A/35/2: Program Performance in the 1998-1999 Biennium ... - WIPO

ANNEX I

MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED AND
CORRESPONDING SELECTED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS


|Main Program 02 - Strategic Planning and Policy Development |
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|Sub-Program 02.1 - Development of Strategy and Policies |
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|Main Results Achieved |Selected Performance Indicators |
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|Creation of a structured |- Policy development mechanisms: Establishment|
|policy development process|of a wide-ranging system of internal mechanisms|
|for WIPO resulting in |for strategic planning, policy development, |
|increased coordination and|program coordination, policy implementation and|
|integration of strategic |information sharing in which the integration of|
|objectives and activities |input from Member States and other |
|between main functional |constituencies, independent advisory bodies and|
|areas of WIPO. |International Bureau staff is ensured. |
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| |- Frequency and nature of meetings of the |
| |established mechanisms: There were some 40 |
| |meetings of the Policy Development Group (PDG),|
| |some 60 meetings of 10 Policy Oversight |
| |Committees (POCs), 8 retreats on selected |
| |issues, 3 meetings of the Policy Implementation|
| |Group (PIM), over 40 meetings of 11 task forces|
| |and a number of working groups, a Steering |
| |Committee on Information Technology, as well as|
| |a weekly Professional Information Meeting |
| |(PRIM). These fora were supported by |
| |increased use of electronic communications for |
| |in-house coordination and information sharing. |
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|Enriched technical and |- Consultation processes: Participation in |
|policy dialogue with |on-going dialogue with Regional Groups, |
|WIPO's constituencies and |representatives of Member States and other |
|partners. |policy-makers. |
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|Regular reporting to |- Contributions of the Advisory Commissions: |
|Member States on key |Participation of international statesmen and |
|trends and needs in the |other public figures and prominent |
|field of intellectual |personalities in the Policy Advisory Commission|
|property. |(PAC). Contribution and recommendations were |
| |made by the PAC meeting in April 1999 and its |
| |Task Force, which met in July 1999. A report |
| |was provided to the Assembly of Member States |
| |1999). (See also the contribution made by the |
| |Industry Advisory Commission (IAC) under |
| |program 03.) |
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|Consensus approval of |- Results of meetings of the WIPO Assemblies: |
|programs and adoption of |Agendas, policy proposals and the necessary |
|policies by the sessions |background information and documentation for |
|of the Assemblies of the |the scheduled sessions of the Assemblies of the|
|Member States in 1998 and |Member States: 3 sessions of the Assemblies of|
|1999. |Member States serviced and attended, |
| |respectively, by over 428 delegates of 134 |
| |Member States, 16 intergovernmental |
| |organizations (IGOs) and 19 non-governmental |
| |organizations (NGOs) in March 1998; 465 |
| |delegates of 141 Member States, 18 IGOs and 9 |
| |NGOs in September 1998 and by 531 delegates of |
| |149 Member States, 30 IGOs and 18 NGOs in |
| |September 1999. Decisions and other actions of|
| |the Assembly, including approval of the Program|
| |and Budget 2000-2001 (document A/34/2). |
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|Formulation of a long-term|- Long-term planning: Endorsement of the |
|strategic framework for |"Vision and Strategic Direction of WIPO" |
|the Organization. |(document A/34/3) by the Assembly of the Member|
| |States in 1999. |
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|Sub-Program 02.2 - External Relations |
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|Main Results Achieved |Selected Performance Indicators |
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|Greater recognition and |- Transparency with respect to the |
|understanding of WIPO in |policy-making process: Appreciation expressed |
|the diplomatic community |by delegates for the transparency with respect |
|and in other multilateral |to the policy-making process of WIPO and, in |
|centers. |particular, for the initiative to undertake |
| |informal consulations for the preparation of |
| |the Program and Budget 2000-2001 and briefing |
| |meetings with the Regional Groups. Increased |
| |participation of WIPO representatives in |
| |relevant fora. |
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|Effective staff support |- Nature and extent of support activities: |
|for the Director General |Background research and briefing materials |
|and WIPO in connection |produced on policy issues for members of the |
|with external relations. |diplomatic community, visitors to WIPO from the|
| |UN and UN specialized agencies, and meetings |
| |abroad addressed by the Director General. |
| |Coordinated some 40 significant events that |
| |were related to external relations and were |
| |covered by WIPO press releases and updates on |
| |the WIPO Web site bearing on external |
| |relations. |
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|Smooth functioning of the |- Protocol arrangements for official visitors |
|protocol aspects of all |to WIPO in Geneva: Coordinated protocol |
|major events held at WIPO |procedures for the visit to WIPO Geneva of 8 |
|headquarters in Geneva and|heads of state or government, several former |
|of official calls on the |heads of state or government, some 40 ministers|
|Director General, as well |and 140 ambassadors, and many other visitors. |
|as of coordination of the | |
|protocol aspects of the |- Protocol arrangements during official |
|Director General's |missions abroad of the Director General: |
|official travel. |Coordinated protocol during the visits of the |
| |Director General to Austria, Bulgaria, China, |
| |Denmark, India, Israel, Japan, Norway, Republic|
| |of Moldova, Russian Federation, Slovakia, |
| |Spain, United States of America and Zimbabwe. |
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| |- Protocol arrangements during important events|
| |at the WIPO headquarters: Managed protocol |
| |during such events as the meetings of the WIPO |
| |Assemblies, the Policy Advisory Commission, the|
| |Industry Advisory Commission, the Electronic |
| |Commerce Conference, the Round Tables on |
| |Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge|
| |and on Intellectual Property for Least |
| |Developed Countries (LDCs), the Festival de la |
| |Bâtie, the exhibition of the Fonds Cantonal, |
| |and the exhibition "At Home with Inventions." |
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|Timely processing of all |- Travel authorizations processed: 5,400 |
|travel orders, and |travel authorizations were processed, |
|simplification of |representing some 10,000 official work days and|
|procedures for faster |approximately 17.5 million Swiss francs of |
|processing of travel |travel costs alone. |
|authorizations. |