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The effective implementation of the Development Agenda, including the mainstreaming of its recommendations into our substantive programs, is a key priority.</p> <p>The adoption of the Development Agenda was an important milestone for WIPO. <a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/background.html">The Agenda was formally established by WIPO's member states in 2007</a>, in a decision which included the adoption of <a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/recommendations.html" target="_self">45 Development Agenda recommendations</a>, grouped into six clusters, and the establishment of a <a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/cdip/" target="_self">Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP)</a>.</p> <h2>Key documents</h2> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/coordination_mechanisms.html" target="_self">Coordination Mechanisms and Monitoring, Assessing and Reporting Modalities</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=104552">CDIP Procedural and Organizational Matters</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <p class="featured">Featured</p> <figure><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/flexibilities/database.html"><img src="/web/20180813053355im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/i_524372342_500.jpg" alt="" width="600px"/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: iStockphoto.com/Nongkran_ch)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/flexibilities/database.html">Flexibilities Database</a></h3> <p>Use the Database to search 14 types of patent-related flexibilities in the national IP laws of 202 selected countries.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="wipo-news" class="content line" data-number="1" data-xml="/ip-development/en/includes/ocms_news.xml"></div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h1 id="implementation"><a id="implementation"></a>Implementation</h1> <p class="lead">The actions undertaken to implement the Development Agenda recommendations range from practical projects and activities, to the application of certain principles and objectives to our work.</p> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/projects.html">Projects</a></h3> <p>A results-oriented, project methodology underpins the practical implementation of most Development Agenda recommendations. 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Find resources on the use and implementation of flexibilities across the different domains of IP, and details of work taking place at WIPO and in other intergovernmental organizations.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/tad/en/" target="_self">Technical Assistance Database</a></h3> <p>Developed under <a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/recommendations.html#a" target="_self">Recommendation 5</a>, the Intellectual Property Technical Assistance Database (IP-TAD) provides information on WIPO's technical assistance activities where one or more of the beneficiaries was a developing or least developed country, or country in transition.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/wipo-match/en/" target="_self">WIPO Match</a></h3> <p>WIPO Match is an online tool to match seekers of specific intellectual property (IP)-related development needs with potential providers offering resources. WIPO Match is the new name for the IP Development Matchmaking Database (IP DMD).</p> </div> </div> <p></p> <div class="content cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/tech_transfer/index.html" target="_self">Technology Transfer Portal</a></h3> <p>Information on meetings held and documents, studies and other material prepared in the context of three Development Agenda projects on technology transfer and open collaboration.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/roc/en/index.jsp" target="_self">Roster of consultants</a></h3> <p>Developed under <a href="/web/20180813053355/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/recommendations.html#a" target="_self">Recommendation 6</a>, the Roster of Consultants (ROC) database contains information on consultants engaged by WIPO to undertake specific IP technical assistance activities.</p> </div> <div class="col"></div> </div> <div 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