Summary Note 17 (December 2024)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 23rd session of the UNPFII, April 15 to 26, 2024.
To be a Docip volunteer involves putting one’s skills at the service of indigenous delegates during their participation in the UN arena.
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 37th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), which will be held at the headquarters of WIPO in Geneva, from August 27 to 31, 2018.
The ICF will take place in the Uchtenhagen Room, WIPO Headquarters (AB Building), Geneva on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm.
There will be daily meetings of the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus (room tbc): 8:30 am - 10:00 am and 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
The Panel of Indigenous and Local Communities will take place on Monday, August 27, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. The theme of the panel at the Thirty-Seventh Session is: "The Differences and/or Similarities between Intellectual Property Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions – Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Perspectives”.
Docip's staff will be present from August 26 to 31, 2018, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm. We will offer the following free services for Indigenous Delegates:
For further information please contact Johanna Massa: johanna(at)docip.org, +33 6 01 76 06 95
