World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
1. Responding to the multiple crises, has the governing body of your organization taken any decisions or adopted any new strategies to enhance effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions and to reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and poverty eradication? (200-800 words)
WIPO has a specific area, headed by the WIPO’s Special Representative on UNSDGS, to deal in a horizontal way with all sectors of the Organization on SDG related matters. Annually, at the first session of CDIP (Committee on the Development of Intellectual Property), the WIPO’s Special Representative presents a report on all SDG related activities implemented in the previous year.
At the initiative of the Director General of WIPO, the 2024 World Intellectual Property Day will be totally devoted to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
2. In the past year, has your organization organized any intergovernmentally mandated conferences, forums or events that contributed to the achievement of the SDGs, or in the process of planning and organizing any such mandated events to be held next year?
In addition to numerous events in which directly or indirectly contributed to the achievement of the SDGs, in the areas of quality education, gender, climate change, sustainable cities, partnerships, WIPO has specifically held the following one:
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Event Name: |
Thinking about Industrial Property, Sustainability and the future of the Planet |
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Event Dates: |
May 29 and 30 |
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Event Location (City, Country): |
Lisbon, Portugal |
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Relevant SDGs: |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17 |
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Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) |
The event held in cooperation with the Government of Portugal had representatives from 89 countries who attended it. It has been the second largest event organized by WIPO in 2023 (the Annual WIPO GA was the largest). The event counted with the participation of the President of Portugal, Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa; the Director General of WIPO, Mr. Daren Tang, the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, Ms. Amina Mohammed, several Ministers from Portugal, several Heads of Industrial Property Offices from different parts of the world, as well as representatives from the public and private sectors from several countries. The main outcome was a clear and unanimous message conveyed by all the speakers and participants: IP has a key role to play in achieving the UN SDGs of the UN 2030 Agenda. |
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Website (if applicable) |
www.wipo.com/SDGs |
3. In the past year, has your organization published or planned to publish any analytical work or guidance note or toolkits to guide and support the implementation of SDGs at national, regional and global levels? Please select up to three to highlight, especially those that address interlinkages among the SDGs.
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Resource Name |
Study on the Implementation of SDGs by National IP Administrations |
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Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) |
SDGs 1 to 17 |
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Publishing entity/entities |
WIPO |
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Target audience |
WIPO Member States and National IP Administrations |
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Description (max 150 words) |
A comprehensive questionnaire was sent to several IP National Administrations with questions related to what kind of activities each office has implemented (or intends to do) on SDGs, whether internally or in cooperation with other government programmes, as well as the lessons learned from internal and external SDG initiatives. |
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Language(s) |
English |
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Website (if applicable) |
www.wipo.com/SDGs |
4. In connection with the 2023 SDG Summit, the United Nations development system announced 12 High-Impact Initiatives where transformative progress is possible despite challenging global circumstances. Please share if your organization is contributing to any of these High Impact Initiatives and how various actors are being rallied behind them to mobilize further leadership and investment to bring progress to scale.
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Digital Public Infrastructure (Scaling inclusive and open digital ecosystems for the SDGs)
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Energy Compacts (Scaling up ambition to deliver on SDG7)
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Food Systems Transformation (Transforming food systems for a sustainable world without hunger)
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FutureGov (Building public sector capabilities for the future)
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Global Accelerator (The Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions)
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Local2030 Coalition (Pushing key transitions and achieving the SDGs by 2030)
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Nature Driving Economic Transformation (Leveraging the power of biodiversity and nature to drive equitable economic progress)
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Power of Data (Unlocking the data dividend for the SDGs)
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Spotlight Initiative (To eliminate violence against women and girls)
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The SDG Stimulus (Scaling up long-term affordable financing for the SDGs)
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Transforming4Trade (Paradigm shift to boost economic development)
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Transforming Education (Learning to build a better future for all)
5. In addition to the above, has your organization been part of any other initiatives or multi-stakeholder partnerships that enhance effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions and reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially in the areas of poverty eradication (SDG1), food systems transformation (SDG2), climate action (SDG13), governance (SDG16), partnerships (SDG17), which will go under in-depth review at the HLPF in 2024, or related to the Secretary-General’s proposals in Our Common Agenda?
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Initiative/Partnership Name |
WIPO Green Technology Book |
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Partners (please list all partners) |
Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Egypt |
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Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) |
2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 1, 14, 15 |
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Member States benefiting from it |
Global |
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Description (max 150 words) |
Innovation and technology has a very important role to play in climate change adaptation and mitigation. At the COP27 in Egypt in November last year, we launched the new WIPO flagship publication Green Technology Book. This digital-first and free publication aims to provide an overview of proven and new innovation and technology which can offer solutions to global challenges. The first edition focused on climate change adaptation technologies and has close to 1 million visitors, mostly from developing countries. The next edition, planned for release at COP28 in Dubai, focuses in climate change mitigation technologies. It is a text-light publication with emphasis on showcasing actual technologies. Through its direct link to the WIPO GREEN Database of Needs and Green Technologies where solution providers can be contacted directly, the book also is an important matchmaking tool. |
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Website |
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Initiative/Partnership Name |
WIPO GREEN Latin America Acceleration Project |
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Partners (please list all partners) |
Intellectual property offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ministry of foreign Affairs Argentina, and Field Intelligence (private company) in Peru. |
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Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) |
2, 6, 7, 13, 15, 17 |
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Member States benefiting from it |
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay |
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Description (max 150 words) |
WIPO GREEN implements on-the-ground matchmaking projects in several countries. The LAC project focuses on climate smart agriculture (CSA) and has been active since 2019. Through local consultants we identify entities (farmers, communities etc.) who are looking for solutions to challenges and match them with potential technology providers. We assist in the process of clarifying expectations, feasibility of the potential solutions, and in addressing other barriers for deployment. The projects are based on the perception that globally, people are increasingly facing serious environmental challenges, and that very often the solutions are already available and feasible, but also that there is a knowledge gab between the needs and the solutions. The project has in each country a specific focus within CSA such as the fruit sector, zero-till, forest, and in Uruguay on livestock. |
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6. In the Political Declaration adopted at the 2023 SDG Summit, Member States committed to using the review of the high-level political forum at the 78th session of the General Assembly to further strengthen the follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, harnessing data to track progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, strengthening analysis of the interlinkages across the Goals and targets, including policy implications of their synergies and trade-offs. Please provide your organization’s recommendations, if any, in this regard.
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Strengthen follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda at HLPF
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Harnessing data to track progress in implementation
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Strengthening analysis of the interlinkages across Goals and targets, including policy implications of their synergies and trade-offs
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Other suggestions