ABSTRACT
Agreements should include clear protocols on the ways in which agreements can be modified and parties can break the agreement, including listing acceptable reasons for breaking it (Janzen et al, 1993). This process will integrate the results of monitoring and evaluation activities. By keeping the duration of an agreement relatively short, the need for renegotiation might be kept to a minimum (Grifo and Downes, 1996). However, given the dynamic nature of community-researcher relationships, it is important to keep an agreement as flexible and open to amendment during the course of the research relationship as possible.
