for IPR
3. 13. Innovation system capacities
Indicators
3.13.1. Localizing innovation.
3.13.2. Financing to link Research with Innovation.
3.13.3. Support Innovation Culture.
3.14. Due diligence
Indicators
3.14.1. Promoting participation of women in science and innovation.
3.14.2. Negative environmental impact.
3.15. Expectation of all partners to adhere to a best practice standard in research collaborations
- Draft National Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving Human Participants – Indian Council of Medical Research (2016, p. 129-132)
Indicators
3.15.1. Partner Requirements for Fair Research Partnerships.
3.15.2. Sponsor Requirements for Fair Research Partnerships.
3.15.3. Fair Research Contracting
