ELSA PORTUGAL

Dear ELSA Members,

Pursuant to the invitation from WIPO, ELSA International will send an observer delegation to the 1^st Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property(CDIP) which will take place at the headquarter of WIPO, in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 3^rd to the 7^th March 2008.

You may find the draft agenda for this session of WIPO at the following address: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=15082

The ELSA participants in the Delegation to this Session of WIPO will have to undertake the following activities:

• Represent ELSA International;
• Observe proceedings of the session (attend the meetings);
• Carry out legal research in the framework of the Session on the relevant legal topics;
• Distribute the revised editions of the relevant ELSA materials to other delegations and organisations;
• Attend briefings and meetings organised by the Head of the ELSA Delegation and report to the Head of Delegation all activities carried out;
• Forward all the contacts made during the session to ELSA International, to ensure that the whole ELSA Network will benefit from them;
• Give feedback to the Association by: submitting a report to ELSA International within a month after the end of the session; filling out a questionnaire and send it together with the report; being available to give a presentation to requesting Local Groups in the applicant's country.

ELSA International will not facilitate the travel or other arrangements of subsistence of any members of the ELSA delegation. All arrangements surrounding travel, accommodation and daily subsistence costs are the exclusive responsibility of the participants themselves. However, ELSA International can assist the participants by providing, upon request, Recommendation Letters for fundraising purposes in their countries, or Invitation Letters for those who need a visa to enter the Swiss territory.

The Application Form can be found in the ELSA ONLINE Archive/EI Delegations/Call for Applications/Application form WIPO CDIP Mar 2008 or downloaded from the link below:

https://www.elsa.org/aieh4925y980ppqq2/EI%20Delegations/Call%20for%20Applications/AF%20WIPO%20CDIP%20Mar%202008.doc

ELSA International has an official Guidelines on the selection of ELSA Delegations, please be familiar with before the submission. Please find the Guidelines in the ELSA Online Archive/EI Delegations/ Guidelines. Or you can download it through the following link:

https://www.elsa.org/aieh4925y980ppqq2/EI%20Delegations/Guidelines/Guidelines%20for%20the%20Selection%20of%20ELSA%20Delegations.doc

IMPORTANT:

Please add your surname at the end of the name of the application file without changing the actual name of the file

Separate your surname and the name of the file with a low line(_)

Copy this final name of the application form to the subject of your e-mail. For example: “AF WIPO CDIP Mar 2008_moon.doc”

Your applications are expected not later than the 16^th of February 2008 to elsa@elsa.org !

Best wishes,

Enis, Astrid, Delia, Matthias, João, Daniel and Lavinia

The International Board 2007-2008