Center for International Cooperation and Peace Studies (CICPS)

International Centre for WTO and WIPO Studies (ICWWS)

International Centre for WTO and WIPO Studies (ICWWS) has been set up by the Society for Economic and Education Development (SEED) to Proactively participate, through knowledge and HRD development , in the Liberalization of trade in goods and services under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and matters related to intellectual property rights under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

A new world economic order of multilateral agreements on voluntary basis has been set under the WTO. Linked with this, are aspects of intellectual properties, which are also converted into goods & services and traded in the market, governed under provisions of Trade Related Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been formed to support the implementation of concept of intellectual property. The government, private & non-governmental organization of all member countries are required to thoroughly understand these two developments, so as to take advantage of the new International economic order as well as to protect their economic & intellectual interests.

Centre carried out four Regional level workshops on Trade in Education Services in the four regions of India with the support of All India Technical Education, Government of India. See report. Click here

Centre also held a National Level workshop on Trade Education Services at IIT,Delhi. The workshop was sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development.