CARE principles for Indigenous data governance
CIOOS is committed to working respectfully with Indigenous communities and their ocean data.
CIOOS is striving to adhere to the CARE principles for Indigenous data governance
The International Indigenous Data Alliance developed the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance in consultation with Indigenous Peoples, academia, non-profit organizations, and governments. The CARE Principles are people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role in advancing Indigenous rights to control and access their data. These principles complement the FAIR Principles encouraging open data movements to consider both people and purpose. The goal is that stewards and other users of Indigenous data will be FAIR and CARE.
The CARE data principles include:
Collective benefit
Data ecosystems shall be designed and function in ways that enable Indigenous Peoples to derive benefit from the data.
Authority to Control
Indigenous Peoples’ rights and interests in Indigenous data must be recognised and their authority to control such data be empowered. Indigenous data governance enables Indigenous Peoples and governing bodies to determine how Indigenous Peoples, as well as Indigenous lands, territories, resources, knowledge, and geographical indicators are represented and identified within data.
Responsibility
Those working with Indigenous data have a responsibility to share how those data are used to support Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination and collective benefit. Accountability requires meaningful and openly available evidence of these efforts and the benefits accruing to Indigenous Peoples.
Ethics
Indigenous Peoples’ rights and well being should be the primary concern at all stages of the data life cycle and across the data ecosystem.
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