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On the way..of  local goods and Branding..soon..
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IGC Preparation Kit

The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) meets several times a year in Geneva.

This page provides the most relevant documents and materials to help participants prepare for the next session – including for consultations with indigenous peoples, local communities and other stakeholders.

The twenty-seventh session of the IGC (March 24 to April 4, 2014) focuses ontraditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.

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Working documents

The working documents for the 27th session of the IGC are:

• Agenda
• The Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Draft Articles
• The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions: Draft Articles
• Joint Recommendation on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
• Joint Recommendation on the Use of Databases for the Defensive Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources
• Proposal for the Terms of Reference for the Study by the WIPO Secretariat on Measures Related to the Avoidance of the Erroneous Grant of Patents and Compliance with Existing Access and Benefit-Sharing Systems

Key background documents

• IGC Mandate 2014/2015 
• Background brief No. 1: Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property 
• Background brief No. 2: The WIPO IGC 
• Background brief No. 3: Developing a National Strategy on IP and TK, TCEs and GRs
• Background brief No. 7: Customary Law and Traditional Knowledge 
• Background brief No. 9: Documentation of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions 

See also the Chair's information document Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Certain Suggested Cross-Cutting Issues. The summary of documentsprovides a short explanation of the session’s documents.

Informal information session

At preparatory informal information sessions, the WIPO secretariat provides member states' representatives in Geneva with information on the key issues under discussion at each upcoming IGC session, as well as on practical arrangements.

The informal information session for IGC 27 took place at:
WIPO Headquarters (Room AB 13.1) on March 14, 2014, at 10:30 a.m.

• Presentation slides 

View the video of the March 14 session.

Preparation kits of previous IGC sessions

• Twenty-sixth session (February 3 to February 7, 2014)

Geneva

City in Switzerland

Geneva is the second most populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. Wikipedia

Area: 15.93 km²

Weather: 5°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 70% Humidity

Local time: Monday 6:15 PM

Population: 184,538 (2009) UNdata

Colleges and Universities: University of Geneva, more

Points of interest

Jet d'Eau

St. Pierre Cathedral

Palace of Nations

Reformation Wall

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire