[Ip-health] Fwd: IP-Watch's Questions to WIPO DG Candidates

Sisule Musungu sfmusungu@gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 06:49:19 2008


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 IP-Watch has recently posed five questions to the 15 candidates for the
post of WIPO Director General.

The questions at http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=955 and pasted
below are quite timely. It will beinteresting to see the candidates answers!


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Intellectual Property Watch

*11 March 2008*
 Five IP Policy Questions For WIPO DG Candidates


*Intellectual Property Watch* has posed five neutral questions on IP policy
to all 15 candidates to be the next director general of the World
Intellectual Property Organization.

   1. What actions are needed in the international IP systems, such as
   those that govern patents, trademarks and copyrights?
   2. One year after you take office, what do you expect to have changed
   in WIPO's management, staffing and procedures?
   3. How do you see the future of the WIPO Development Agenda?
   4. What are the three biggest obstacles to WIPO achieving its goals
   and potential, and how will you engage with members and other stakeholders?
   5. How will you keep WIPO relevant to international policy debates and
   work with other global institutions?

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SF Musungu