Director General’s Report on the Implementation of the Development Agenda

Institutional Matters - 6

Assessments and Studies - 6

Others - 1

Tech Assistance - 14

Tech Transfer - 9

Norm Setting - 9

EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation 7 (Cluster A)

Promote measures that will help countries deal with intellectual property-related anti-competitive practices, by providing technical cooperation to developing countries, especially LDCs, at their request, in order to better understand the interface between IPRs and competition policies.

Recommendation 15 (Cluster B)

Norm-setting activities shall:

be inclusive and member-driven; take into account different levels of development; take into consideration a balance between costs and benefits;

be a participatory process, which takes into consideration the interests and priorities of all WIPO Member Statesand the viewpoints of otherstakeholders, including accredited inter- governmental organizations (IGOs) and NGOs; and

be in line with the principle of neutrality of the WIPOSecretariat.

Recommendation 16 (Cluster B)

Consider the preservation of the public domainwithin WIPO’s normative processes and deepen the analysis of the implications and benefits of a rich and accessible public domain.

Recommendation 19 (Cluster B)

To initiate discussions on how, within WIPO’s mandate, to further facilitate access to knowledge and technology for developing countries and LDCsto foster creativity and innovation and to strengthen such existing activities within WIPO.

Recommendation 35 (Cluster D)

To request WIPO to undertake, upon request of Member States, new studies to assess the economic, social and cultural impact of the use of intellectual property systemsin these States.

Recommendation 45 (Cluster F)

To approach intellectual property enforcement in the context of broader societal interestsand especially development-oriented concerns, with a view that “the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights should contribute to the promotion of technological innovation and to the transfer and dissemination of technology, to the mutual advantage of producers and users of technological knowledge and in a manner conducive to social and economic welfare, and to a balance of rights and obligations”, in accordance with Article 7 of the TRIPS Agreement.

DA Implementation

Mainstreaming of Development Agenda principles

Organization wide implementation through linkages in Program and Budget

Project based implementation (23 projects at different stages of implementation)

Approximate 23 million Swiss francs committed so far

Work of CDIP – 3rd session

Establishment of a project-based methodology for implementation of recommendations

Discussion on implementation report on recommendations mainly containing principles (the 19 recommendations)

Preliminary approval of three new projects

Initial discussion on a coordination mechanism and monitoring, assessing and reporting modalities

Work of CDIP – 4th session

Implementation reports on projects pertaining to recommendations 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10

Project proposals on:

Developing Tools for Access to Patent Information (Recs. 19, 30 and 31)

Enhancement of WIPO’s RBM Framework (Recs. 33, 38 and 41)

IP and Technology Transfer (Recs. 19, 25, 26 and 28) – Not approved

Proposals from Japan and the Republic of Korea Final approval of three revised projects from CDIP 3

Continued discussion on coordination mechanism and monitoring, assessing and reporting modalities

Work of CDIP – 5th Session

Director General’s Report on the Implementation of the Development Agenda

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