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Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization
Committee: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Session: Fifty-First Session
Location: Geneva
Session dates: May 30 to June 5, 2025
Document type: Information note
Document symbol: WIPO/GRTKF/IC/51/INF/4
Original language: English
Date of document: April 17, 2025
Prepared by: WIPO Secretariat
Subject matter: Operation of the WIPO Voluntary Fund for Accredited Indigenous and Local Communities
Reporting period for contributions: Up to April 17, 2025
Total voluntary contributions reported: 784,369.36 Swiss francs
Fund balance as of April 17, 2025: 0 Swiss francs
Governing rules reference: Annex to document WO/GA/32/6
Approval and amendment dates of rules: September 2005; September 2010
Related governing body: WIPO General Assembly
Intended audience: Members and participants of the Intergovernmental Committee
Contextual description: Official intergovernmental information note reporting financial contributions, fund status, beneficiary recommendations, and pending applications related to the WIPO Voluntary Fund for Indigenous and Local Communities in connection with the Committee’s Fifty-First Session.
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Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops - Fifty-First Session, Cambridge, United Kingdom, May 23 to 27, 2022
Year: 2022
Region / City: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Subject: Plant variety protection, cooperation in DUS examination
Document Type: Draft Report
Organization: UPOV
Author: Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops
Target Audience: UPOV members, agricultural stakeholders
Period of Validity: 2022
Date of Approval: May 27, 2022
Date of Changes: None
CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifty-First Annual Byzantine Studies Conference
Year: 2025
Region / City: Detroit, Michigan
Topic: Byzantine Studies
Document Type: Conference Call for Papers
Organization / Institution: Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA)
Author: Program Committee of the 2025 BSC
Target Audience: Scholars and researchers in Byzantine Studies
Period of Action: October 30 – November 2, 2025
Approval Date: N/A
Date of Changes: N/A
Report of the Coordination Committee, Seventy-Eighth (Fifty-First Regular) Session, Geneva, 21–24 September 2020
Year: 2020
Region / City: Geneva
Theme: Intellectual Property Cooperation
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author: Coordination Committee of WIPO
Target Audience: Member States of WIPO
Period of validity: September 2020
Approval Date: 15 December 2020
Date of amendments: None
Report on the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), Fifty-First (24th Ordinary) Session of the WIPO General Assembly, September 30 to October 9, 2019
Document symbol: EWO/GA/51/12
Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization
Governing body: WIPO General Assembly
Session: Fifty-First (24th Ordinary) Session
Location: Geneva
Date of document: July 30, 2019
Reporting body: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC)
Prepared by: Secretariat
Reporting period: January 2018 – June 2019
Subject matter: Intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions
Related documents: WO/GA/49/21; WO/GA/50/8; WIPO/GRTKF/IC/34/4; WIPO/GRTKF/IC/34/5; WIPO/GRTKF/IC/34/8
Mandate period: 2018/2019 biennium
Type of document: Official report
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Georgia, Fifty-First Session, January 2026
Year: 2026
Region / Country: Georgia
Subject: Human Rights Review
Document Type: United Nations Report
Organization: Human Rights Council
Session: Sixty-second session
Dates of Review: 19–30 January 2026
Rapporteurs (Troika): Angola, Estonia, Pakistan
State Delegation Head: Khatuna Totladze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Number of Participating Delegations: 106
Relevant International Instruments: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Domestic Workers Convention, 2011; Maternity Protection Convention, 2000; Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019; Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines
Legislative Recommendations: Repeal of Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence 2024, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Law on Family Values and Protection of Minors 2024
Update of the Technical Review of Key Intellectual Property-Related Issues of the WIPO Draft Instruments on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions within the Framework of Indigenous Human Rights
Year: 2025
Region / City: Geneva
Theme: Intellectual Property, Indigenous Rights
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author: Elifuraha Laltaika, Neva Collings
Target Audience: Members of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Period of Effect: 2020-2021
Approval Date: March 19, 2025
Amendment Date: N/A
COMMITTEE ON WIPO STANDARDS (CWS) TENTH SESSION GENEVA, NOVEMBER 21 TO 25, 2022 WIPO Sequence Suite development and support
Year: 2022
Region / City: Geneva
Topic: WIPO Sequence Suite Development and Support
Document Type: Summary Report
Organization / Institution: WIPO International Bureau
Author: WIPO International Bureau
Target Audience: WIPO Member States, Patent Offices, Applicants
Period of Validity: Until the end of the WIPO Sequence Suite lifecycle
Approval Date: July 1, 2022
Amendment Date: Not specified
Approval of Agreements for Cooperation Between WIPO and EPO and Between WIPO and IRENA, 2021
Year: 2021
Document reference: WO/CC/80/1
Language: English
Issuing body: World Intellectual Property Organization
Governing body: WIPO Coordination Committee
Session: Eightieth (52nd Ordinary) Session
Location: Geneva
Session dates: October 4–8, 2021
Date of document: August 3, 2021
Document type: Committee document
Prepared by: WIPO Secretariat
Subject matter: International cooperation agreements
Organizations involved: World Intellectual Property Organization; European Patent Office; International Renewable Energy Agency
Legal basis: Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, Article 13(1)
Agreements covered: Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and EPO; Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and IRENA
Fields of cooperation: Patents; international patent system; renewable energy technologies; intellectual property and innovation
Annexes: Annex I; Annex II
Fifty-Fifth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO, Geneva, October 5–14, 2015
Year: 2015
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Type of document: Meeting report / List of decisions
Authors: Secretariat of WIPO
Audience: Member States of WIPO
Period covered: October 5–14, 2015
Date of issue: October 22, 2015
Agenda items: 1–11
Observers admitted: European Public Law Organization (EPLO), Archives and Records Association (ARA), CEPIUG, EUROPABIO, IIPCC, MALOCA Internationale, AGESORPI, The Finnish Copyright Society, The Nest Foundation
Program and Budget Committee composition: Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Paris Union Executive Committee members: Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, DPR Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uganda, United States, Viet Nam
Berne Union Executive Committee members: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Coordination Committee composition: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, DPR Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Approved agreements: Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and CERLALC, Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and ESCAP
Reports noted: IAOC Report, External Auditor Report, Internal Oversight Division Annual Report
Resources Available on the WIPO Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources Website
Year: 2026
Region / City: Geneva
Topic: Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources
Document Type: Informational Document
Organization / Institution: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author: WIPO Secretariat
Target Audience: IGC Participants, Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Intellectual Property Professionals
Period of Validity: 2026-2027
Approval Date: January 8, 2026
Date of Changes: January 2026
WIPO Standard ST.93 Recommendations on the Data Cleaning of Names
Year: 2023
Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Document Type: Standard
Subject: Data cleaning, name management, transliteration, transcription, translation
Target Audience: Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs)
Scope: Customer name data including personal names, business names, and related information
Session: Thirteenth session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
References: WIPO Standard ST.20
Summary Report of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO, Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings, Geneva, July 8 to 17, 2025
Year: 2025
Region / City: Geneva
Subject: WIPO Assemblies, International Intellectual Property
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author: Secretariat
Target Audience: Member States of WIPO, Observers, IP Professionals
Period of Validity: July 8–17, 2025
Approval Date: July 17, 2025
Date of Changes: N/A
WIPO General Assembly Fifty-Eighth (27th Ordinary) Session, Geneva, July 8 to 17, 2025 - Report on the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
Year: 2025
Region / City: Geneva
Topic: Intellectual Property Standards, WIPO Standards, Blockchain, Data Exchange
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: WIPO
Author: WIPO Secretariat
Target Audience: WIPO Members, IP Offices, IP Experts
Period of Validity: 2025
Approval Date: April 7, 2025
Amendment Date: None
Guidelines for Customization of the WIPO Intellectual Property Policy Template for Universities and Research Institutions
Year: 2019
Region / City: Global
Topic: Intellectual Property, Policy Development
Document Type: Guideline
Institution: WIPO
Authors: Lien Verbauwhede Koglin, Kerry Faul, Richard Cahoon
Target Audience: University and Research Institution officials responsible for policy development
Validity Period: Ongoing
Approval Date: January 29, 2019
Date of Last Revision: N/A
WIPO Conference – Forty-Fifth (19th Extraordinary) Session International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Union) – Assembly – Sixtieth (34th Extraordinary) Session International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Union) – Assembly – Fifty-Fourth (28th Extraordinary) Session International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Union) – Executive Committee – Seventieth (55th Ordinary) Session Special Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Union) – Assembly – Forty-Fourth (18th Extraordinary) Session Special Union for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (Lisbon Union) – Assembly – Forty-First (16th Extraordinary) Session Special Union for the International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Union) – Assembly – Forty-Fourth (19th Extraordinary) Session Special Union for the International Patent Classification (IPC Union) – Assembly – Forty-Fifth (21st Extraordinary) Session Special Union for the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Union) – Assembly – Thirty-Seventh (17th Extraordinary) Session WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) – Assembly – Twenty-Fourth (13th Extraordinary) Session WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) – Assembly – Twenty-Fourth (13th Extraordinary) Session Patent Law Treaty (PLT) – Assembly – Twenty-Third (13th Extraordinary) Session Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT) – Assembly – Seventeenth (9th Extraordinary) Session Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP) – Assembly – Fifth (5th Ordinary) Session Geneva, July 9 to 17, 2024
Date: September 25, 2024
Year: 2024
Region / City: Geneva
Topic: Intellectual Property
Document Type: Report
Organization: WIPO
Target Audience: WIPO Member States
Period of validity: From July 9 to 17, 2024
Date of adoption: Not specified
Date of amendments: Not specified
WIPO General Assembly - Fifty-Seventh (31st Extraordinary) Session Report
Year: 2024
Region / City: Geneva
Subject: Reports on Audit and Oversight
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: WIPO
Author: WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee
Target Audience: WIPO Member States
Period of Validity: July 9-17, 2024
Approval Date: September 25, 2024
Date of Amendments: N/A
WIPO Coordination Committee Eighty-Third (55th Ordinary) Session Geneva, July 9 to 17, 2024 REPORT adopted by the WIPO Coordination Committee
Year: 2024
Region / City: Geneva
Subject: Human Resources, Organizational Development
Document Type: Report
Organization / Institution: WIPO
Author: WIPO Coordination Committee
Target Audience: Member States, WIPO Stakeholders
Period of Validity: N/A
Approval Date: September 25, 2024
Amendment Date: N/A
Wipo Standard ST.93 Recommendations on the DATA CLEANING of Names Proposal presented for approval by the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) at its twelfth session
Year: 2020
Region / city: International
Topic: Intellectual Property
Document Type: Standard
Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author: WIPO Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
Target Audience: Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs), data administrators, and legal representatives
Period of validity: Not specified
Approval Date: Not specified
Amendment Date: Not specified
GUIDELINES FOR THE DATA CLEANING OF NAMES Proposal presented for approval by the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) at its eleventh session
Note: Year
Contextual Description: This document provides a set of guidelines for the intake, processing, cleaning, and publication of clean name data within Intellectual Property Offices.
Report on the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) to the WIPO General Assembly, Fifty-Fifth (30th Extraordinary) Session, July 2022
Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization
Governing body: WIPO General Assembly
Committee: Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
Session: Fifty-Fifth (30th Extraordinary) Session
Document symbol: EWO/GA/55/7
Original language: English
Date: April 14, 2022
Meeting location: Geneva
Meeting period: July 14–22, 2022
Reporting period: 2021
Prepared by: Secretariat
Subject matter: Development, revision, and implementation of WIPO Standards
Adopted standards: WIPO Standard ST.91
Revised standards: WIPO Standards ST.26, ST.27, ST.37, ST.88
Related technologies: Blockchain, digital 3D models
Target institutions: Intellectual Property Offices
Type of source: Intergovernmental committee report
Topics: Fifty-First WIPO Accredited