Program Manager Mr. Y. Takagi
OVERVIEW OF PROGRESS IN 2014
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The year 2014 brought the total number of Member States that had established Technology Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in their countries to 45. The Program continued its focus on reinforcing the long-term sustainability of the networks, and by the end of 2014, 20 TISC networks were considered sustainable.
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The structured program of capacity building at the local level, including through onsite awareness raising and training events, additional training-of-trainers and project planning sessions that had been started in 2013 continued throughout 2014. A total of three sub-regional events, co-organized with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); and the IP Office of Honduras (DIGEPIH) and the Honduras National Autonomous University (UNAH) and 14 national training events were carried out to strengthen the exchange of experiences and best practices between countries at a regional level.
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The eTISC knowledge management platform42 continued to experience strong growth with a 57 per cent increase in the number of registered members from 700 at the end of 2013 to over 1,100 members from more than 90 countries by the end of 2014. The eTISC platform added 14 training webinars in 2014 and hosted six live question-and-answer sessions with innovation support experts. Demand also continued for the interactive e-Tutorial on using and exploiting patent information launched in the last biennium and available on CD-ROM and online in both English43 and French44.
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The volume of accessible content of scientific and technical journals in the Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program, including through the Research4Life partner programs, continued to increase, reaching 16,758 journals, 46,318 e-books and 116 reference works and databases. The number of active ARDI users doubled from 207 in 2013 to 411 in 2014. The number of registered active users of the Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI) program, which provides access to commercial patent databases, also increased steadily, albeit at a more moderate level, to 35 active institutional users, a 75 per cent increase from 2013.
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In October 2014, the WIPO Patent Information Services (WPIS) published a Patent Landscape Report (PLR) on Animal Genetic Resources in cooperation with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and with substantive input from Program 4. The report is the first large-scale qualitative analysis related to patent-based information on animal genetic resources. The PLR on Assistive Devices for Visually and Hearing Impaired Persons, which includes a section on technologies that could facilitate access of visually impaired persons to published works, was finalized. Since the report is intended to complement the Marrakesh VIP treaty, the launch is scheduled to take place at a side event during the SCCR 2015 and will be made available in an accessible to visually impaired persons format. As part of the dissemination activities, a series of webinars with Ministries of Environment, organized by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC), presented the findings of the PLR on E-waste Recycling Technologies, which was completed in 2013. Also in 2014, cooperation was initiated with Malaysia for the preparation of a PLR on palm oil related technologies.
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Interest in PLRs, particularly on water technologies and e-waste recycling, remained high in 2014, as indicated by the 11,111 unique hits on the PLR website, 42,629 downloads of the PDF version of the PLRs and 2,808 downloads of infographics. The PLR website was further enriched with 36 new PLRs prepared by various public and private sector organizations and translated into French and Spanish. Furthermore, the Guidelines for Preparing PLRs, drafted with an external expert in 2013, were finalized and is expected to be published in 2015.
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The design, planning and implementation of activities undertaken by Program 14 were informed by the relevant DA Recommendations, in particular Recommendations 1, 8, 19, 30 and 31.
PERFORMANCE DATA
Expected Result: IV.2 Enhanced access to, and use of, IP information by IP institutions and the public to promote innovation and creativity
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Performance Indicators
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Baselines
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Targets
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Performance Data
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TLS
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No. of sustainable national networks of TISCs
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Updated Baseline end 2013: 15 sustainable (out of 39 established) TISC networks
Original Baseline
P&B 2014/15: 15 national TISC networks: (cumulative per end first quarter 2013): Africa (6);
Arab region (2);
Asia and the Pacific (2); Latin America and the Caribbean (4);
Certain Countries in Europe and Asia (1)
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25 national TISC networks (cumulative): Africa (10 of which 8 LDCs);
Arab region (3);
Asia and the Pacific (4 of which 2 LDCs);
Latin America and the Caribbean (6);
Certain Countries in Europe and Asia (2)
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20 sustainable national TISC networks out of 45 established (cumulative): Africa (9 of which 6 LDCs); Arab region (2); Asia and the Pacific (3 of which 1 LDC); Latin America and the Caribbean (5); Certain Countries in Europe and Asia (1)
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On track
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Average number of users serviced by TISCs per quarter and country
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Updated Baseline end 2013: 532 (min.) to 1370 (max.) average no. of users serviced by TISCs per day during 2013.
Original Baseline
P&B 2014/15: 200 (min.) – 630 (max.)
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300 (min.) – 750 (max.)
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513 (min) - 1521 (max) average no. of users serviced by TISCs per day during 2014.
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On track
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No. of active registered users of ARDI and ASPI
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Updated Baseline end 2013: ARDI (207 active users)
ASPI (20 active users)
Original Baseline
P&B 2014/15:
ARDI 50
ASPI 20
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ARDI 300
ASPI 30
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ARDI 411 active users
ASPI (35 active users)
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On track
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% of users satisfied with the provision of value added patent information services (WPIS, ICE, patent family and legal status enquiry service)
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Updated Baseline end 2013: No satisfaction surveys for WPIS and ICE were conducted. Discussions with donor offices on how to evaluate and retrieve feedback for the work carried out are under way.
Original Baseline
P&B 2014/15: Not available
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75%
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Survey data to be collected in 2014. Analysis and results to be reported in 2015.
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N/A 2014
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% of users satisfied with PLRs
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Updated Baseline end 2013: A satisfaction survey for the PLR was carried out in March 2014 and received 39 responses (3 first level users; 36 second level users). The results showed that approximately 70% of the users were satisfied with the quality of the reports
Original Baseline
P&B 2014/15: Not available
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75%
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A voluntary online survey is under preparation and expected to be launched in 2015. .
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N/A 2014
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RESOURCE UTILIZATION
Budget and Actual Expenditure (by result)
(in thousands of Swiss francs)
Budget and Actual Expenditure (personnel and non-personnel)
(in thousands of Swiss francs)
NOTE: The 2014/15 Budget after Transfers reflects transfers as of March 31, 2015 to address needs during the 2014/15 biennium in line with Financial Regulation 5.5.
A. Budget after Transfers 2014/15
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The overall decrease in the 2014/15 Budget after Transfers is primarily the net result of, on the one hand, ongoing regularizations of continuing functions and, on the other hand, the redeployment of a post from the Program to the External Offices.
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The slight increase in non-personnel resources is due to additional resources provided for the completion of the DA project Developing Tools for Access to Patent Information - Phase 2 for Patent Landscape component (project now closed).
B. Budget utilization 2014
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The overall budget utilization is within the expected range of 40-60% for the first year of the biennium. The low utilization of non-personnel resources was due to a concerted promotion of self-sustainability for existing TISC networks.
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