Indrasen Vencatachellum
Acting Director of the Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise, UNESCO, Paris
May 5th, 2006
I think that there is now a very complete, comprehensive set of recommendations, for both short and medium term initiatives, to help resolve the weaver's crisis in Varanasi.
As regards in particular the issue of certification of geographical origin, you may be interested to learn that there is a European-Commission/ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation Programme for promoting and protecting intellectual property rights through various activities. For more information, please look at the website: www.ecap-project.org
