';

Open Calls – March 2025

Please note that the dates might be subject to change before the application deadline. The website will be updated immediately in case of changes.

Deadline: 30th of March, 23:59 CET

CHOOSE YOUR ELSA DELEGATION FROM BELOW AND APPLY HERE

WIPO

Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications, 1st-2nd May 2025, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (remote)
Date: 1-2 May 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

Knowledge of IP and Geographical Indication is required to participate in this session.

Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: 34th Session (CDIP/34), 5th-9th May 2025, Geneva Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 5-9 May 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: 51st Session (GRTKF/IC/51), 30th May - 5th June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid)
Date: 30 May - 5 June 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

Knowledge of technical and scientific aspects of IP is required to participate in this session.

UN ECOSOC

UN Forum on Forests 20th session (UNFF/20), 5th-9th May 2025, New York, USA
Date: 5-9 May 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the UN ECOSOC guidelines.

UNODC

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 34th session (CCPCJ/34), 19th-23rd May 2025, Vienna, Austria
Date: 19-23 May 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the UNODC guidelines.

OHCHR

Human Rights Council 59th Session (first week), 16th-20th June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
Date: 16-20 June 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

UNCITRAL

Working Group V, Insolvency Law: 66th Session (WGV/66), 12th-16th May 2025, New York, USA
Date: 12-16 May 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

UNCITRAL Guidelines can be found here.

ICC

Special Session on the Review of the Amendments on the Crime of Aggression, 7th-9th July 2025, New York, USA
Date: 7-9 July 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.