G420: Diversity and Inclusion Survey 2024

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Engaging

* 1. What would be most valuable to you in your diversity and inclusion work?(pick up to four)

Sharing good practices/learning from others in the group
Finding partners within the network for future collaborative programs
Help organizing awareness raising events
Support from other Intellectual Property Offices to increase awareness of events hosted by our Office
Developing knowledge and educational material together
Hosting educational material together, such as on a shared YouTube channel
Holding a joint contest, such as a patent drafting competition to increase awareness of IP
Learning from/exchanging with external experts about new and upcoming topics that will impact the future
of IP offices and services
Advocating together on specific diversity and inclusion-themed sub-topics
Developing IP/IPO specific Diversity & Inclusion issues
Other (please specify)

2. In terms of learning from others in this network, please rate the importance of each item
below from 1 (Not Important) to 5 (Very Important).
1 - Not
Important
Good practices to reduce underrepresentation in the use of the IP system
Good practices to support diversity and
inclusion in all levels of staffing at IP Offices
Experiences of awareness raising events:
what worked, what can be improved
Other (please specify)

2

3

4

5 - Very
Important

3. What type of internal inclusion-focused initiatives do you feel IP offices in this network
could work on together that would have the most benefit in the context of activities?
Not beneficial

Somewhat
beneficial

Moderately
beneficial

Very beneficial

Staffing policies which promote diversity
and inclusion
Collaborating to support employee groups
Collaborating to support Mentoring
Other beneficial initiative (specify below)
Other (please specify)

4. What type of external (for stakeholders, customers, etc.) inclusion-focused initiatives do
you feel IP offices in this network could work on together to best support diversity and
inclusion?
Not beneficial
Providing guidance to companies about
collecting diversity and inclusion data for
invention disclosures
Supporting mentoring groups organized by
stakeholders for inventors or intellectual
property attorneys to foster greater
diversity and inclusion
Supporting associations of inventors,
entrepreneurs, and small and medium-sized
entrepreneurs to promote a better
understanding of IP
Supporting diversity and inclusion efforts in
technology transfer offices (TTOs),
incubators, start up support organizations
Other beneficial initiative (specify below)
Other (please specify)

Somewhat
beneficial

Moderately
beneficial

Very beneficial

Conclusion

5. Please provide any additional comments you wish to share about IP global diversity and
inclusion.

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or to recommend other work on Global Diversity and Inclusion.
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