World Intellectual Property Organization

(Geneva, Switzerland)
Email: wipo.mail@wipo.int
Website: www.wipo.int

Description: WIPO is a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation, and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest. WIPO's extensive program on IP and traditional cultural expressions and knowledge comprises norm-building within an Intergovernmental Committee and practical capacity-building, such as the Creative Heritage Project which addresses the management of IP in relation to the digitization of cultural heritage. See http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/culturalheritage/