The webinar “Reflection in the co-chairs panel: Discussion on potential criteria for assessing DSI policy options” was an informal exchange among Margo A. Bagley, Alejandro Lago Candeira, Henry de Novion, Paul Oldham and Siva Thambisetty with extensive experience at the national and global level in a range of fora. It aimed to serve as a useful input to the formal processes by providing constructive and concrete ideas to feed into OEWG, COP and those preparing for these key meetings. The broad objective of the webinar was to identify landing zone(s) for safeguarding DSI flow and the sharing of benefits. It served as an informal start to evaluating policy options for consideration of stakeholders and Parties. Under authority of the OEWG co-chairs, a series of six policy options have been formulated by the SCBD based on works of several experts and stakeholders as a way of organizing thinking around DSI. It was highlighted that these options are meant to clarify, not to constrain.