Policy, Legal Compliance, and Capacity

This document outlines next steps and recommendations for widespread adoption of normalized data usage practices, as well as hurdles and limitations to be prioritized going forward. Repositories that utilize these recommendations will help drive a better understanding of data usage and contribute towards the development of research data assessment metrics.

This briefing focuses on the higher level recommendatins to help policymakers and funders maximise timely, quality data sharing and to formulate appropriate responses during public health emergencies, and are meant to provide expert advice to funders on how to support and foster the best possible approach to research dissemination at a systems level, while also providing guidance on shaping grant conditions for COVID-19 research that will promote timely and reusable sharing of research outputs.