[BOAI] KEI/IQsensato briefing at WTO Ministerial: Tuesday, December 1

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the A2K list.  --Peter Suber.]


Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)/IQsensato are holding a briefing
on a "Proposal for a WTO Agreement on the Supply of Knowledge as a
Global Public Good".

Our event will take place Room B of the Conference Centre Varembe
(CCV) on 1 December 2009 (Tuesday) from 8:30 to 10:00 AM.  The CCV is
located just across from the CICG where the Seventh WTO MInisterial
will take place.


Proposal for a WTO Agreement on the Supply of Knowledge as a Global
Public Good

Confirmed speakers include:

James Love (Director, KEI)
Sisule Musungu (President, IQsensato)

Respondent:
Ahmad Mukthar (Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO)

Context

While the world is confronted with a vast undersupply of global public
goods, we believe that part of the problem is that the current trade
system lacks the sufficient incentives and structures to address the
free riding problems associated with the supply of public goods. There
are increasing calls for a larger supply of public goods and a variety
of proposals that involve government  commitments to increase the
supply of global public goods in specific areas, including but not
limited to major projects such as the Kyoto Protocol to the
International Framework Convention on   Climate Change, the
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, the proposed WIPO
Treaty on Access to Knowledge, and the proposed WHO Biomedical R&D
Treaty.

KEI and IQSensato are planning to examine the complex issues which
surround a new proposal to introduce at WTO an Agreement on the Supply
of Knowledge as a Global Public Good. The goal is to create a new
option that will allow governments to make binding offers and
commitments for the supply of heterogeneous global public goods,
involving in particular knowledge goods.

For more information, contact:

Thiru Balasubramaniam

+41 76 508 0997

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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
thiru at keionline.org

Tel: +41 22 791 6727
Mobile: +41 76 508 0997
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