(f) Indicators concerning civil society, local community participation and traditional knowledge should be included.

WIPO was considering specific ways to enhance the participation of local and indigenous communities in the Committee's future work.

Conscious of the need to raise public awareness and to protect the biological diversity of deserts as well as indigenous and local communities and the traditional knowledge of those affected by this phenomenon,

The programme includes a focus on the knowledge and intellectual property of indigenous women, many of whom live in rural communities.

WIPO pointed out that whether or not to document and or disclose its knowledge was a decision only the community could and should make.

80 indigenous men sharing their expertise, skills and knowledge, and forming networks to enhance their community work

Teach and transmit traditional community values and associated local and indigenous knowledge in basic education.

Transcending locality, such communities are defined by common intellectual, social, economic and psychological interests.

Indigenous communities are also involved in developing indigenous traditional knowledge policies.

UNDP seeks to expand its knowledge networks and communities in order to strengthen the knowledge management dimension of the United Nations by developing and implementing an inter agency model for knowledge sharing.

(c) The preparation of a composite report on the status and trends regarding traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities

Composite report on the status and trends regarding the knowledge, innovation and practices of indigenous and local communities

United Nations agencies and States should take coordinated measures to protect the indigenous knowledge and traditional knowledge of local communities, including farmers and indigenous people, and to affirm the rights of these communities to obtain adequate benefits from their knowledge and to prevent the appropriation by other parties of their intellectual and cultural property.

Particular attention would need to be paid to meeting the knowledge needs of local communities by using a mixture of traditional knowledge and the potential of advanced information technology.

And it's all about the social network of the knowledge, floating around.

(d) Organizing regional forums for stakeholders to launch the knowledge management networks for rural communities

If so requested by the indigenous communities, United Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations should provide direct support and assistance to them for their indigenous traditional knowledge related programmes, including for the recording and appropriate protection of indigenous traditional knowledge, taking into account their intellectual property related interests in order to prevent misappropriation of the knowledge.

The digital Society, the Knowledge Economy, and the transition to it

Recognizing also that NGOs will have a major role in informing people at the community level and mobilizing community action.

Sixty five of the community based organizations are women's programme centres, in which refugee women gain knowledge and skills that enhance their participation in the community.

I'm using the knowledge I received from the United States and from my community to move them forward.

There is significant knowledge and local institutional capabilities in forest management in these communities.

A Regional Workshop for Building Knowledge and Capacity among Community based Organisations Women's groups of Northern Region, Sponsored by UNIFEM).

Indigenous peoples, local communities and holders and creators of traditional knowledge have been identified by WIPO as the first group of potential new beneficiaries.

C. Knowledge networks through information and communication technology access points for disadvantaged communities

Use should be made of the knowledge and experience of successful Afghan community and other structures and networks.

The free, prior and informed consent principle in the context of intellectual property can mean defensive protection in which any use of traditional knowledge, and in particular acquisition of intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge and derivatives thereof, without the prior consent of the community, can be prevented.

How should indigenous communities benefit from their contribution of traditional knowledge to conservation and sustainable use of resources?

Of the women interviewed, 48.4 know a woman in the community who was beaten, 34.2 know of cases of rape 24.7 of which revealed that these cases happened within their own communities.

Conscious of the need to raise public awareness and to protect the biological diversity of deserts as well as indigenous and local communities and the traditional knowledge of those affected by this phenomenon

Conscious of the need to raise public awareness and to protect the biological diversity of deserts as well as indigenous and local communities and the traditional knowledge of those affected by this phenomenon,

(e) Advising the Executive Secretary on policies and strategies concerning knowledge management within ESCAP

Article 8 (j) also requires that traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities be used only with their approval , which implies that their prior informed consent is required article 8 (j) further requires that benefits arising from the application of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices should be shared equitably with the indigenous communities concerned.

To promote the integration of local knowledge in the NAP framework and processes in a way that re inforces community value systems.

As an example, an indigenous expert provided information on a project undertaken within the Subanen community in the south of the Philippines, aimed at documenting ethno botanical indigenous traditional knowledge.

And India wants to be a knowledge society.

The commemoration in 2006 of the International Year of Deserts and Desertification should raise awareness of traditional knowledge of communities affected by desertification and disappearing cultures.

Other experts reported on use by their communities of intellectual property tools to protect aspects of indigenous traditional knowledge, particularly to provide defensive protection against unauthorized or inappropriate use by others.

50. In 1998 WIPO launched a programme of activities relating to the identification and exploration of new approaches to the use of the intellectual property system by the world s indigenous peoples, local communities and other holders, custodians and creators of traditional knowledge.

In addition, WIPO should continue to work on enhanced positive protection mechanisms for those indigenous communities that may wish to utilize intellectual property or similar tools to protect elements of their cultural heritage against misappropriation and misuse by others.

(b) Interregional knowledge transfer, learning and codification.

Invites Parties to protect, promote and use traditional knowledge, involving local experts and local communities

Invites Parties to protect, promote and use traditional knowledge, involving local experts and local communities

She further referred to the document prepared by the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Traditional Knowledge, which said that the benefits of traditional knowledge should be shared equally with the indigenous communities concerned .

The Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems project (LINKS) aims at fostering dialogue and understanding between indigenous knowledge holders and scientists, to empower local communities in biodiversity conservation.