Expert Panel: Proprietary Science and Technology
The Panel will:
1. Identify and examine issues of major concerns to the CGIAR in the area of proprietary science and technology and in the context of ongoing deliberations in the Convention on Biological Diversity, the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and World Trade Organization (TRIPS).
2. Provide advice and recommendations on immediate and/or long-term needs with respect to such issues as:
- further refinement/resolution of CGIAR Guidelines for IPR
- a central legal capability within the CG for advising centers on proprietary matters
- documenting and studying existing center or inter-center experiences in proprietary matters
- tracking proprietary negotiations within the CGIAR for assessing future implications.
3. Prepare a draft strategy for addressing proprietary issues in the CGIAR in the short, medium, and long-term and suggest a framework within which future proprietary negotiations should occur consistent with accepted CGIAR policy and mandate.
4. Prepare a report and recommendations to be presented to TAC for commentary and for subsequent consideration by the Group at ICW97.
