The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore is, in accordance with its mandate , undertaking text-based negotiations with the objective of reaching agreement on a text(s) of an international legal instrument(s), which will ensure the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs).

• IGC: What is Happening Now
• Meetings/documents
• IGC Mandate 2016/2017 | Revised provisional IGC Schedule for 2016

Sessions of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee commence with indigenous panels - presentations by a panel of representatives of indigenous and local communities.