WIPO 2023: Applications from young indigenous and local community women entrepreneurs are strongly encouraged. Apply below.
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When is Application Deadline?
21st April 2023
Tell Me About Award:
Women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples or local communities, such as artisans, designers, performing artists, researchers, healers, or small-scale farmers, who have a project or business based on traditional knowledge or traditional cultural expressions with an intellectual property component, are encouraged to apply.
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Type:
Entrepreneurship
Who is Eligible?
Provided that an adequate number of applications are received, every effort will be made to select at least two participants from each of the seven geo-cultural regions recognized by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, namely:
- Africa
- The Arctic
- Asia
- Central and South America and the Caribbean
- Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia
- North America
- the Pacific
How many Awards?
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will select up to 20 participants.
What is Value of Award?
- 2023-2024 WIPO Training, Mentoring and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities has a practical approach and consists of a training phase and a mentoring and matchmaking phase.
- The training phase will consist of a practical workshop at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, that includes a mixture of short presentations, case studies and group work, to take place from September 18 to 22, 2023.
- The mentoring and matchmaking phase will take place in 2024.
How to Apply?
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