Program and Budget

The next session of the Program and Budget Committee will take place from July 20 to 22, 2009.

The Revised Program and Budget for the 2008/09 Biennium was adopted by the Assemblies of the Member States of  WIPO on December 12, 2008.

Questionnaire on the draft Program and Budget for the 2010/11 biennium

Pursuant to the new mechanism for the preparation of the Program and Budget of the Organization adopted by the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO in 2006 (see document A/42/14, paragraph 187) and the decision taken by the December 2008 Assemblies (see document A/46/12, paragraph 54), the Secretariat invites the WIPO Member States, through their Permanent Missions to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, to submit contributions on their priorities for the 20010/11 Program and Budget by means of the questionnaire below:

  • Questionnaire [DOC]
  • Annex I: Preparation and Follow Up of Program and Budget - Full Implementation of the New Mechanism From the Biennium (2008/09) Onwards [PDF]
  • Annex II: The Strategic Framework, the program structure and the summary of the nine Strategic Goals [PDF]

Member States’ contributions will be taken into account in the preparation of the draft Program and Budget for 2010/11, which will be reviewed at the July 2009 session of the Program and Budget Committee.

It would be appreciated if the completed questionnaire could be returned to the Secretariat before Thursday, March 19, 2009. The completed questionnaire may be transmitted electronically to controller.mail@wipo.int by representatives of the Permanent Missions of all WIPO Member States. A confirmation copy may be sent by post.

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