IP/C/R/TC/CAN/4  
22 septembre  2023 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété  
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
 
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE:  
RENSEIGNEMENTS COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR LES MEMBRES  
CANADA  
La communication ci -après, datée du 13  septembre  2023, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation du Canada.  
 
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BREF APERÇU DES ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE MENÉES AU COURS DE LA 
PÉRIODE CONSIDÉRÉE  
1.  L'article 67 de l' Accord de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) sur les aspects des droits 
de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce (ADPIC), dispose qu'"[a]fin de  faciliter la mise 
en œuvre [de l'Accord], les pays développés Membres offriront, sur demande et selon des modalités 
et à des conditions mutuellement convenues, une coopération technique et financière aux pays en 
développement Membres et aux pays les moins  avancés Membres". Conformément à l'article 67 de 
l'Accord sur les ADPIC, le Conseil des ADPIC demande aux pays développés Membres de faire rapport 
sur leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en faveur des pays en développement 
et des pays les moins avancés (PMA) Membres. Le présent document donne des renseignements 
actualisés sur les activités du Canada concernant la coopération technique et financière dans le 
domaine de la propriété intellectuelle en faveur des pays en développement Membre s et des PMA 
Membres pour la période 2022-2023.  
2.  Le Canada continue de mener plusieurs activités de coopération technique en faveur des pays en 
développement et des PMA Membres aux niveaux multilatéral, plurilatéral et bilatéral. Au niveau 
multilatéral, il travaille en étroite collaboration avec l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété 
intellectuelle (OMPI) ainsi qu'avec le Groupe d'experts des droits de propriété intellectuelle de la 
Coopération économique Asie -Pacifique (APEC -IPEG) puisqu'il participe aux d élibérations 
semestrielles de ce dernier sur l'échange de renseignements et des meilleures pratiques dans le 
domaine des droits de propriété intellectuelle. En outre, les activités de coopération technique du 
Canada sont exécutées par l'Office de la propri été intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC), Affaires 
mondiales Canada, la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), le Centre de recherches pour le 
développement international (CRDI) et d'autres départements et organismes publics du Canada. 
D'autres institutions canadi ennes qui reçoivent un financement du gouvernement du Canada, comme 
le Centre de droit et de politique commerciale (CDPC) et le Centre de droit, technologie et société 
de l'Université d'Ottawa, participent également aux activités de coopération technique 
internationale.  
3.  Des renseignements détaillés sur les activités de coopération technique sont donnés dans 
l'annexe.  
  
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Name of programme or project  Pre-recorded webinars on IP and patents on the website of Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada  
Date and end date  1 January 2021 - 31 December 202 3 
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  These webinars, which were recorded in 2016 through CIPO collaboration with TFO Canada, are available in 
English on the TFO Canada website for embassies, consulates and businesses from developing and emerging 
countries. Topics covered: Basics of Canadian I P, Registering patents in Canada, Registering trademarks in 
Canada, IP Foundations for women entrepreneurs, Overview of IP – trademarks for SMEs.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://tfocanada.ca/learn -more/events/webinars/  
Contact point for further information   
 
 
1 En anglais seulement .  
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- 3 - Name of programme or project  Open African Inno vation Research network (Open AIR)  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of researchers spread across Africa and Canada. Their research aims 
to ease tensions between IP and access to knowledge, and to understand how knowledge -based businesses can 
take advantage of global opportunities, while sharing the benefits of innovation throughout society. Open AIR is 
funded by Canada 's International Development Research Centre (IDR C) and has a Partnership Grant from the 
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) until March 2022. They were also selected for the 
Queen Elizabeth Scholars – Advanced Scholars programme, funded through Universities Canada. A new phase 
which started in 2018, implemented in collaboration with the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will research 
how Africa 's high -tech hubs are facilitating the adaptation and adoption of emerging technologies in Africa, 
including artificial intelligence; how maker communities facilitate inclusive innovation, especially by empowering 
women and girls and benefitting members of marginalized groups; and how to build confidence in Indigenous 
populations to effectively participate in collaborative knowledge producti on with optimal and equitable benefits.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://www.openair.africa   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Supplying free copies of Canadian patent documents for developing countries  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  Upon request from WIPO.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
  
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- 4 - Name of programme or project  Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CPTL) – guidance, support, knowledge and tools  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  The Canada -based CTPL  is a Canadian institution that provides developing and transition economies with 
guidance and support to sustain them in the short -term and with the knowledge and tools to ensure their full 
participation in international trade agreements, including specif ic training on IP law and policy issues.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://carleton.ca/ctpl/   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development – Implementing the WIPO Budapest 
Treaty in Viet  Nam 
Date and end date 1 January 2023  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Viet Nam  
Brief description  This technical assistance activity is supporting the IP Office of Viet  Nam with its implementation of the WIPO 
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition and Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent 
Procedure (Budapest Treaty), to fulfil Viet  Nam's commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive 
Agreement for Trans -Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This initiative includes the design and presentation  of a seminar 
and a study guide for officials of the IP Office of Viet  Nam and related agencies within the Ministry of Science 
and Technology of Viet Nam. This will include a review of the obligations of the CPTPP with respect to the WIPO 
Budapest Treaty; mapping the legal and administrative measures necessary to establish a national depository 
authority under the Treaty; facilitating an exchange of experiences in the implementation of the Treaty with 
Canadian and other depository authorities; and reviewing  the obligations of the CPTPP and Budapest Treaty.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://edm -mde.ca/portfolio/implementing -the-wipo-budapest -treaty -in-vietnam/  
Contact point for further information   
  
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- 5 - Name of programme or project  Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development – Registration and protection of 
intellectual property rights in CPTPP markets (Viet  Nam) 
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Viet Nam  
Brief description  This technical assistance activity is supporting the drafting of a guide to the registration of IP rights in key CPTPP 
markets, including the registration procedures and strategic IP rights protection issues relevant to each market.  
With respect to Viet  Nam, this project will include the design and delivery of a workshop to present this guide, a 
discussion on best practices on IP rights protection for Vietnamese small and medium -sized enterprises, and 
ongoing dialogue between Canadian and Vietnamese IP off icials and stakeholders.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://edm -mde.ca/portfolio/registration -and-protection -of-intellectual -property -rights -in-cptpp -markets -1-
19/ 
Contact point for further information   
  
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- 6 - Name of programme or project  Supporting Africa 's science granting councils to develop policy frameworks and enabling structures 
for public -private sector partnerships  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Guinea; 
Guinea -Bissau; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra 
Leone; Tan zania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia  
Brief description  The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub -Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi -donor initiative funded by 
Canada 's International Development Research Centre, the United Kingdom 's Foreign, Commonwealth and 
Development Office (FCDO), South Africa 's National Research Foundation, the Swedish International 
Development Cooperation Agency, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and the German 
Research Foundation. The SGCI initiative aims to strengthen the capacities of science granting councils in 
Sub-Saharan Africa to support research that contributes to development. The SGCI  project will support councils 
to develop and operationalize frameworks and strategies (including intellectual property policy, research and 
collaborative partnerships) for private sector partnerships and commercialization of research results. Capacity 
strengthening will be achieved through several approaches, including customized in -country coaching, in -person 
training workshops, use of online platforms, and peer -to-peer learning among councils. The overall project 
outcome will be enhanced knowledge transf er, commercialization of research results and innovation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Scinnovent Centre Limited  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://idrc -crdi.ca/en/project/supporting -africas -science -granting -councils -develop -policy -frameworks -and-
enabling  
Contact point for further information   
 
 
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