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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) member states adopted during the General Assembly on 28 September 2007 the recommendations made in June 2007 by the Provisional Committee on Proposals for a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA).
The recommendations include 45 proposals that cover six activity clusters: Technical Assistance and Capacity Building; Norm-setting, Flexibilities, Public Policy and Public Knowledge; Technology Transfer, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Access to Knowledge; Assessments, Evaluation and Impact Studies; Institutional Matters including Mandate and Governance; and Other Issues.
The Plan of Action started in 2004 at WIPO General Assembly with a proposal made by Argentina and Brazil and supported by twelve other members. A series of meetings followed in order to discuss proposals and the establishment of PCDA was agreed on at the 2005 session of the WIPO General Assembly, in order to speed up the discussions on the proposals. The PCDA had two meetings in 2006 to discuss the 111 submitted proposals and during the 2006 WIPO General Assembly session it received a new mandate for one year to complete the verification of the proposals that were narrowed down to 45.
During the meeting of 28 September, WIPO members agreed on establishing a Committee on Development and Intellectual Property made of member states that would draft a program for the implementation of the recommendations and would have the task to monitor and assess their implementation. The Committee that will meet twice a year in a five-day session, would coordinate its activity and reporting with other WIPO bodies and would annually report and make recommendations to WIPO General Assembly. The first meeting of the Committee is expected to take place during the first part of 2008.
A number of 19 proposals out of the 45 have been chosen by informal consultations within the PCDA context to be immediately implemented. The most important proposals are related to the establishment of norms, to technology transfers and to the structure that needs to be created in order to support and integrate the development of the organisation, as it was explained by Alberto Dumont, the Argentinean Ambassador. He also considered that the Plan of Action would have effects not only on WIPO activities but also on the activities of other international organisations such as the World Health Organisation in the work related to public health, intellectual property and innovation.
Dr. Kamil Idris, the Director General of WIPO considered this decision as a "milestone decision" that is "an important and positive step towards ensuring that the international intellectual property system continues to serve the public good by encouraging and rewarding innovation and creativity in a balanced and effective manner."
A significant impact upon the adoption of this Plan of Action was played by national and international NGOs. Wend Wendland, head of WIPO's programme on traditional knowledge, confirmed that the NGOs have succeeded in influencing the discussions and the priorities for WIPO, in helping developing countries better understand Intellectual Property and in increasing the focus on "new beneficiaries" of the IP system.
Member States Adopt a Development Agenda for WIPO (1.10.2007)
http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2007/article_0071.html
WIPO action plan for development is on the track (only in French 4.10.2007)
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=771&res=1024_ff&pri...
NGOs Having Major Impact On WIPO Agenda, Panel Says (5.10.2007)
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Report of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO
Development Agenda (PCDA) (17.09.2007)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=85452
EDRI-gram: PCDA brings a major change in the WIPO mandate (20.06.2007)
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