Non-governmental organisations from across the globe have come out in support of a proposal submitted by the Group of Friends of Development (FoD) for a development agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)." Some 99 organisations have supported the demand, at the time of writing..
Making a compelling case backed by arguments on diverse fronts, a five-point statement calls for amending the WIPO convention and including a specific "development dimension, consistent with WIPO’s obligation as a UN agency". It also calls for elaboration of a treaty on access to knowledge and technology
APC partners that have signed the statement include apc.au, Australia; Bytes4All, South Asia; Colnodo, Colombia; Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria; Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines; Greennet, UK; Instituto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM), Uruguay; Jinbonet, South Korea; Open Forum, Cambodia; RITS, Brazil; and Women’sNet, South Africa.
Signatory NGOs said, "We, the undersigned public interest non-governmental organizations support the adoption of the proposal submitted by the Group of Friends of Development (FoD) for a Development Agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)".
Those signing it, in order of signing (as of July 19), were:
1. IP Justice ~ International
2. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) ~ International
3. Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) ~ Italy
4. Netzwerk Neue Medien ~ Germany
5. Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) ~ International
6. Public Knowledge ~ USA
7. CPSR-Peru ~ Peru
8. Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) ~ Philippines
9. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) ~ International
10. Professional Leaders Forum (PLF) ~ Nigeria
11. Promoting SA Music ~ South Africa
12. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights ~ Egypt
13. Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) ~ UK
14. Institute for Sustainable Development and Research (ISDR) ~ India
15. Jaring Foundation ~ Indonesia
16. Health Information for Development (HID) ~ UK
17. International Alliance on Information Access (IAIA) ~ UK
18. Coastal Development Partnership (CDP) ~ Thailand
19. Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) ~ UK
20. IPLeft ~ South Korea
21. SAMADHAN ~ India
22. Jyotirmayee Mahila Samiti ~ India
23. Mahavir Yubak Sangh ~ India
24. Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) ~ Bangladesh
25. Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research ~ Italy
26. Transnational Radical Party ~ International
27. Association Electronique Libre (AEL ASBL) ~ Belgium
28. Bytes For All ~ International
29. Committee for the Promotion of Public Awareness and Development Studies (COPPADES) ~ Nepal
30. SAARATHI ~ Bangalore
31. Bikash Bharati Welfare Society ~ India
32. Australian Digital Alliance ~ Australia
33. Australian Libraries’ Copyright Committee ~ Australia
34. Shakti Vahini ~ India
35. Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) ~ International
36. Heinrich-Boell-Foundation ~ Berlin, Germany
37. IP Charter ~ UK
38. South Africa Medical Research Council Library & Information Services ~ South Africa
39. Bibliothek und Information Deutschland (BID) ~ Germany
40. Association Informatio-Consortium ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
41. Consortium des Bibliothèques de l’Enseignement Superieur du Senegal (COBESS) ~ Senegal
42. Georgian Library Association ~ Tbilisi, Georgia
43. Albanian Library Association ~ Albania
44. Albanian Publishers Association ~ Albania
45. Albanian Libraries Consortium ~ Albania
46. Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) ~ Natal, South Africa
47. National Electronic Information Consortium (NEICON) ~ Moscow, Russia
48. Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM) ~ South Africa
49. Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium ~ Zimbabwe
50. FreePress.net ~ USA
51. French-Speaking Association of the Users of Linux and Free-Software ~ International
52. Matseliso MOSHOESHOE-CHADZINGWA ~ Lesotho
53. Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure ~ International
54. Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) ~ Bangladesh
55. Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet ~ South Korea
56. INKLING ~ India
57. ICESA City Campus ~ South Africa
58. Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) ~ Australia
59. Flemish Association of Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres ~ Belgium
60. Institute for Global Communications ~ International
61. Association for Progressive Communications Australia ~ Australia
62. Colnodo ~ Colombia
63. Greennet ~ UK
64. Instituto del Tercer Mundo (IteM) ~ Uruguay
65. Open Forum ~ Cambodia
66. Jeevan Sanstha ~ India
67. Sierra Leone Association of Archivists, Librarians and Information Scientists (SLAALIS) ~ Sierra Leone
68. Women’sNet – South Africa
69. World Blind Union ~ International
70. Serbian Academic Library Association ~ Serbia
71. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Beroepsbeoefenaren in de Informatie-, Bibliotheek- en Kennissector (NVB / The Dutch Librairians Organisation)
72. Laos Library and Information Consortium (LALIC)~ Laos
73. LACA: The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance ~ UK
74. Cambodian Electronic Information for Libraries Consortium (Cam-eIFL) ~ Cambodia
75. University of Swaziland
76. Bulgarian Information Consortium ~ Bulgaria
77. Library and Information Consortia of Kyrgyzstan ~ Kyrgystan
78. Information Network for the Third Sector (Rits) ~ Brazil
79. Unimondo ~ Italy
80. Zamirnet ~ Croatia
81. Fantsuam Foundation ~ Nigeria
82. Green Spider Foundation ~ Hungary
83. Community Education Computer Society (CECS)~ South Africa
84. Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) ~ Switzerland
85. Privatkopie.net ~ Germany
86. Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) ~ Uganda
87. Lithuanian Research Library Consortium ~ Lithuania
88. Lithuanian Librarians’ Association ~ Lithuania
89. Consortium of Slovenian Electronic Collections (COSEC) ~ Slovenia
90. American Association of Law Libraries ~ United States of America
91. Electronic Information for Libraries Nigeria ~ Nigeria
92. Poznan Foundation of Scientific Libraries ~ Poland
93. Uzbekistan Library Association ~ Uzbekistan
94. Cameroon Consortium of Libraries in Higher Institution ~ Cameroon
95. European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) ~ Belgium
96. OneWorld South East Europe (OWSEE) ~ The Balkans
97. Federation of Organisations in the field of Libraries, Information and Documentation (FOBID) ~ The Netherlands
98. Coalition of South African Library Consortia
99. European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) ~ The Netherlands
NGOs willing to sign this statement were asked to email Robin Gross at IP Justice, at robin@ipjustice.org with Tuesday, 19 July 2005 as the last date to be included in the printed version.
