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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Update on WIPO Development Agenda

William New, WIPO Pitches Proposed Programme Of Strategic Realignment, Intellectual Property Watch, October 29, 2008.

A few weeks after its new director general took office, the World Intellectual Property Organization has announced a programme of strategic realignment in the secretariat aimed at opening up the organisation and improving the focus on customer service. ...

[A] notable change to the organisational structure is the addition of a Development Agenda Coordination Division, reporting directly to the director general. This division is headed by Pushpendra Rai. ...

See also our past posts on the Development Agenda.