Call for ELSA Delegation

ELSA International will send an observer delegation to attend several meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland in spring/summer 2010.
 
The ELSA participants in the Delegation to these sessions will have to undertake the following activities:

• Represent ELSA International;
• Observe proceedings of the session (attend the meetings);
• Carry out legal research in the framework of the Session on the relevant legal topics;
• Distribute the revised editions of the relevant ELSA materials to other delegations and organisations;
• Attend briefings and meetings organised by the Head of the ELSA Delegation and report to the Head of Delegation all activities carried out;
• Forward all the contacts made during the session to ELSA International, to ensure that the whole ELSA Network will benefit from them;
• Give feedback to the Association by: submitting a report to ELSA International within a month after the end of the session; filling out a questionnaire and sending it together with the report; being available to give a presentation to requesting Local Groups in the applicant's country.
  

ELSA International will not facilitate the travel or other arrangements of subsistence of any members of the ELSA Delegation. All arrangements surrounding travel, accommodation and daily subsistence costs are the exclusive responsibility of the participants themselves. However, ELSA International can assist the participants by providing, upon request, Recommendation Letters for fundraising purposes in their countries, or Invitation Letters for those who need a visa to enter a foreign territory.


This call for applications concerns the following sessions (please find the link to the application forms under the event description):

Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT), 23rd session, 19th – 23rd April 2010, Geneva
Application form

Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), 5th session, 26th – 30th April 2010, Geneva
Application form

Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), 20th session, 21st – 25th June 2010, Geneva
Application form


Guidelines
ELSA International has official Guidelines for the selection of ELSA Delegations (please be familiar with them before the submission). The official Guidelines can be found here (please note that the Guidelines have been updated after the ICM Sinaia).

Please add your surname at the end of the name of the application file without changing the actual name of the file. Separate your surname and the name of the file with a low line (_). Copy this final name of the application form to the subject of your e-mail. For example: “AF_WIPO_SCCR_June 2010_orring.doc”
Please pay attention to applying with the correct form.

Your applications are expected not later than the 25th February 2010, 4 p.m. to delegations(at)elsa.org.