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<li><a href="#what">What is WIPO?</a></li> </ul> </ul> <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--on-this-page"> <li><a href="#who">Who we are</a></li> <li><a href="#whatwedo">What we do</a></li> <li><a href="#accountability">Accountability</a></li> <li><a href="#working">Working with WIPO</a></li> <li><a href="#connecting">Connecting with WIPO</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <h1>About WIPO</h1> <div class="main"> <h2><a name="what"></a>What is WIPO?</h2> <p class="lead">The <a href="/portal/en/">World Intellectual Property Organization</a> (WIPO) is the United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.</p> <p class="lead">We do so by providing <a href="/portal/en/index.html#services">services</a> that enable creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to protect and promote their <a href="/about-ip/en/">intellectual property</a> (IP) across borders and acting as a forum for 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Our <a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ip-resources">IP data and information</a> guide decisionmakers the world over. And our impact-driven projects and <a href="/cooperation/en/">technical assistance</a> ensure IP benefits everyone, everywhere.</p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header"><a href="https://www.wipo.int/exhibitions/en/wipo-world">WIPO World Exhibition</a></h3> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/exhibitions/en/wipo-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="WIPO World"><img alt="Web_WIPO_World_845x475px_Web_2" src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/wipo-world-845-2.jpg" /></a></figure> <p><a href="https://www.wipo.int/exhibitions/en/wipo-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discover how IP improves lives. Visit the WIPO World of Innovation & Creativity virtual exhibition</a></p> <a class="btn call-to-action" href="https://www.wipo.int/exhibitions/en/wipo-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit WIPO World</a></div> </div> <h3>Quick facts</h3> <p><a href="/about-wipo/en/history.html">History</a>: established in 1967 | <a href="/members/en/">Membership</a>: 193 member states | <a href="/about-wipo/en/dg_tang/">Director General</a>: Daren Tang | <a href="https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/">Headquarters</a>: Geneva, Switzerland</p> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2><a name="who"></a>Who we are</h2> <div class="col col--one"> <p><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_worldmap_600.png" alt="" /></p> <h3>Member states</h3> <p>Our 193 member states approve WIPO's strategic direction and activities in the annual meetings of the <a href="/about-wipo/en/assemblies/" target="_self">Assemblies</a>.</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="/members/en/">WIPO member states</a></li> <li><a href="/policy/en/index.html#bodies" target="_self">Decision-making bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/directory/en/">Information by country</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <p><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/directors_wipo_building_small_340x600.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h3>Management & staff</h3> <p>Our staff (- the Secretariat), guided by our core values <a href="/export/sites/www/erecruitment/en/pdf/core_values_and_competencies.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, WIPO Core values" /></a>, provide the skills to implement the member states' decisions and deliver WIPO's diverse programs.</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="/about-wipo/en/dg_tang/">Director General</a> Daren Tang</li> <li><a href="/about-wipo/en/management.html" target="_self">Sector Leads</a></li> <li><a href="/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/">Activities by unit</a></li> <li>WIPO Workforce 2024 <a href="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-workforce-2024-jun-en-wipo-workforce-2024.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, WIPO Organigram" /></a></li> <li>Organigram <a href="https://www.wipo.int/resources/organigram/en/level1/director_general.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, WIPO Organigram" /></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--three"> <p><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_af3a9390_600.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h3>Observers</h3> <p>Some 250 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have <a href="/about-wipo/en/observers/index.html" target="_self">official observer status</a> at WIPO meetings.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <h2><a name="whatwedo"></a>What we do</h2> <p>We help governments, businesses and society realize the benefits of IP.</p> <div class="main"> <h3>We provide:</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li>a <a href="/policy/en/" target="_self">policy</a> forum to shape balanced international IP rules for a changing world;</li> <li>global <a href="/services/en/" target="_self">services</a> to protect IP across borders and to resolve disputes;</li> <li><a href="/global_ip/en/" target="_self">technical infrastructure</a> to connect IP systems and share knowledge;</li> <li><a href="/cooperation/en/" target="_self">cooperation</a> and <a href="/cooperation/en/capacity_building/" target="_self">capacity-building</a> programs to enable all countries to use IP for economic, social and cultural development;</li> <li>a world <a href="/reference/en/" target="_self">reference</a> source for IP information</li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary"> <p><a id="wipoLnk1" href="#wipoModal1" data-toggle="modal"><img class="media-object" src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/posters/wipo_corp_video_2-640p.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <div id="wipoModal1" class="modal hide fade" style="display: none;" tabindex="0"> <div class="modal-body"><video width="auto" height="auto" id="wipoVideo1" tabindex="1" poster="/shared/pics/posters/wipo_corp_video_2-640.jpg" preload="none" controls="controls"><source type="video/ogg" src="https://www.wipo.int/multimedia-video/en/about-wipo/wipo.ogg" /> <source type="video/webm" src="https://www.wipo.int/multimedia-video/en/about-wipo/wipo.webm" /> <source type="video/mp4" src="https://www.wipo.int/multimedia-video/en/about-wipo/wipo.mp4" /></video></div> <div class="modal-footer"><button id="wipoBtn1" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button></div> </div> <p class="secondary">Video: WIPO in three minutes</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--four line"> <h2><a name="accountability"></a>Accountability</h2> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/about-wipo/en/budget/" target="_self">Results, program and budget</a></h3> <p>The objectives, performance measures and budgetary planning for all WIPO's proposed activities are set out in our Program of Work and Budget. 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