WIPO Worldwide Academy Founded March 1998 Challenges and Opportunities in IP Education, Training and Research

Policy Development  Objective - To provide a forum for sharing information and training: –Government officials & decision-makers –Policy advisors –Judges –Professors –Diplomats

Policy Development  WIPO Academy for the Judiciary

Participants ( ): 2949 Policy Development

Education and Degree Program  Design of curricula  Design and implementation of diploma/degree programs in intellectual property  Design of teaching materials and WIPO Publications

Education and Degree Program  Joint University Degree/Diploma Programs: –Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property with the University of Turin, Italy –Masters Program on Human Rights and Intellectual Property Rights Law with the Faculty of Law/Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, Sweden

Why the Worldwide Academy?  Need to create general awareness of intellectual property for all the actors concerned: Offices, Universities, policy makers, customs officers, private enterprises, especially SMEs, etc…)  Lack of specialized human resources in the field of IP

Academy’s Response  Setting up of 5 Programs: –Professional Development Program –Policy Development Program –Education and Degree Program –Research and Executive Program –Distance Learning Program

Objective - to train professional staff in: IP Offices IGOs Professional Development

 Courses Include: –Legal, administrative & economic aspects of IP –Patent documentation, search & examination techniques –Trademark law and administration

Professional Development –Administration of trademarks –Copyright & related rights –Programs carried out in cooperation with partner institutions

Copyright and Industrial Property: Beneficiaries Total participants ( ): 921 Professional Development

Education and Degree Program –Diploma course on IP with IGNOU, India –Diploma course with UNISA, South Africa –Diploma course with University of Bucharest, Romania

Education and Degree Program

Research & Executive Program  IP Research for industry and practitioners –Strengthen leadership quality in the IP field of individuals and organizations –Foster professional, intellectual and personal development for more effective management of IP –High value added, sophisticated and focused programs in IP asset management, IP valuation, patent drafting, etc.

Research & Executive Program

Cost effective Flexible Large audiences Specialization & customization State-of-art information Core faculty of tutors Distance Learning

Courses:  DL-001: Primer on IP, in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese  DL-101: General Course on IP, in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish –8605 students –10067 students –8338 students –4698 students

Distance Learning Reaching the unreached

Distance Learning  DL-201: Copyright and Related Rights –242 in 2005  DL-202: E-Commerce and IP –171 in 2005  DL-205: Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention – 61 in 2005

Distance Learning  Forthcoming: –Biotechnology and IP –Patent Course –Patent Drafting Course –Patent Information Search –Traditional Knowledge (TK) and IP –Course for SME –Arbitration and Mediation –Course on Licensing

Distance Learning

Beneficiaries Distance Learning

Economic Groupings Distance Learning