Working at WIPO

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

Our mission is the promotion of innovation and creativity for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries through a balanced and effective international IP system.

Our values are:

• Customer-service orientation – we increase our responsiveness to global stakeholders and our customers are satisfied with our services;
• Working as one – we work as an integrated, responsive and efficient entity that is fit for purpose and delivers value for money;
• Accountability for results – we take ownership for our performance and achieve results;
• Environmental, social and governance responsibility – we perform in an ethical manner and care about our staff, community and the environment.