Current Projects
World Intellectual Property Organization

Client/Funder:
World Intellectual Property Organization (Posted May 2001)

Purpose and Scope:
The National Academy of Public Administration will conduct a comparative analysis of professional recruitment and retention for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an international intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The Academy will collaborate with Cranfield University to analyze conditions of service (contractual arrangements, remuneration and compensation) offered by WIPO and those of other organizations in the United Nations common system, other intergovernmental organizations, including intellectual property organizations, national public intellectual property institutions, and the private sector for WIPO's Human Resources Management Division.

Center:
Center for Human Resources Management

Project Director:
Maurice O. Brice

Project Status:
Ongoing

Panel Members:

Edward J. Perkins (Chair) -- Wm. J. Crowe Chair Professor, University of Oklahoma. Former U.S. Ambassador, Australia; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, U.S. Department of State; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa and Liberia; Director, Office of West African Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

Rosslyn S. Kleeman -- Distinguished Executive-in-Residence, Department of Public Administration, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. Former Staff, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House; Director, Federal Workforce Future Issues and Senior Associate Director, General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office; Project Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, President's Advisory Council on Management Improvement; Acting Director and Deputy Director, Women's Action Program, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Franklin S. Reeder -- President, The Reeder Group. Former Director, Office of Administration, The White House. Former positions with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget: Deputy Associate Director for Veterans Affairs and Personnel; Assistant Director for General Management and Deputy Assistant Director; Chief, Information Policy Branch and Deputy Chief; Policy Analyst; Chief, Systems Development Branch. Former Deputy Director, House Information Systems and member of the Committee Staff, Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives. Former positions with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Defense focusing on information technology and systems.

Meetings:
The third panel meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 6, 2002. For further information on time and location, please contact Hina Ansari at (202) 347-3190, ext 3231.