IPRsonline.org is a portal produced as part of the Capacity Building Project on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Sustainable Development being implemented by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD).
The main goals of the project are as follows:
- To improve understanding of the development implications of the TRIPS Agreement.
- To strengthen the analytical and negotiating capacity of developing countries so that they are better able to participate in IPR-related negotiations in an informed fashion in furtherance of their sustainable development objectives.
The project is producing a series of documents through a participatory process involving trade negotiators, national policy makers, as well as eminent experts in the field, the media, NGOs, international organizations, and institutions in the North and the South dealing with IPRs and development. The published outputs are not intended to be academic exercises, but instruments that, in their final forms, will be the result of a thorough process of consultation. This is being achieved by rapid development of working drafts and circulation of these to experts and to the intended audiences for their comments. These documents include:
- Policy Discussion Paper
- Research Tools
- Resource Book on TRIPS and Development
- Case studies
The site also includes