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Open Calls – July 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: 20th of July, 23:59 CEST

Use of AI in applications is prohibited. Using AI will negatively impact the overall score for your application.

CHOOSE YOUR ELSA DELEGATION FROM BELOW AND APPLY HERE

WIPO

Symposium on Standard Essential Patents - SEP/GE/25/1, 18-19 September 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, (in person only)
Date: 18-19 September 2025, (in person only)

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires an intermediate amount of academic preparation, and prior general knowledge of intellectual and industrial property

Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (23rd session) - MM/LD/WG/23, 22-26 September 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, (hybrid)
Date: 22-26 September 2025, (hybrid)

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires an extensive amount of academic preparation, and prior general knowledge of intellectual and industrial property

Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (14th session) - H/LD/WG/14, 6-10 October 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, (hybrid)
Date: 6-10 October 2025, (hybrid)

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the WIPO guidelines.

This session requires an extensive amount of academic preparation, and prior general knowledge of intellectual and industrial property

UNODC

2025 Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (First Intersessional meeting of the 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs - CND68), 30 September - 2 October 2025, Vienna, Austria (Vienna International Centre)
Date: 30 September - 2 October 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

Click here to read the UNODC guidelines.

OHCHR

145th CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 13th-24th October 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, (Palais Wilson)
Date: 13th-24th October 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

33rd Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 11th-29th August 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, (Palais des Nations)

*It's not mandatory to participate in the full 2-week session. You can indicate your availability in the Application Form and choose if you want to participate in the first week (18th-22nd August), second week (25th-29th August), or both weeks.

Date: 18th-29th August 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here.

OHCHR Guidelines can be found here.

UNFCCC

United Nations Climate Change Conference, 30th Edition (COP 30), 10th to 21st of November 2025, Belém, Brazil
Date: 10th-21st November 2025

Meeting agenda and related documents can be found here and here.