Susan Isiko Štrba - On the third day of its Fourth Session, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) embarked on the discussion on coordination mechanisms and monitoring, assessment and reporting modalities on the implementation of recommendations of the Development Agenda (DA). The discussion, which is a continued from the Third Session of the CDIP, is based on two proposals presented by Algeria, Brazil and Pakistan on the one hand and the Group B on the other.
Archive for the ‘IP and Development’ Category
The WIPO Developing Agenda – Some Thoughts on Coordination Mechanisms, Monitoring, Assessing and Reporting Modalities
Thursday, November 19th, 2009The WIPO Development Agenda – Essential Elements of a Monitoring, Assessment & Coordination Mechanism
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu - The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) has a mandate for monitoring, assessing and coordinating the implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda. How this mandate is discharged, will determine whether the Development Agenda leads to the transformation of how intellectual property (IP) systems are governed and managed at both the multilateral as well as at the national levels.
IQsensato’s Statement to the Fourth Session of the WIPO Committee on Development & IP
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu - On Monday, 16th November 2009 IQsensato made a statement to the Fourth Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). This statement was read by Poku Adusei of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project which is a collaborating partner of IQsensato.
The WIPO Development Agenda – Will the Fourth Session of the Committee on Development and IP (CDIP) be the Turning Point?
Monday, November 16th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu - The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) meets in Geneva this week for its Fourth Session. The two key items on the agenda relate to the approval of a number of thematic projects and a discussion on the mechanisms for coordination of implementation.
WIPO General Assemblies 2009: Reflections on the Report of the Director General
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu - Dr. Francis Gurry’s Report to the Members States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the opening of the 2009 General Assemblies can be summed up as a call to rethinking and reshaping culture, systems, governance, norms and strategy. How WIPO’s culture evolves, how the global intellectual property (IP) system is governed and reshaped for the 21st Century, the balance in the norms that are generated by the organization and the strategy for engagement and dialogue will determine the contribution of WIPO to addressing today’s pressing global challenges; from development through to tackling climate change. In this post, I offer some reflections on where WIPO is one year into the new administration and on the DG’s thoughts on the challenges going forward.
