Deadline: 06 September, 2021
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has opened applications for the WIPO Indigenous and Local Community Women Entrepreneurship Programme.
The programme aims to encourage women entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity related to traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.
Benefits
- Build capacity in intellectual property and acquire the skills necessary for an effective use of the intellectual property system
- Acquire basic knowledge of related fields useful in an entrepreneurial context, such as business modelling, marketing and digital storytelling
- Benefit from the support of a mentor to further develop and implement projects and businesses based on traditional knowledge and/or traditional cultural expressions that have an intellectual property component
Eligibility
- Open to women entrepreneurs, such as artisans, designers, performing artists, researchers, healers, or small-scale farmers, from local communities
- Applications from young, indigenous, and local community women entrepreneurs are strongly encouraged
To apply and for more information, click here.
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