"The TRUST project achieved considerable impact on three major issues:
1. Significant contribution on raising the rights of indigenous peoples. Indigenous populations bear a disproportionate burden of research whilst being potentially highly vulnerable to exploitation.
""The San Code of Research Ethics [launched by TRUST] is the voice of a community that have been exploited for so many years. This code also manages to bridge the gap between the Research community and the San Community through dialogue. By taking ownership of the Code the San Community will ensure that this document will remain relevant for generations to come."" Leana Snyders, Director of the South African San Council.
2. Significant contribution on reducing the risk of ethics dumping with EU funding.
The Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings (
http://www.globalcodeofconduct.org/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)) developed by TRUST, is now a mandatory reference document for EU framework programs and the EDCTP.
3. Significant contribution on supporting those without access to lawyers in international collaborative research.
The Fair Research Contracting (
http://frcweb.cohred.org/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)) on-line tool provides valuable information on: Negotiation Strategies, Research Contracts, Research Data, Intellectual Property, Research Costing, Capacity & Technology, Community Engagement
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In addition, considerable media interest was generated in very high-profile publications: Nature, Guardian, Aljazeera Television, Times Higher Education, Science, Scientific American, National Geographic and many others."
