Launch of New IP4Youth&Teachers Service
May 16, 2018
The WIPO Academy launched its IP4Youth&Teachers service on May 14, 2018 at a side event in margin of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). The new intellectual property (IP) education service consists of a toolkit and methodology catering to young people and their teachers and is designed to promote creativity and innovation. The service was created to respond to the high number of requests for support in this area from WIPO member states.
IP4Youth&Teachers aims to help young people access IP education tools, by providing educators with possible content and curricula that can be customized to fit their national contexts and delivered as part of their existing teaching curricula.
IP4Youth&Teachers was announced at a launch event by the Executive Director of the WIPO Academy, Mr. Sherif Saadallah. The event consisted of a demonstration of the tool by the Head of Distance Learning at the WIPO Academy, Ms. Altaye Tedla, followed by an interactive workshop with a Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) expert, Professor Christoph Dobrusskin. The side event was webcast and questions were posed from all over the world.
The toolkit and methodology focuses on promoting innovation and creativity through IP and is adaptable to students between the ages of 4 and 17.
IP4Youth&Teachers now can be accessed through the WIPO eLearning Center website.
What is covered by IP4Youth?
IP4Youth&Teachers includes a package of materials and services that are customizable to national education systems and contexts. The package contains:
- age-appropriate educational material, including lessons on the core topics of IP (copyright, patents and trademarks);
- a teaching guide for educators with lesson plans, teaching activities and case studies;
- a coaching program for teachers using the tool; and
- a network for WIPO Member States to share their educational materials for the young.