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(worldwide)</a></li> </ul> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Palestine</li> </ul></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="col"> <div> <div> <h3>Non-Governmental Organizations</h3> <span><ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO_INT">International Non-Governmental Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO_NAT">National Non-Governmental Organizations</a></li> </ul></span> </div> </div></div> </section></div> <div class="content line"> <h2>Admission Criteria and Procedures</h2> <div> <div> <span><p>Any organization wishing to apply for <strong>permanent observer status</strong> should submit a request to the WIPO Secretariat. <strong>The deadline for submission of requests for observer status is May 26, 2018, at 5 p.m. Geneva time</strong>. 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To do so, the Secretariat requires the following information from the applicant organization:</p> <div id="accordion" class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/observers/#accordion__collapse__01" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">For an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) </a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse" style="height: 0px;"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Information on the organization’s structure and objectives,</li> <li>a copy of its constituent instruments,</li> <li>a list of its officers,</li> <li>list of its members,</li> <li>the composition of the governing body of the organization and</li> <li>information on its activities and interests, particularly those related to the protection of intellectual property.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/observers/#accordion__collapse__02" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">For an International or National Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) </a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__02" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>The text of its constituent instrument (articles of incorporation, bylaws, etc.);</li> <li>an indication of the date and place where it was established;</li> <li>a list of its officers (showing their nationality in the case of an international NGO);</li> <li>a complete list of its national groups or members (showing their country of origin in the case of an international NGO);</li> <li>a description of the composition of the members of its governing body or bodies (including geographical distribution in the case of an international NGO);</li> <li>a statement of its objectives;</li> <li>an indication of the field or fields of intellectual property (e.g., copyright and related rights) of interest to it.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/observers/#accordion__collapse__03" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">Principles observed in extending invitations to <strong>national NGOs</strong>, as observers </a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__03" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>The organization shall be essentially concerned with intellectual property matters within the competence of WIPO and shall, in the view of the Director General, be able to offer constructive, substantive contributions to the deliberations of the Assemblies of WIPO;</li> <li>The aims and purposes of the organization shall be in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of WIPO and the United Nations;</li> <li>The organization shall have an established headquarters. It shall have democratically adopted statutes, adopted in conformity with the legislation of the Member State from which the NGO originates. One copy of the statutes shall be submitted to WIPO;</li> <li>The organization shall have authority to speak for its members through its authorized representatives and in accordance with the rules governing observer status; and</li> <li>The admission of national NGOs to observer status shall be the subject of prior consultations between Member States and the Secretariat.</li> </ul> <p>Requests for <strong>ad hoc observer status</strong> at specific meetings should be submitted to the Secretariat, who will pass the request to the relevant committee for consideration.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="content line"> <h2>Related links</h2> <section class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <div> <div> <h3>Related links Decision Making & Negotiating Bodies</h3> <span><ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/web/20180813061926/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/assemblies/">WIPO Assemblies</a></li> <li><a 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