Call for applications: WIPO Training, Mentoring and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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"Women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples or local communities, such as artisans, designers, performing artists, researchers, healers, or small-scale farmers, who have a project or business based on traditional knowledge or traditional cultural expressions with an intellectual property component, are encouraged to apply.

Applications from young indigenous and local community women entrepreneurs are strongly encouraged.

Entrepreneurship based on traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions celebrates the rich and diverse cultures and traditions of indigenous peoples and local communities around the world, strengthening their sense of identity and belonging, as well as creating jobs and generating income.

However, indigenous and local community entrepreneurs often face difficulties due to a lack of awareness of, and expertise on,  intellectual property.

Indigenous and local community women, many of whom play a key role as holders and custodians of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, represent a significant number of these entrepreneurs, often facing additional difficulties due to inequalities in access to education, funding, and support services. 

The  program aims to strengthen  the capacity of indigenous and local community women entrepreneurs to make strategic and effective use of intellectual property tools in support of their businesses.

It is hoped that the program will encourage women entrepreneurship,  innovation, and creativity related to traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, and lead to sustainable prosperity for women and their communities, thus supporting the  implementation of many of the Sustainable Development Goals.

2023-2024 WIPO Training, Mentoring and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities has a practical approach and consists of a training phase and a mentoring and matchmaking phase.

The training phase will consist of a practical workshop at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, that includes a mixture of short presentations, case studies and group work, to take place from September 18 to 22, 2023.

The mentoring and matchmaking phase will take place in 2024.

Candidates should submit a duly filled application form.

The application deadline is April 21, 2023.

Applications submitted after the closing date will not be considered."

For more information please visit 

https://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2023/news_0005.html

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