Our cooperation activities take many forms including:
Assisting governments and individuals to use IP for economic development;
Building public-private partnerships to address global challenges; and
Cooperating with member states to develop global IP infrastructure and build respect for IP.
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The WIPO Academy is the center of excellence for IP human capacity building for WIPO member states.
Come Explore IP for a Healthier World: Ten Years of WIPO Re:Search Advancing Global Health
October 4 to December 31, 2021
A WIPO Virtual Exhibition hosted by the WIPO Knowledge Center that takes a close-up look at how IP and ingenuity fuel an innovative public-private partnership tackling some of the world’s most devastating diseases.
As a specialized agency of the United Nations, we are committed to working with developing and least developed countries to enable them to reap benefits from the IP system and to enhance their participation in the global innovation economy.
The Development Agenda ensures that development is taken into account at every step of our work. We do this through practical projects and activities, as well as by applying Organization-wide principles and objectives.
The Patent Information Initiative for Medicines (Pat-INFORMED) provides a service to the global health community, particularly those involved in procurement of medicines, by facilitating easy access to medicine patent information.
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) works within the IP system to increase the number of books worldwide in accessible formats and to make them available to the people who need them.
Through innovative research partnerships and knowledge sharing, WIPO Re:Search catalyzes the development of medical products to treat neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis.
By connecting technology and service providers with those seeking innovative solutions WIPO GREEN serves as an interactive marketplace that promotes the spread of green technologies to combat climate change.
Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) helps to improve the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries.
Through Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI), eligible institutions in developing countries can access sophisticated patent data tools and services.
A secure, online platform to which authorized bodies in WIPO member states can upload details of websites or apps which have been determined to infringe copyright according to national rules.
WIPO for Creators is an open public–private partnership launched by WIPO and the Music Rights Awareness Foundation.
Global cooperation
We cooperate with all our member states to develop the technical infrastructure used to share work, data and knowledge, as well as to build respect for IP.
