WIPO is unusual among UN organizations in that we are almost entirely self-financing. In our 2016-2017 biennium budget, about 94 percent of the expenditure approved by our member states will come from income generated by the fee-paid services which we provide to users of the international registration systems through the PCT, Madrid and Hague Systems.
We use Results Based Management at WIPO to place performance at the heart of how we operate. Results Based Management guides the way we plan, manage, report and – very importantly – how we learn lessons to improve our future planning.
Every two years, WIPO's Director General presents a Program and Budget to member states for approval. It details objectives, performance measures and budgetary planning for all proposed activities.