• To approach intellectual property enforcement in the context of broader societal interests and development-related concerns, in accordance with Article 7 of the TRIPs Agreement.
Participants from 22 countries were generally in favour of carrying forward the Development Agenda and were also of the opinion that some kind of harmonization could be brought in by merging some of the proposals to address concerns of all stakeholders for expeditious consideration in the ensuing meeting of the WIPO Provisional Committee on Development Agenda.
Discussions were held on 6 clusters in which all the 111 proposals were categorised. The major issues discusses were: Technical Assistance and Capacity Building; Norm-setting, Flexibilities, Public Policy and Public Domain; Technology Transfer, Information and Communication Technology and Access to Knowledge; Assessments, Evaluation and Impact Studies; Institutional matters including Mandate and governance.
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