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Our seminars are designed as opportunities for member states and observers to discuss policy issues and exchange experiences in a less formal setting</p> <p>Our practical workshops are addressed to government officials and indigenous peoples and local communities. These multi-stakeholder workshops share knowledge, build understanding and foster coordination within and between countries. These practical workshops have no formal outcomes.</p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="/web/20180708174852im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_tk_workshop_600.jpg" alt=""/> <figcaption>Participants at a workshop held in Apia, Samoa from December 8 to 10, 2015 (photo: WIPO).</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--two"> <div class="col col--one"> <h3 class="header">Upcoming and recent seminars</h3> <div class="listings listings--archive"> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=42301">Seminar on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">June 8 and 9, 2017 (Geneva, Switzerland)</time></p> <p>Related resources: <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2017/news_0009.html">Views from speakers</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/webcasting/en/index.jsp?event=WIPO/IPTK/GE/17#demand">Video on demand</a></p> </article> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=41785">Seminar on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">November 24 and 25, 2016 (Geneva, Switzerland)</time></p> <p>Related resources: <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2017/news_0002.html">Views from speakers</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/webcasting/en/index.jsp?event=WIPO/IPTK/GE/2/16#demand">Video on demand</a></p> </article> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=39823">Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">May 26 to May 27, 2016 (Geneva, Switzerland)</time></p> <p>Related resources: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2016/news_0003.html">Views from speakers</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/webcasting/en/index.jsp?event=WIPO/IPTK/GE/16#demand">Video on demand</a></p> </article> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=36502">Seminar on IP and GRs/TK/TCEs: Regional and International Dimensions</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">June 23-25, 2015 (Geneva, Switzerland)</time></p> <p>Related resources: <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2015/news_0005.html">Key speeches</a> | <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/webcasting/en/index.jsp?event=WIPO/IPTK/GE/2/15">Video on demand</a></p> </article> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=35602">Seminar on IP and GRs/TK/TCEs: Regional, National and Local Experiences</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">March 30 to April 1, 2015 (Geneva, Switzerland)</time></p> <p>Related resources: <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/news/tk/2015/news_0002.html">Key speeches </a></p> </article> </div> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <h3 class="header">Recent workshops <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/topic.jsp?group_id=22"><button class="btn btn-info">Archive</button></a></h3> <div class="listings listings--archive"> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=44586">Workshop on IP and TK for Economic Development: Empowering Local Communities of Uganda</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">July 4 and 5, 2017 (Kampala, Uganda)</time></p> </article> <article class="listing listing--archive"> <h4 class="listing__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=40624">Practical Workshop on IP, TK, TCEs and GRs</a></h4> <p class="secondary"><time class="listing__published">September 5 to 8, 2016 (Marrakesh, Morocco)</time></p> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <h2><a name="tacb"></a>Training</h2> <div class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col col--one"> <h3>Distance learning course</h3> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174852/https://welc.wipo.int/acc/index.jsf?page=courseCatalog.xhtml&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=DL203E#plus_DL203E" target="_blank">Advanced Distance Learning Course on IP, TK and TCEs</a> provides technical information on key concepts and international, regional and national experiences, policy options and legal mechanisms available or under consideration for intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.</p> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <h3>Hands-on training program</h3> <p>The <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/training.html">Cultural Documentation and IP Management Training Program</a> offers&nbsp;hands-on training for Indigenous Peoples and local communities on how to safeguard their music, performances, art, designs and other traditional cultural expressions (TCEs).</p> </div> <div class="col col--three"><video width="600" height="150" tabindex="0" 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target="_self">IP and Arts Festivals</a>, <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/handicrafts.html" target="_self">IP and Traditional Handicrafts</a>, <a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/museums.html" target="_self">IP and Museums, Libraries &amp; Archives</a></li> </ul> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/publications.html#protection" target="_self">Protection of TK and TCEs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/publications.html#access" target="_self">Access, benefit-sharing and disclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/publications.html#management" target="_self">IP management</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/publications.html#cust_law" target="_self">Customary law</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--three"> <h3>TK experiences</h3> <p><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/tk_experiences.html">Repository of resources</a> on regional, national, local and community experiences on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.&nbsp;</p> <p>Includes laws, survey, case studies, presentations and other resources.</p> </div> <div class="col col--four"> <div class="media box"> <figure><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/tkdocumentation.html"><img src="/web/20180708174852im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/tk/images/tk_toolkit_draft.jpg" alt=""/></a></figure> <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="/web/20180708174852/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/resources/tkdocumentation.html">TK documentation</a></h3> <p>Practical guidance on how to undertake a TK documentation exercise.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2><a name="related"></a>Related links</h2> <div class="col"> <h3>Intellectual 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