The document provides information about the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It discusses WIPO's history dating back to 1883, mission to lead development of an effective international intellectual property system, activities like developing communication strategies and managing media relations, purpose of promoting IP protection worldwide and ensuring cooperation among unions, structure including the WIPO president and awards, and membership of 191 states.

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3. WIPO

4. CONTENTS
• History .
• Mission .
• Vision .
• Function of WIPO .
• Activities of WIPO .
• Purpose of WIPO .
• Structure of WIPO .
• Members of WIPO .
• President of WIPO .

5. WIPO
•The World Intellectual Property
Organization .

6. LOGO

7. HISTORY
• One of the oldest specialized agencies of the United
Nations, the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) has a long and interesting past. Browse some
of the key milestones in the Organization's history.

8. 1883 – PARIS CONVENTION
• The Paris convention for the protection industrial propertyis
born. This international agreement is the first major step
taken to help creators ensure that their intellectual works are
protected in other countries. The need for international
protection of intellectual property (IP) became evident when
foreign exhibitors refused to attend the International
Exhibition of Inventions in Vienna, Austria in 1873 because
they were afraid their ideas would be stolen and exploited
commercially in other countries.

9. 1886 – BERNE CONVENTION
• Following a campaign by French writer Victor Hugo and
his Association Littéraire et Artistique International the Berne
convention for the protection of literacy and artistic works is
agreed. The aim is to give creators the right to control and
receive payment for their creative works on an international
level.

10. 1891 – MADRID AGREEMENT
• With the adoption of the Madrid Agreement, the first
international IP filing service is launched: the Madrid system
for the international registration of marks . In the decades that
follow, a full spectrum of international IP system services will
emerge under the auspices of what will later become WIPO.

11. 1970 – BIRPI BECOMES WIPO
• The convention establishing the world intellectual property
organization (WIPO) comes into force and BIRPI is thus
transformed to become WIPO. The newly established WIPO
is a member state-led, intergovernmental organization, with
its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

12. 1974 – WIPO JOINS THE UN
• WIPO joins the United Nations (UN) family of organizations,
becoming a specialized agency of the UN . All member states
of the UN are entitled, though not obliged, to become
members of the specialized agencies.

13. MISSION
• Our mission is to lead the development of a balanced and
effective international intellectual property (IP) system that
enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all. Our
mandate, governing bodies and procedures are set out in the
WIPO Convention.

14. VISION
•The exploitation of the IP system is an
important & powerful tool for wealth
creation and poverty reduction.

15. FUNCTIONS
• Assisting campaigns development to improve IP protection all over the
world and to harmonize national legislations in this field;
• Signing international agreements on IP protection;
• Applying the administrative functions of the Paris and Berne Unions;
• Rendering technical and legal assistance in the field of IP;
• Collecting and disseminating the information, conducting researches
and publishing their results;
• Ensuring the work of the services facilitating the international IP
protection;
• Applying any other appropriate actions.

16. ACTIVITIES
• Developing WIPO’s communication, content and branding strategies.
• Managing the WIPO web site, social media and digital communications.
• Managing media relations.
• Creating, editing and distributing WIPO publication , including the WIPO
magazine .
• Creating graphic design , video and photographic content.
• Leading the annual world IP day campaign. Creating awareness-raising and
outreach tools for use by member states.
• Managing the WIPO library and online library services.
• Building a service-oriented culture within WIPO.
• Running the Customer Service Center to manage external enquiries.
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17. PURPOSE
• The purposes of WIPO are twofold:
(1) to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the
world through cooperation among states and, where appropriate, in
collaboration with any other international organization.
(2) to ensure administrative cooperation among the unions.
Industrial property, chiefly in invention , trademarks, and industrial
designs; and copyright, chiefly in literary, musical, artistic, photographic
a works.

18. WIPO MEMBERS
• WIPO currently has 191 member states. 186 of the
UN Members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook
Islands are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states
of Kosovo, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
Solomon Islands, South Sudan, and the states with limited
recognition.

19. STRUCTURE

20. WIPO
• WIPO President Francis Gurry from Australia
Francis Gurry is an Australian national and the fourth and current
Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization. He is
also Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of
New Varieties of Plants.

21. AWARDS
• WIPO IP Enterprise Trophy
WIPO Medal for Inventors
WIPO Medal for Creativity
WIPO Users’ Trophy
WIPO Schoolchildren’s Trophy

22. UNESCO

23. CONTENT LIST
1. UNESCO Mean
2. INTRODUCTION
3. PURPOSE
4. HISTORY
5. ACTIVITIES
6. FUNCTIONS
7. CHANNELS
8. GOVERNING BODIES
9. MEMBERS STATE
10. Prizes

24. UNESCO STAND FOR?
United nation educational scientific cultural
organization.

25. INTRODUCTION
UNESCO was created by the united nation in 4 November
1946
The head office of UNESCO is in Paris France
There are more than 60 offices all around the world

26. PURPOSE
The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security by
promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science
and culture in order to further universal respect for justice for the rule of
law, and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are
affirmed for the peoples of the world without distinction of race sex
language or religion by the Charter of the United Nations.

27. HISTORY
UNESCO specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that was
outlined in a constitution signed November 16, 1945. The constitution,
which entered into force in 1946, called for the promotion of international
collaboration in education, science, and culture. The agency’s
permanent headquarters are in Paris, France.

28. ACTIVITIES
UNESCO implements its activities through the five program areas
1. Education
2. Natural sciences
3. Social and human science
4. Culture
5. Communication and information

29. FUNCTIONS
To promote intellectual co-operation and mutual understanding of
peoples through all means of mass communication;
To give fresh impulse to popular education and to the spread of culture;
To maintain, increase and diffuse knowledge
To encourage scientific research and training
To apply sciences to ensure human development and the rational
management of natural resources

30. CHANNELS
Face to face or personal communication
Broadcast media communications
Mobile communication channels
Electronic communication channels
Written Methods of communication

31. GOVERNING BODIES
1. The General Conference
2. The Executive board
3. Director General

32. 1. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
Consisting of all member states and which ordinarily takes place once
every biennium is the highest body responsible for regarding the activities
of that organization approving its program and budget each member state
represents a vote.

33. 2. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
It composed of 58 Member states elected by the general conference for a
term of four years normally meets twice a year. Prepare the work of the
general conference and is responsible for monitoring implementation of
the program of the organization.

34. 3. DIRECTOR GENERAL
The head of the organization elected by the General
conference for a term of four years and may be reelected for
another term. The Current director general Audrey Azoulay is
since 2017 from France

35. MEMBER STATES
As of January 2019, UNESCO has 193 member states and 11
associate members. Some members are not independent
states and some members have additional National Organizing
Committees from some of their dependent territories. The
United States and Israel left UNESCO on 31 December 2018.

36. PRIZES
UNESCO awards 22 prizes in education, science, culture and
peace:
1. UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
2. UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of
Tolerance and Non-Violence
3. UNESCO/International José Marti Prize
4. UNESCO/Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science
5. UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social
Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
6. Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture