Work at the International Level

The WIPO Inter-governmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (‘IGC’) is an international forum mandated by WIPO’s Member States which brings together representatives of governments and indigenous and local communities to discuss and address policy development and norm-building in relations to IP and TK, TCE’s and GR’s
The IGC is `examining ‘draft principles and objectives’ that could shape sui generis (special, of their own kind) instruments on TK and TCE’s.
For more information please see http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/
Or you may contact them at grtkf@wipo.int