Title: Approaches by Developing Countries to Reforming Investment Rules;
South-South Dialogue and Cooperation
Date: 20 July 2016, 13:00-14:30
Venue: ‘Investment Village’, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Organizer: The South Centre and the Government of Indonesia
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Title: Patents and Public Health: Exploring Options for Future Work in the WIPO
Date: 29 June 2016, 13:00-14:45
Venue: WIPO, Room B
Organizer: South Centre (more…)
A panel discussion on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Right to Development and the launch of the new book “India’s Approach to Development Cooperation” edited by Sachin Chaturvedi and Anthea Mulakala
Date : Monday 27 June 2016, 13:00-15:00H (more…)
Title of Book: Investment Treaties: Views and Experiences from Developing Countries
Title of Event: REFORM OF THE INVESTMENT PROTECTION REGIME
VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 13:30-15:00
Venue: Library Events Room (B-135), Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizer: South Centre and UNOG Library
Title: Preventing Misappropriation of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: What is the Role of WIPO?
Date: 18 February 2016, 13:00-14:45
Venue: WIPO, Room NB 0.107
Organizer: South Centre (more…)
Title: The Adoption of the UN Post 2015 Development Agenda: What Does it Mean for WIPO?
Date: 8 October, 13h00-15h00
Venue: WIPO Room NB 0.107 (more…)
South Centre Conference on State of Negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 October 2015.
Venue: South Centre (Invitation open to developing country delegates – Request for invitation and confirmation at ngomeeneme@southcentre.int) (more…)
Regional Course on Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health for UNASUR policy makers: Towards an Intellectual Property Regime that Protects Public Health and Patients’ Rights. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7-11 September 2015.
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South Conference “2015 and the South: Preparing for a Year of Uncertainty and International Summits”
Venue: Room VIII, the Palais des Nations
Location: Geneva
The Conference reviewed the present problematic situation of the global economy and how it affected developing countries, as well as the state of multilateral negotiations in trade and other important areas. It was an opportunity for developing country policymakers and opinion shapers to reflect on the prospects for the South in the current global context and to identify possible ways forward. (more…)
North-South Forum on Multilateral Cooperation in a World of Crises
Venue: Room VIII, Palais des Nations
Location: Geneva
This Forum was organised by the South Centre with the cooperation of the Government of Finland. The objective of the Forum is to generate discussions on the state of multilateral cooperation at this crucial juncture when the world faces multiple crises, challenges and possibilities, including in the global economy, in the environment including on climate change, and in health care (including Ebola, other emerging diseases, and antibiotic resistance). (more…)
South Centre-TWN Side Event at the UN Climate Conference in Lima: Perspectives on the 2015 Paris deal: Options on the road from Lima to Paris
Speakers from developing countries will give insights on the critical markers from Lima to Paris in order to secure an equitable and just climate agreement at the South Centre-TWN side event in Lima, Peru.
Workshops for patent examiners of the Indian Patent Office in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi
Prof. Carlos Correa and Dr. German Velasquez from the South Centre visited the IP offices of Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi to conduct four workshops with patent examiners from the four patent offices in India on examination of pharmaceutical patent applications from a public health perspective. (more…)
