Attending and mending the knowledge ecosystem
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On Tuesday, 14 July 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item, 11(v), Report from the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore. KEI would like to thank Mr. Edward Kwakwa… Continue Reading → The post WIPO General Assembly 2026: KEI statement on the work of the IGC appeared first…
On Tuesday, 14 July 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item, 11(iv), Report from the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) and Review of the Implementation of the Development Agenda Recommendations. For development, measures… Continue Reading → The post WIPO General Assembly 2026: KEI statement on the Committee on Development…
On Friday morning, 10 July 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 11(i), Report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI would like to thank Madam Sylvie Forbin for her service… Continue Reading → The post WIPO General Assembly 2026: KEI statement on the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights appeared…
I’m in Geneva this week and next, and Brussels on Monday. The WIPO General Assembly meets this week. A two-week WHO negotiation on an Annex to the Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system is also taking… Continue Reading → The post De-linking equitable sharing of Pandemic production obligations from access to PABS materials and data appeared first on Knowledge…
On Wednesday afternoon, 8 July 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following general statement on model laws at the Sixty-Eighth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). KEI looks… Continue Reading → The post WIPO General Assembly 2026 – KEI General statement appeared first on Knowledge Ecology…
6 July 2026 Geneva Today, the WHO began another round of negotiations on the pandemic agreement. For some time, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has taken the position that equity provisions should not be linked to access to PABS materials or… Continue Reading → The post IGWG 7: KEI proposed text for a PABS Annex appeared first on Knowledge Ecology International .
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of the WHO. The 79th meeting of the WHA was held from May 18 to May 23, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland. Policies and decisions are largely debated and approved through two… Continue Reading → The post KEI Statements as Delivered at the 79th World Health Assembly appeared first on Knowledge Ecology International .
On Monday evening, 25 May 2026, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization, concluded the 159th session of the WHO Executive Board by exhorting WHO member states to conclude the PABS Annex. His off-the-cuff remarks are captured below. “As you… Continue Reading → The post EB 159: Tedros exhorts PABS negotiators to finish the job appeared first on Knowledge Ecology…
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets out the modalities to elect the successor to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whose term concludes on 15 August 2027. WHO notes: The current election process began in April 2026 when the Director-General invited Member… Continue Reading → The post WHO Director-General elections: Why the path to victory runs through Beijing, Honiara, Juba, London, and Thimphu…
On Friday, 22 May 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement during World Health Assembly deliberations on the Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative. 20.1 Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80… Continue Reading → The post WHA 79 – KEI statement on Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative Statement…
