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Agreement on Access and Benefit-sharing for Academic Research




Susette Biber-Klemm, Sylvia I. Martinez, Anne Jacob, Ana Jevtic

This toolbox contains a set of model contractual clauses and easily understandable explanations for non-lawyers. The toolbox can be used to draft Mutually Agreed Terms adapted to the specific situation of publicly funded, academic research.


The suggested terms and clauses are intended to meet the needs of both, the providers of the genetic resources and the users (scientists, researcher institutions) seeking access, and to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits resulting from the utilization of the genetic resources and/or associated traditional knowledge.
The toolbox consists of a basic set of clauses, optional clauses and comments that explain the clause content. Assembling the basic clauses will form a fully functional contract for simple, non-commercial research situations.
In more complex situations, users and providers can set up a bilateral contract by choosing among the proposed optional clauses, according to the specific needs of the parties engaged in the negotiations on the terms of access and benefit-sharing.



Literatur:
Biber-Klemm S. et al. (2016): Agreement on Access and Benefit-sharing for Academic Research. A toolbox for drafting Mutually Agreed Terms for access to Genetic Resources and to Associated Traditional Knowledge and Benefit-sharing. Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) Swiss Biodiversity Forum.
http://www.naturalsciences.ch/organisations/biodiversity/abs/toolbox

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