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Member States Approve Program and Budget for 2002-2003

Geneva, September 25, 2001
Press Releases PR/2001/288

The member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved by consensus on Tuesday the program and budget for the 2002-2003 biennium presented by WIPO Director General, Dr. Kamil Idris. The member states are holding their annual General Assemblies from September 24 to October 3, 2001.

The program and budget for 2002-2003 amounts to 678.4 million Swiss Francs (CHF). This represents an increase of 19.9 % over the revised budget for 2000-2001 of 565.9 million CHF. The portion of the budget funded by contributions from member states entails no change in the contribution of each member state. Contributions by member states amount to less than 10% of the overall budget. WIPO is largely a self-funding agency, financing its activities from revenues acquired through the provision of services to the private sector in the form of international registration/filing of patents, trademarks, and designs.

The increase in the budget expenditure is due to the dramatic rise in demand for WIPO's services to the private sector as well as growth in strategic areas of the Organization's programs and services and the related policy issues that need to be addressed in the 2002-2003 biennium. The program and budget emphasizes that transparency in program and planning will be enhanced by a process of continuous monitoring and evaluation.

Delegates also endorsed a recommendation by the Program and Budget Committee, which met last week, to review a number of options relating to the construction of a new WIPO building. Options presented by the secretariat for an extension of WIPO's headquarters range from 180.0 to 82.5 million CHF. The new building would consolidate all WIPO staff in one complex - currently, WIPO rents office space in 7 separate buildings in the Geneva area. Following an international architectural competition, a building design was selected in March 2000. Member states requested WIPO to proceed with administrative and planning arrangement for the construction project and to update an evaluation on business needs and building capacity. In addition, the Federal Audit Office of the Swiss Confederation was requested to assess the evaluation. In accordance with the proposal of WIPO, a final decision on the budget for the construction project is expected in April 2002.

For further information, please consult Update 143 of September 21, 2001 or contact: Tel: +4122-338 8161/338 9547 Email: publicinf@wipo.int, or Fax: +4122-338 8810.

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