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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 D'AUTRES ORGANISATIONS  
INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES  
CONSEIL DE COOPÉRATION DES ÉTATS ARABES DU GOLFE 
À sa réunion du 6  juillet  2022, le Conseil des ADPIC est convenu d'inviter les organisations 
intergouvernementales ayant le statut d'observateur auprès du Conseil à actualiser les 
renseignements concernant leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en rapport 
avec la mise en œuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC.  
Le présent document contient les renseignements reçus du Conseil de coopération des États arabes 
du Golfe (CCG) dans une communication datée du 1 1 septembre  2022. 
 
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1  INTRODUCTION  
1.  Le CCG est une organisation intergouvernementale dont les Ét ats membres sont les 
Émirats  arabes unis, l'État du Koweït, Oman, le Qatar, le Royaume d'Arabie saoudite et le 
Royaume  de Bahreïn.  
2.  Conformément à l'article  20 de l'Accord économique du CCG, selon lequel "les États membres 
élaboreront des programmes encourageant les talents et appuyant l'innovation et l'invention ; 
collaboreront dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle et élaboreront des règlements et 
procédures garantissant la protection des droits de propriété intellectuelle ; et coor donneront leurs 
politiques vis -à-vis des autres pays, des blocs régionaux et des organisations internationales et 
régionales", le Secrétariat général du CCG destine la plupart de ses activités de coopération 
technique à ses États membres.  
3.  Le présent document contient un rapport concernant les principales activités de coopération 
technique organisées par le Secrétariat général du CCG entre le 1er septembre  2021 et le 
1er septembre  2022 et qui ont un lien avec la propriété intellectuelle, suite à l'invi tation du Président 
du Conseil des ADPIC de l'OMC à fournir des renseignements actualisés sur ces activités.  
4.  Les activités d'assistance technique organisées par le Secrétariat général du CCG pendant la 
période susmentionnée ont porté sur divers aspects con crets de la propriété intellectuelle . Ces 
activités ont été organisées sous la forme d'ateliers, de formations en cours d'emploi, de 
détachements ou d'aides à la participation à des conférences ou à des manifestations internationales 
sur la propriété intel lectuelle, et certaines d'entre elles ont été organisées en collaboration avec des 
offices nationaux de la propriété intellectuelle . Les activités en question sont énumérées en annexe.  
5.  La pandémie de COVID -19 a affecté d'une manière ou d'une autre les acti vités de coopération 
technique menées par le Secrétariat général du CCG au cours de la période susmentionnée.    
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ANNEXE1 
Name of programme or project  The WIPO virtual seminar  
Date and end date  22 September 2021 - 23 September 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Shedding light on topics related to digital data, artificial intelligence and their connection to intellectual property  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  WIPO  
Outputs or impact  Enhancing the role in developing a sustainable knowledge economy  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further  information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Working with the Trade Association for Talented People with Disabilities  
Date and end date  3 October 2021 - 3 October 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  To support talented people of determination in the GCC countries.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the GCC  
Outputs or impact  Coordination to set up joint activities.  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
 
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Name of programme or project  Symposium entitled Emerging Technology in the Health Sector  
Date and end date  28 October 2021 - 28 October 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi  Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Concepts related to special occasions in the health sector and recent developments in patents  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Europe an Patent Office (EPO)  
Outputs or impact  Discussion and presentation of experiences  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Symposium entitled Intellectual Property and Digital Data  
Date and end date  2 November 2021 - 2 November 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi  Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Highlighting digital topics and digital intelligence  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  WIPO  
Outputs or impact  Enhancing  the important role in building and developing a sustainable knowledge economy  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Workshops entitled "Intellectual Property Week" in cooperation with the College of Law at Prince Sultan 
University in Riyadh  
Date and end date  14 November 2021 - 17 November 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; Oman; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
Brief description  Enhancing the importance of innovation and invention and preserving intellectual property rights  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from some  of the GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the GCC -SG - Prince Sultan University in Riyadh  
Outputs or impact  Promote awareness of innovation and creativity  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
   
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Name of programme or project  The Second Global Conference to Support Artificial Intelligence and Technology and Entrepreneurship  
Date and end date  16 November 2021 - 18 November 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Highlighting the importance of the role played  by the patent offices  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
Outputs or impact  Highlighting the important role that the patent office plays in supporting entr epreneurship and artificial intelligence  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  The "Young Inventor" event  on the occasion of International Children's Day  
Date and end date  20 November 2021 - 21 November 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  To support the new generation of young inventors and paving the way for them to discover their creativity and develop 
their abilities  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
Outputs or impact  Enhancing the awareness of inventions among the young inventors  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  The Exhibition for Handicapped Inventors  
Date and end date  3 December 2021 - 5 December 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Coinciding with the International Day of Handicapped People  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Inventors from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
Outputs or impact  Provide support to inventors from the GCC States  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
   
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Name of programme or project  Training Program in the field of Patent Research entitled "Database Search" with the National Intellectual 
Property Administration of the People's Republic of China  
Date and end date  12 November 2021 - 13 November 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; Oman; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
Brief description  Training program in the field of research in patent applications  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Patent Office at the GCC - CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Speci alists from some of the GCC Member States  
Outputs or impact  Develop the skills and capabilities of specialists in the field of research in patent applications  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Innovation Conference between  the Arab countries and the European Union  
Date and end date  14 December 2021 - 14 December 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Paving the way for international research cooperation and technology transfer  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Director General of the Patent Office  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  European Commission - WIPO  
Outputs or impact  Enhancing the efficiency and quality of research and its targeted outputs  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Workshop on the Developments in Intellectual Property and the Mechanism to Resolving Disputes Through 
Arbitration  
Date and end date  1 January 2022 - 2 January 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Introducing the latest developments in intellectual property and the dispute resolution mechanism  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists f rom GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  GCC IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
Outputs or impact  Spreading the culture of resolving the intellectual property disputes through arbitration  
Website for further information  https://www.gccpo.org/gccip/  
Contact point for further information  GCC-IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
   
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Name of programme or project  Training Course entitled Arbitration in Copyright Cases  
Date and end date  21 February 2022 - 21 February 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Develop trainees regarding  the arbitration of copyright issues.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  GCC IP Training Centre – Kuwait - Invention readings office in Sweden  
Outputs or impact  Enhancing the arbitrat ion culture in copyright disputes  
Website for further information  https://www.gccpo.org/gccip/  
Contact point for further information  GCC-IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
 
Name of programme or project  Workshop on the e Role of The Intellectual Property Rights and Technological Innovation in Achieving 
Sustainable Development to Protect the Environment  
Date and end date  22 February 2022 - 23 February 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Defining the roles of intellectual property and technological innovation  
Beneficiary institution or  audience  Inventors from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  GCC IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
Outputs or impact  Promoting the concept of the role of intellectual property and technological innovation  
Website for further information  https://www.gccpo.org/gccip  
Contact point for further information  GCC-IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
 
Name of programme or project  Women Inventors Exhibition  
Date and end date  8 March 2022 - 9 March 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  On the occasion of International Women's Day the GCCPO has held the Women Inventors Exhibition highlighting the 
inventions of Gulf women inventors.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Expo 2020 Dubai + Patent Office at the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council  
Outputs or impac t presented statistics on the number of female inventors in GCC countries  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
   
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Name of programme or project  Workshop entitled The Economic and Literary Importance of Intellectual Property Expo Dubai 2020  
Date and end date  12 March 2022 - 13 March 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Raising the awareness about the economic and moral importance in the field of intellectual property  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public  
Technical cooperation pro vider(s)  GCC IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
Outputs or impact  Promoting the concepts and the importance of the relationship between the economy and intellectual property  
Website for further information  https://www.gccpo.org/gccip/  
Contact point for further information  GCC-IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
 
Name of programme or project  Workshop on Copyright in the Field of Music  
Date and end date  13 March 2022 - 13 March 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Introducing copyrights in the field of music  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technic al cooperation provider(s)  GCC IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
Outputs or impact  Promoting the concept of copyright in the field of music  
Website for further information  https://www.gccpo.org/gccip/  
Contact point for further information  GCC-IP Training Centre - Kuwait  
 
Name of programme or project  Competition for the Best Water Purification and Treatment Project  
Date and end date  22 March 2022 - 23 March 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  The GCC pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai hosted the competition for the best innovation in the field of water technology, 
which was organized by the Patent Office at the GCC_SG, and presented the Patent Office Award for Supporting  
Innovation and Invention to the winners.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Inventors from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council  
Outputs or impact  Provide supports to in ventors and innovators from the GCC States  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org   
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
   
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Name of programme or project  Seminar entitled The Success of Commercial Innovation - Advice and Guidance for Young Innovators  
Date and end date  28 April 2022 - 28 April 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Coinciding with the celebration of young inventors day  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Inventors from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Cou ncil 
Outputs or impact  Motivating young men and women innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs to find solutions to the problems facing 
different societies, leading to more sustainable economic growth and desired social welfare through their innovations a nd 
inventions  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
Name of programme or project  Support Technology and Innovation in the Arab Region  
Date and end date  18 May 2022 - 19 May 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  Virtual meeting to support technology and innovation in the Arab region  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Specialists from GCC Member States  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property  
Outputs or impact  Excha nging views on various related topics and discussing patterns and trends of Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers (TISC) at the national and regional levels  
Website for further information  www.gccpo.org   
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
   
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Name of programme or project  ITEX Malaysia International Exhibition of Inventions  
Date and end date  26 May 2022 - 27 May 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kingdom of Bahrain ; the State of Kuwait ; Oman; Qatar; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates  
Brief description  The Patent Office at the GCC -SG participated in the Malaysia International Invention Fair ITEX22 . The selection of 
inventors from citizens of the GC C countries to participate in this international exhibition is done by a specialized team 
of arbitrators in the Patent Office to choose the best among the inventions that have been submitted.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Inventors from GCC Member S tates 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Patent Office at the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council  
Outputs or impact  Provide supports to inventors from the GCC States  
Website for further information  www.gcc po.org  
Contact point for further information  Patent Office at the GCC -SG 
 
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