The Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) program is a global program created in 2009 to enable developing countries, least developed countries and countries in transition to better exploit their innovative potential. The TISC program helps countries to access and make more effective use of patent information, scientific and technical literature and search tools and databases, thus boosting their IP capacity. It promotes innovation, technology transfer, commercialization and utilization of technologies across 78 countries.The TISC program is administered by the Innovation and Knowledge Infrastructure Department of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The program addresses WIPO’s Strategic Goal IV, Coordination and Development of Global IP Infrastructure, contributing significantly to the ongoing expansion of the WIPO Knowledge Network by providing value-added services and specialized platforms and tools designed for strategic knowledge-sharing and innovation managemen