Date: 20 May 2009

Time: 13h00 - 15h00

Venue: South Centre

Summary
The South Centre Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme held a workshop to follow up the World Summit on Information Society.  The purpose of the workshop was to promote interaction and exchange of views and ideas among developing country delegates and other stakeholders on the current status and future of the WSIS implementation in various international fora including the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), WSIS and the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) – ECOSOC/UNCTAD.

Date: 7 May 2009

Time: 13h00 – 15h00

Venue: South Centre

Summary

The forum aims to provide opportunities for developing country delegates to be updated on cross-cutting IP negotiations and other processes in Geneva and elsewhere on a monthly basis. It is dedicated to reviewing and assessing recent international negotiations sessions, providing a holistic overview across different forums, to allow delegates to better coordinate positions on the subject of intellectual property in different multilateral organizations. This second forum provided an update of the developments in the following fora: (a) the WCO meeting on IP enforcement issues in Brussels; (b) the 4th session of the WIPO CDIP in Geneva; (c) the WIPO PCT Working Group discussion on a roadmap and related proposals for reform of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in Geneva; (d) the UNFCCC discussions on climate change in Bonn; and (e) the discussions on counterfeit medicines in the forthcoming World Health Assembly in the WHO in Geneva.