E WIPO/GRTKF/IC/16/INF/8 WIPO ORIGINAL: English DATE: February 19, 2010 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION GENEVA INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE Sixteenth Session Geneva, May 3 to 7, 2010 POLICIES, MEASURES AND EXPERIENCES REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES: SUBMISSION BY ZAMBIA Document prepared by the Secretariat 1. At its fifteenth session, held from December 7 to 11, 2009, the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (‘the Committee’): “invited Member States and observers to make available to the Secretariat papers describing regional, national and community policies, measures and experiences regarding intellectual property and genetic resources before February 12, 2010, and requested the Secretariat to make these available as information documents for the next session of the Committee.” […] 2. Further to the decision above, the WIPO Secretariat issued a circular to all Committee participants, dated January 15, 2010, recalling the decision and inviting participants to make their submissions before February 12, 2010.