Events

SC Side Event: Designing Sui Generis PVP System in Developing Countries and the Role of WIPO, 7 October 2016

Title:              Panel Discussion on “Designing Sui Generis Plant Variety Protection System in Developing

                         Countries and the Role of WIPO”

Date:              7 October 2016, 13:00-15:00

Venue:           WIPO New Building, Room 0.107

Organizer:   The South Centre, The Third World Network (TWN) and and the Association for Plant

                         Breeding for Benefit of Society (APBREBES)

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10th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators, 7-9 November 2016

The Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators

The South Centre joins the International Institute for Sustainable Development annually in co-organizing the forum for developing country investment negotiators. The forum is a unique space dedicated to discussing current trends and perspectives in regard to international investment agreements, with a focus on developing countries’ experiences and objectives. It is dedicated to sharing of experiences and lessons learned from different national and regional contexts. (more…)

SC-Indonesia Investment Side Event to UNCTAD XIV, 20 July 2016

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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SC Side Event to the 24th WIPO SCP, 29 June 2016

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…)

Dialogue on South-South Cooperation, 27 June 2016

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…)

Investment Book Launch, 18 May 2016

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

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SC Side Event to the 29th WIPO IGC, 18 February 2016

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…)

South Conference, 12 March 2015

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…)