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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle  qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais/espagnol  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE:  
RENSEIGNEMENTS FOURNIS PAR LES MEMBRES  
UNION  EUROPÉENNE  
Addendum  
La communication  ci-après , datée du 2 9 janvier  2020, est distribuée à la demande de l'Union 
européenne . Elle rend compte des activités de coopération technique de l'Union européenne, ainsi 
que de certains de ses États membres . 
 
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INTRODUCTION  
Le présent document complète les renseignements sur la mise en œuvre de l'article  67 de l'Accord 
sur les ADPIC fournis dans le document IP/C/W/582/Add.7 du 2 novembre  2012. Il concerne les 
activités de coopération technique menées entre juillet  2018 et août  2019 par l'Union européenne 
et certains de ses États en faveur de pays en développe ment et pays les moins avancés, avec pour 
objectif de faciliter la mise en œuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC . 
 
 
 
 
   
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ANNEXE1 
1  EUROPEAN UNION  
Name of programme or project  Activity: Workshops "tools of the disciplines on intellectual property, services and 
investments " 27 -31 may in Guatemala. 24-28 June in Chile  
Date and end date  27 May 2019 - 28 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama  
Brief description  A triangular cooperation between the Chilean Cooperation Agency and the Secretariat for Central 
American Economic Integration (SIECA) is under implementation (2017 -2019):Strengthening of 
Central American public institutions responsible for international trade and export promotion 
policies, as well as the private sector with the potential to export to the EU and the world. The 
action is about capacity building i n Central America in terms of implementation of trade 
agreements and commercial promotion. Two training sessions were dedicated to International 
negotiations on Intellectual property. During a week in May, an introductory course was provided 
to representat ives of central America Ministries of economy then as a complementary activity an 
internship took place in June in Chile. In both occasions intellectual property was one of the main 
subjects. During the internship in Chile a visit to the national institute  of IP was organized and 1 
day was dedicated to learn about the Chilean Seal of Origin program.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Representatives of central America Ministries of economy and the Secretariat for Central American 
Economic Integration (SIE CA) 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Chilean Cooperation Agency in the framework of a triangular cooperation with the Secretariat 
for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)  
Outputs or impact  Institutional strengthening  
Website for further in formation   
Contact point for further information  Alberto.MENGHINI@eeas.europa.eu  
 
 
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Name of programme or project  Implementation of the Functional Review and Action Plan for the Energy Division of 
the Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda.  
Date and end date 1 June 2018 - 1 June 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Rwanda  
Brief description  Technical Assistant Services of the project aim to assist, facilitate and accompany the 
strengthening of the institutional capacities of the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) as well 
as other public stakeholders in the Energy Sector. Overall, international experts have been 
recruited to guide, mentor, and monitor the process of improvements of the capacities of the 
units of the Ministry dealing with th e Energy sector, and contribute to reinforce the sector 
coordination and strategic orientations.  The technical assistance services are intended to 
support MININFRA and its Energy Division by strengthening coordination with sector 
stakeholders and elaborat ing their strategic policies. More specifically, the purpose of this 
contract is to assist the Ministry of Infrastructure in the implementation of the recommendations 
and action plan of the Functional Review of the Ministry that took place in 2016 under th e support 
of Belgium and the European Union. Additional institutional support may be provided to other 
partners such as Rwanda Energy Group or Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority. The process is 
primarily accompanied and lead by an Institutional Developm ent Expertise following the already 
existing assessment and recommendations of the Functional Review.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Energy Division of the Ministry of Infrastructure/Rwanda  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The providers are short -term individual experts from all over the world (Europe, Canada, Africa, 
Rwanda, etc) recruited under contract, while the team leader comes from Denmark.  
Outputs or impact  The overall objective of this contract is to strengthen the institutional capacit ies of MININFRA in 
the short, medium and long term in order for the ministry to fulfil its mandate as described 
under the energy sector's policy and strategy framework.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Therance NDISANGA (Delegation of the European Union to Rwanda): 
Therance.NDISANGA@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  IP Key China  
Date and end date  1 September 2017 - 31 August 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  The IP Key China Action is an international cooperation project in the field of intellectual property 
(IP) funded by the European Commission and implemented in China and the European Union. 
The Action has an implementation period of 48 months and a total budget of 7 million EUR, of 
which 14.29% (1 million EUR) is a contribution from the European Union Intellectual Property 
Office (EUIPO). The Action is funded under the Partnership Instrument1 for cooperation with 
third countries financia l instrument for the EU external actions. The overall objective of the action 
is to promote a more level playing field for European Union companies operating in China by 
contributing to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and  
enforcement system in China.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  European Union businesses will benefit from improved IPR protection as well as through the 
achievement of adequate and effective functioning of IP administration institutions and 
enforcemen t procedures in China. Furthermore, companies and right -holders should benefit from 
an increase in the technical expertise of China on how to improve IPR related regulations, as 
well as in regard to the implementation of trade agreements with the EU. In Ch ina the highly 
innovative businesses will equally profit from the more transparent and efficient IP rights 
registration and enforcement system and the economy in general will profit from the improved 
environment for the attraction of foreign investments. M oreover, EU business will benefit from 
enhanced access to information on China's registers of IP rights, which is crucial to their business 
and IP protection strategies abroad These will be facilitated through the implementation of 
innovative tools and dat abases created by The EU Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN). The 
final beneficiaries will be reached mainly through active involvement of key business support 
and multiplier organizations operating in Europe and China, as well as Industry representative s 
and umbrella organisations.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  EUIPO    
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Name of programme or project  IP Key China  
Outputs or impact  The Action has been designed to attain the above mentioned objective by focusing on six 
concrete results defined by the Commission. - R.1. Improved situation in prior ity areas defined 
during the annual EU China IP Dialogue: since 2015, the priority areas of future cooperation 
between the EU and China in the area of IP are defined in the EU -China IP Dialogues taking place 
once a year. The Action will contribute to impro ving the situation in the priority areas through a 
set of targeted activities, accounting for the flexibility required to adapt to changes in the priority 
areas, which currently are (being updated by IP Dialogue on annual basis). - R.2. Enhanced 
understand ing and trust through regular exchange activities: the Action will provide for regular 
exchange activities between IP system stakeholders and experts on both sides (via exchange 
visits, conferences, seminars, workshops etc.), aimed at creating a common und erstanding, 
building trust and achieving tangible results in line with the defined priority areas. - R.3. EU -
China IP Working Groups supported effectively: the Action will provide ad -hoc support, in form 
of support activities for the EU -China IP Dialogue M echanism (IP Dialogues and IP Working 
Groups), and in form of translations of Chinese documents, in particular draft legislative acts, 
which the EU is invited to comment upon. This result aims to support the EU In enhancing the 
effectiveness of the IP Dial ogue through efficient coordination, exchange and planning. - R.4. 
Modernized IP administration and enforcement practices and tools: under this result, the EUIPO 
would prioritize action targeting an increased uptake of EU IT tools by the local IP Offices t o 
improve access to the IP system and to facilitate processing of IP applications and registrations. 
- R.5. Awareness raised on the importance of Intellectual Property, its protection and 
enforcement: this result should be attained by facilitating increase d actions directed towards the 
promotion of the understanding of the importance of IP protection from the perspective of social 
and economic development, and to favour foreign investment. - R.6. Improved information 
sharing through information management s ystem (IMSI and document repository: to ensure a 
sufficient institutional memory and easy accessibility by all interested stakeholders of the 
documents emanating from the project (such as reports, studies, surveys).  
Website for further information  www.ipk ey.eu  
Contact point for further information  EUD China, Ms. WANG Rong, Project Officer, Email: Rong.Wang@eeas.europa.eu EUIPO, Mr. 
Benoit MISONNE, Email: Benoit.MISONNE@euipo.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Technology transfer capacity building in the Western Balkans December 2016 - 
December 2019  
Date and end date  1 December 2016 - 1 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Albania; Republic of North Macedonia  
Brief description  Public research organisation in the Western Balk ans 6 received trainings on IP and in some cases 
even individual mentoring for developing. IP policy An IP toolkit was also prepared. One of the 
components of the programme helped the units move forward with their IP Policy development/ 
review (Sarajevo, B anja Luka BiH, Nis SR).  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public research organisation in Western Balkans  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Consortium E&Y, Inno, MITTO  
Outputs or impact  Transfer of best practices  
Website for further  information  N/A 
Contact point for further information  EU Delegations to corresponding countries  
 
Name of programme or project  TAIEX Expert Mission on Trade in Services, Amman  
Date and end date  4 July 2018 - 4 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Jordan  
Brief description  The aim of this Expert Mission was to prepare a concept paper to be presented to Agadir 
Agreement Member Countries in order to show them the importance of launching negotiations 
aiming at liberalising trade in services . 
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public sector  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Private expert and Croatian Parliament  
Outputs or impact  Transfer of best practices  
Website for further information  N/A 
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to Kosovo  
   
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Name of programme or project  TAIEX MultiCountry Workshop on Trade in Services, Amman, 2nd to 3rd July 2018  
Date and end date  2 July 2018 - 3 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Egypt; Jordan; Morocco; Tunisia  
Brief description  The aim was to identify the possibilities of complementarity in trade in services between the 
member countries of the Agadir Agreement.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Public sector  
Technical coopera tion provider(s)  Private expert and Croatian Parliament  
Outputs or impact  Best practices  
Website for further information  N/A 
Contact point for further information  Eu Delegations to corresponding countries  
   
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Name of programme or project  SUB–ACTIVITY Trade Component of the BOMCA 9 programme 4 National 
workshops/trainings (in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) on 
introduction of the EU practice in the field of customs control on dual -use goods, the 
protection of endanger ed species of animals and plants (CITES), on goods subject to 
protection of Intellectual property rights (IPR) and the development of new working 
tools to combat illegal trade.  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Kyrgyz Republic  
Brief description  Non-tariff measures for foreign trade (prohibitions and restrictions ensuring the security and 
safety of the EU and its residents and the protection of the environment), are being applied in 
accordance with the requirements set down in intern ational agreements, EU and national legal 
acts defining specific requirements for placing on the EU market, export and transit of certain 
product groups, e. i. foodstuff, non -food products, chemical substances, dual use goods, 
weapons, waste, endangered sp ecies of fauna and flora, IPR etc. The EU experts introduced, 
explained requirements and shared EU best practice of performing customs procedures in 
relation to control of movement of dual -use goods, protection of endangered species of animals 
and plants, goods subject to protection of intellectual property rights, as well as elaborated 
recommendations for CA countries institutions with regard to improvement of customs control 
efficiency and on the development of new working tools to combat illegal trade.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  customs  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Lithuanian Customs  
Outputs or impact  The EU experts introduced, explained requirements and shared EU best practice of performing 
customs procedures in relation to control of movement of dual -use goods, protection of 
endangered species of animals and plants, goods subject to protection of intellectual property 
rights, as well as elaborated recommendations for CA countries institutions with regard to 
improvement of customs contr ol efficiency and on the development of new working tools to 
combat illegal trade.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EUD Kyrgyz Republic  
 
Name of programme or project  ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU (ARISE Plus) – Component 2: 
Intellectual Property Rights (ARISE+ IPR)  
Date and end date  1 January 2018 - 31 December 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Ph ilippines; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam    
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Name of programme or project  ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU (ARISE Plus) – Component 2: 
Intellectual Property Rights (ARISE+ IPR)  
Brief description  The ARISE Plus Intellectual Property Rights (ARISE+ IPR) programme  is one of the components 
under the Enhanced ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the European Union or ARISE 
Plus. The five -year, €5.5 million ARISE+ IPR programme builds on the strong cooperation 
developed between the EU and the ASEAN Member States in  the area of intellectual property 
and supports ASEAN in meeting its goals set out in the ASEAN IPR Action Plan 2016 – 2025. The 
specific objective of ARISE+ IPR is to "support ASEAN regional integration and further upgrade 
and improve the systems for IP c reation, protection, utilization, administration and enforcement 
in the ASEAN region, in line with international IP best practice and standards and the recently 
approved ASEAN IPR Action Plan 2016 -2025". ARISE+ IPR covers trademarks, industrial 
designs, ge ographical indications and enforcement. ARISE+ IPR comprises four components: 
Expected Result 1: Enhanced regional IP platforms and network of strengthened and more 
efficient ASEAN IP Offices delivering timely, quality and accessible trademark and design s ervices 
to stakeholders, including the business community. Expected Result 2: Effective participation of 
the ASEAN Member States in global protection systems and other relevant international treaties 
in the IP field. Expected Result 3: Increased awareness on the importance of IP protection in the 
ASEAN society and improved capacity of the productive sector to create, protect, utilize, 
commercialize and enforce their IP rights in the ASEAN region. Expected Result 4: Strengthened 
capacity of the IP administra tion in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar to fully participate in the 
project initiatives and promote innovation in their countries.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Department of Intellectual properties in the ASEAN Member states  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)  
Outputs or impact  Output 1.1: Improved IP administration frameworks by delivering timely, quality, and accessible 
trade mark and industrial design services through automation and enhanced human resource 
capacity Output 1.2: Convergence of practice in the areas of trademarks, industrial designs, and 
geographical indications Output 1.3: Support to the ASEAN Regional IT Tools Output 1.4: 
Technical Support to the Creation of an ASEAN I P Academy Output 2.1 : Legal and Technical 
Support to the Implementation of Global and IP Protection Systems and the effective use of the 
international classification systems Output 3.1 : Enhanced the Capabilities of the SMEs and 
creative sectors to use th e trademark and design systems to protect their creations Output 3.2 
: Effective use of geographical indications (GIs) in ASEAN Output 3.3 : Support to IPR 
Enforcement in the ASEAN Region Output 4.1 : Improved IP Administrations in Cambodia and 
Lao PDR Out put 4.2 : Support to the IP institution building in Myanmar and the development of 
the national IP system. Results achieved: During the inception period and the first year of 
implementation 23 activities were organised, focusing mainly on capacity building  of the ASEAN 
IP Offices, particularly through technical support activities and training. A regional approach was 
used for all activities and gender -balance for participants was ensured as much as possible.  
Website for further information  http://ariseplus ipr.eu  
Contact point for further information  Tiago GUERREIRO ARISE+ IPR European Union Intellectual Property Office Tel: +34 671614448 
- Mobile:+66 (0) 830097186 tiago.datrindade@euipo.europa.eu http://ariseplusipr.eu 
www.euipo.europa.eu Twitter: @ARISEpl us_IPR  
   
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Name of programme or project  EU - Sri Lanka Trade Related Assistance Project: Increasing SMEs trade 
competitiveness in regional and EU markets  
Date and end date  1 November 2016 - 28 February 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Sri Lanka  
Brief description  The Specific Objective of the Project is to Increased trade competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs 
in regional and EU markets. Four areas have been identified as hampering the trade 
competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs preventing them fr om grasping maximum benefits from 
participation in international trade: 1) trade policy and regulations, 2) trade facilitation, 3) 
compliance with quality standards and Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, 4) sector -
specific competitiveness hurdles f or SMEs to internationalize. While the project is thematically 
structured in four components (or Expected Results) the design is intertwined.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Direct beneficiaries: Sri Lankan SMEs (particularly in the spices, food and ITO/BPO sectors) 
Beneficiaries and Partners under ERs also include: Main Government Ministries, Departments 
and public institutions: •  Ministry of National Planning and Economic Affairs •
 Department of External Resources •  Department of National Planni ng • The 
Department of Commerce (DoC) •  The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (SLEDB) is the 
apex agency responsible for the development and promotion of exports •  The 
Department of Agriculture (DOA) and the Department of Export Agriculture (DEA), the Nat ional 
Plant Quarantine Service - NPQS) – all under the Ministry of Agriculture •  The Ministry of 
Mahaweli Development and Environment •  The Board of Investment (BOI) •  Sri 
Lanka Customs and NTFC •  Measurement Units, Standards and Services Department 
(MUSSD ) • Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB) •  Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) •
 Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) •  Department of Import & Export Control 
(D/I&EC) •  National Enterprise Development Authority •   Trade Support Institutions such 
as chambers of commerce and apex industrial associations  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  International Trade Centre and UNIDO  
Outputs or impact  •    Coherent trade strategy for export competitiveness designed and implemented, including 
policies, regulatory reforms and trade negotiations as shaped by the WTO, regional integration 
process, EU GSP+ scheme •  Enhanced efficiency of cross -border procedures and SMEs' 
capacities to comply with cross -border procedures for exporting to SAARC and EU •
 Improv ed compliance and quality infrastructure services to meet quality and SPS 
requirements in the regional and EU markets •  Increased SME competitiveness in export -
oriented sectors (spices, food and ITO/BPO industry)  
Website for further information  http://www .intracen.org/EU -SRI-LANKA/EU ---Sri-Lanka -Trade -Related -Assistance/  
Contact point for further information  harshini.halangode@eeas.europa.eu  
 
    
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Name of programme or project  Support to trade development in Southern Mediterranean through the Agadir Agreemen t - Phase IV / 
Agadir IV (4 million €)  
Date and end date  20 December 2017 - 20 December 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Egypt; Jordan; Morocco; Tunisia  
Brief description  Article 22 of the AA on IP stipulates "the obligation of the member states to protect IPR, including copyright, 
patents, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications and proven appellations of origin, as well as the 
protection of literary and a rtistic works and computer programs without prejudice to the obligations of the WTO 
member states, as well as the laws and regulations in force of each member state on Agadir Agreement. One of 
the ATU's functions, is to follow up subjects related to intell ectual property according to the Agreement's provisions 
and for that it is established a regular meeting (annually) of the Heads of Offices of Industrial and Commercial 
Property bodies, with the aim to monitor the implementation of the annual work programm e. In the last meeting 
held on 20 December 2018 the following topics were discussed: •  MoUs with specialized international 
organisations, agreement to expedite the finalisation of MoU with the European Patent Office (EPO). •  Agadir 
Guide to IPR registratio n procedures, the MS proposed a unified model, in which mitigation and simplification will 
be adopted to facilitate economic access to information for the registration of their rights in the 4 MS. •  Medium -
term vision approved, which will be referred to in  the preparation of annual plans in the field of IP. During 2019 
ATU will organise the following activities: •  Work with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to 
organise training courses for trainers in cooperation with the WIPO Academy. •  Specialised workshop organised 
on experiences of the member states in international conventions relating to patents, trademarks, industrial 
designs and geographical indications. •  Organisation of national periodic workshop in the targeted sectors of each 
member state, including the private sector, with the participation of experts and specialists from the Agadir MS 
and in coordination with the Agadir Business Council. For the future work plan the following activities were 
identified: •  Exchange of research a nd examination reports between the member states to facilitate the 
procedures for the examination and registration of industrial property in the Agadir MS. •  Establish focal 
points between the offices concerned with industrial property. •  Activate coordina tion between TISC in the 
member states. •  Establishing a trademark database for Agadir MS, similar to the ArabPat platform. •
 Coordinate efforts towards counterfeiting, piracy and enforcement of IPR programmes. •
 Possibility of exchanging final judicial de cisions in the field of industrial property among the member states. 
• Possibility of establishing a regional office in the field of industrial property protection for the benefit of the 
Agadir MS. •  Inclusion of IP topics within the educational curricula in Agadir MS.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Agadir Technical Unit of the Agadir Agreement  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  ATU implements with support of EPO and WIPO.  
Outputs or impact  - MoU with the European Patent Office (EPO). - Agadir Guide to IPR registration procedures, the MS proposed a 
unified model, in which mitigation and simplification will be adopted to facilitate economic access to information 
for the registration of their r ights in the 4 MS. - Medium -term vision approved, which will be referred to in the 
preparation of annual plans in the field of IP. - Work with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to 
organise training courses for trainers in cooperation with  the WIPO Academy. - Specialised workshop organised on 
experiences of the member states in international conventions relating to patents, trademarks, industrial designs 
and geographical indications. - Organisation of national periodic workshop in the targe ted sectors of each member 
state, including the private sector, with the participation of experts and specialists from the Agadir MS and in 
coordination with the Agadir Business Council.  
Website for further information  www.agadiragreement.org  
Contact po int for further information  Sirpa TULLA: Sirpa.TULLA@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  EU TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MONGOLIA IN THE TRIPS AREA Training on 
Geographical Indications  
Date and end date  24 June 2019 - 25 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Mongolia  
Brief description  Training on Geographical Indications Uvs, 24 June 2019 Implemented by Trade Related 
Assistance for Mongolia EuropeAid/138108/DH/SER/MN (EU TRAM)  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  Export Trade facilitation related stakeholders; SMEs  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce  
Outputs or impact  Workshop on Geographical indications for 51 participants in the seabuckthorn cluster  
Website for further information  www.tram -mn.eu  
Contact point for further information  Ms. Fratita Carmen +976 -7000-8162 email: tram@gopa.de  
 
Name of programme or project  Plant varieties protection: seminars and workshop  
Date and end date  30 August 2018 - 31 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Ecuador; Peru  
Brief description  IPKey  Latin America (LA) is an EU Project designed to enhance EU -LA cooperation on selected 
emerging challenges in the area of intellectual property founded and directed by EC and EUIPO. 
The seminars aimed at sensitizing policy makers on the social and economic  impact of plant 
variety protection; enhancing knowledge of Plant Varieties; diffusing the scope and content of 
UPOV 1991; creating an international network of IP experts in PVP in the region that allows for 
ongoing exchange and cooperation. The CPVO prese nted the functioning and benefits of the EU 
PVR protection system.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  INIAP and SENADI  
Outputs or impact  The objective of this seminar was to train users of the plant variety protection  system and 
trainings on the licensing of plant varieties. 80 representatives of institutions which develop 
plant varieties, professionals of supporting centers for agriculture technology and innovation, 
and representatives of investigative universities pa rticipated in this event.  
Website for further information  https://ipkey.eu/en/latin -america  
Contact point for further information  Mr. Santiago Cevallos, Executive Director of SENADI: scevallos@iepi.gob.ec  
   
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Name of programme or project  Seminar in China on designing and conducing Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability 
(DUS) trials in vegetables and ornamentals  
Date and end date  11 September 2018 - 15 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  IPKey China is an EU Project designed to enhance EU -China cooperation on selected emerging 
challenges in the area of intellectual property. The CPVO presented the functioning and benefits 
of the EU PVR protection system and provided practical training on a range of ornamental and 
vegetable crops.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOARA) and the State Forestry and Grassland 
Administration (SFGA, through their PVP  agency Development Centre of Science and Technology 
(DCST)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://ipkey.eu/en/china https://ipkey.eu/en/china/activities/seminar -china -designing -and-
conducing -distinctness -uniformity -and-stability -dus 
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Study visit on plant variety protection (PVP)  
Date and end date  5 November 2018 - 6 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand  
Brief description  The IPKey South -East Asia action is designed to support the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks 
and Intellectual Property Dialogues of the European Union with its South -East Asia (SEA) trading 
partners, by helping countries address specific emerging challenges in the area of IP that also 
affect the EU. The CPVO advised on PVP best practice and the benefits of Regional PVP systems 
and discussed the potential developments of Plant Variety rights in So uth-East Asia.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Co-organised by the Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Viet Nam  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further informati on https://ipkey.eu/en/south -east-asia 
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  IP Key SEA conference on International plant variety protection benefits  
Date and end date  8 November 2018 - 9 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  The IPKey  South -East Asia action is designed to support the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks 
and Intellectual Property Dialogues of the European Union with its South -East Asia (SEA) trading 
partners, by helping countries address specific emerging challenges in the area of IP that also 
affect the EU. The CPVO presented the key implementation steps of the UPOV Convention in the 
EU. 
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UPOV, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of J apan and USPTO  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://ipkey.eu/en/south -east-asia https://ipkey.eu/en/south -east-
asia/activities/international -plant-variety -protection -benefits  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Administrative Council and UPOV Seminar on plant variety protection  Seminar on 
Plant variety protection  
Date and end date  20 November 2018 - 22 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Botswana; Eswatini; The Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; 
Namibia; Rwanda; Sao Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; 
Zambia; Zimbabwe  
Brief description  For the CPVO the discussions as regards the ratification of the Arusha P rotocol for the protection 
of plant varieties, the proposed strategies for its implementation , the review of a list of 
agricultural crops with historical practice for Farm Saved Seed as well as the preparation of 
Quality Audit Guidelines for future examin ation offices were of particular interest. During the 
Seminar on Plant variety protection, the CPVO intervened as speaker explaining the 
implementation and highlighting the benefits of a regional PVP system in the European Union. 
The CPVO joined the discus sion on the benefits of a regional Plant Variety Protection system.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  ARIPO, CPVO, UPOV, USPTO  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Workshop on collaboration India -Germany  
Date and end date  21 November 2018 - 22 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  India 
Brief description  Bilateral cooperation project on seed sector development with the aim to identify and describe 
the potential for improving the political and legal framework in order to enhance the production, 
process and marketing of high -quality seeds in India. The CPVO contributed to the seminar 
giving a presentation on the use of molecular techniques and the EU PVR system.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Ministry of Agricult ure and Farmer 
Welfare/Department of Agriculture, Co -operation and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW/DAC&FW)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany  
Date and end date  25 November 2018 - 3 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  IPKey China is an EU Project designed to enhance EU -China cooperation on selected emerging 
challenges in the area of intellectual p roperty. The CPVO provided a presentation of the EU Plant 
Variety Right System to Chinese judges.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  EUIPO, European Commission (DG Trade)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information  https://ipkey.eu/en/china  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Seminar on Farm saved seeds and essentially derived varieties Seminar on 
international co -operation and take -over of DUS reports  
Date and end date  22 April 2019 - 25 April 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  IPKey China is an EU Project designed to enhance EU -China cooperation on selected emerging 
challenges in the area of intellectual property. The seminars took place during a series of events 
organized by the Chinese PVP authorities in Beijing in April. The CPVO gave a tra ining on the 
relevant topics.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  MOARA and NFGA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://ipkey.eu/en/china  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  12th East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum Meeting  
Date and end date  25 April 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Lao People's Democratic Republic; 
Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  The purpose of the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVP Forum) is to provide 
assistance to ASEAN countries in explaining the benefits of the introduction of the UPOV plant 
variety prote ction system and UPOV membership. Updated individual Implementing strategies 
and the proposal of the national specific cooperation activities in 2019 -2020; country report by 
participating countries.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperat ion provider(s)  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://eapvp.org/  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Cooperation with Chinese Taipei in orchid testing  
Date and end date  29 April 2019 - 1 May 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Chinese Taipei  
Brief description  Signed Administrative Agreement valid as from 01 June 2019  
Beneficiary  institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CPVO, Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan R.O.C.  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://cpvo.europa.eu/en/news -and-events/news/signature -administrative -arrangement -
taiwan  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Kick-off meeting OAPI Project  
Date and end date  9 July 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Côte 
d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Guinea; Guinea -Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal; 
Togo 
Brief description  The EC provided funds to OAPI for a so -called Road Map aiming at the promotion of intellectual 
property to foster the creation of new varieties adapted to the African market and to provide an 
incentive to make superior varieties existing elsewhere availabl e to OAPI area.  The CPVO joined 
the first inaugural meeting of the project and will help implementing its roadmap.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OAPI, CPVO, UPOV, GEVES, GNIS, and Naktuinbouw  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://cpvo.europa.eu/en/news -and-events/news/speech -cpvo-president -martin -ekvad -kick-
meeting -invite -project  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Trainings for Chinese experts in t he EU on the examination of applications for Plant 
Variety Rights  
Date and end date  11 June 2019 - 13 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  IPKey  China is an EU Project designed to enhance EU -China cooperation on selected emerging 
challenges in the area of intellectual property. The CPVO presented the functioning and benefits 
of the EU PVR protection system. Moreover, 5 specialised trainings were g iven especially on 
evaluation of PVR applications, DUS testing and quality assessment across examination centres.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  MOARA, NFGA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information  https://ipkey.eu/en/china  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  11th East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum Meeting  
Date and end date  1 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Lao People's Democratic Republic; 
Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  The purpose of the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVP Forum) is to provide 
assistance to ASEAN countries in explaining the benefits of the introduction of the UPOV plant 
variety protection system and UPOV membership. In the mentioned meeting a Japanese 
proposal to discuss and prepare EAPVP'S "The Next 10 year's strategic plan" in the 11th EAPVP 
Forum meeting was adopted.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  MAFF – JATAFF  (Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – Japan Association for 
Techno -Innovation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://eapvp.org/report -data/philippines/20180801_104800/  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  International Seminar on the Benefits of Plant Variety Protection under UPOV System  
Date and end date  2 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Lao People's Democratic Republic; 
Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  The purpose of the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVP Forum) is to provide 
assistance to ASEAN countri es in explaining the benefits of the introduction of the UPOV plant 
variety protection system and UPOV membership. The CPVO presented the benefits of a common 
regional PVP system.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture of the Philippines  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://eapvp.org/report -data/philippines/20180802_152000/  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme  or project  ARISE+ Indonesia Trade Support Facility Priority area 4: IPR focusing on Geographical 
Indications  
Date and end date  2 January 2019 - 1 January 2023  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Indonesia  
Brief description  ARISE+ Indonesia has the objective of enhancing Indonesia's capacity to boost trade 
performance and competitiveness through capacity strengthening of key government institutions 
and stakeholders on a wide range of areas within international trade, competit iveness and 
business environment. Support to further development and promotion of GIs is one of key 
components covered by the programme.  Technical assistance in GI areas will be focused on 1) 
tailored support addressing practical challenges faced by the p roducers and key issues along the 
entire value chain; 2) improvement of regulatory framework: GI protection and enforcement, 
quality control conformance, national labeling and value chain management; 3) National 
branding and promotion strategy of GI produc ts. During the inception phase 
(January -June 2019) the programme did mapping and identification of GI products to be the 
focus of ARISE+Indonesia support, based on a set of pre -identified parameters and in agreement 
with DGIP of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Furthermore, a series of 
consultations were held with relevant ministries and donor -funded programmes to identify 
potential collaborations, including with the ARISE+ regional project, FAO, TAIEX, EUIPO, Italy 
and ISIP of Switzerland. Indicative resources allocation: 872 man days and EUR 557,200 
incidentals  
Beneficiary institution or audience  DGIP Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of 
Industry, BEKRAF, local governments, producers and  farmers associations, etc.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Cardno Belgium  
Outputs or impact  Expected outcomes: 1) Capacities of farmer communities and GI producer associations enhanced 
across the value chain of their products 2) Improved regulatory framework and institutional 
capacities on GI governance 3) Branding and promotional strategy for Indonesia GIs and 
relevant products established  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Nur Isravivani (task manage r ARISE+ Indonesia), EU Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei 
Darussalam. E -mail: nur.isravivani@ec.europa.eu Paula Norris (team leader ARISE+ Indonesia), 
E-mail: paula.norris@cardno.com.au  
 
Name of programme or project  The ASEAN Regional Integration Support  from the EU Plus - Lao PDR (ARISE+ Lao 
PDR)  
Date and end date  1 November 2018 - 31 October 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Lao People 's Democratic Republic    
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Name of programme or project  The ASEAN Regional Integration Support  from the EU Plus - Lao PDR (ARISE+ Lao 
PDR)  
Brief description  ARISE+ Lao PDR is the national Lao component of the regional ARISE+ programme supporting 
regional economic integration under focal sector 1 of the 2014 -2020 Multiannual Indicative 
Programme for Asia. In line with the new European Consensus on Development " Prosperity" 
chapter and its focus on inclusive and sustainable growth and jobs, it supports the Government 
of Lao PDR to reap the benefits of regional integration in line with multilateral trade frameworks 
such as the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (T FA).  ARISE+ Lao PDR aims to promote 
inclusive economic growth, increased climate change resilience, mitigation of vulnerability 
(especially due to the dependence on a limited number of sectors and markets) and job creation 
in Lao PDR, in particular to (1)  improve the business environment in targeted sectors with a 
focus on regional economic integration (ASEAN); and (2) increase trade and participation in 
global value -chains in targeted sectors.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Government of Lao PDR, pa rticularly MolC, including Department of Trade Promotion, 
Department of Planning and Co -operation, National Implementation Unit ; other line Ministries 
such as Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Science and Technology; Trade and 
Investment S upport Institutions, including Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 
European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lao PDR.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The International Trade Centre  
Outputs or impact  1. Increased regional economic integration by addressing specific constraints in targeted sectors 
through support for the implementation of measures contained in the ASEAN Trade in Goods 
Agreement (ATIGA) and other commitments under the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 
2025;  2. Incre ased awareness on trade preferences for exports, including to the European 
Union, with greater use of Everything But Arms (EBA), and on the requirements for placing 
products on the EU market; advanced preparation of Lao PDR to shift to a new trade preferen ce 
scheme (post -EBA);  3. Strengthened support services (especially for smallholders and SMEs, 
with a focus on women), reduction of supply -side constraints, and trade and investment 
promotion in targeted sectors (e.g. wood processing and agro -based product s). 
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MolC), and specifically the Department of Planning and Co -
operation (DPC) / National Implementation Unit (NIU) – Sodavanh Souvannaphoum: 
sodavan h.s@laomoic.org The EU Delegation to Lao PDR - Bryan FORNARI: 
Bryan.FORNARI@eeas.europa.eu The International Trade Centre - Emilie Dairon 
edairon@intracen.org  
   
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Name of programme or project  Project: Integral tools to identify and mitigate cocoa -contaminate d areas with 
Cadmium in the North Amazon and Manabi  
Date and end date  1 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Ecuador  
Brief description  The objectives of the ongoing project are: a) Analyse  in 30 cocoa farms, through different 
techniques the concentration of Cd in cocoa soils and almonds for the identification of pollution 
sources, sources of contamination and differences with agroforestry systems; b) Monitor 
(bimonthly) the content of Cd in  almonds (dried and fermented) in collection centres and 
suggest, if possible, how to build physical mixtures that allow compliance with European 
regulations; c) Evaluate systematically and holistically in six demonstration farms, the efficiency 
of Cd miti gation plans in soils in the provinces under study and; d) Strengthen the knowledge 
of the actors regarding the problem of Cd and the potential of mitigation strategies in cocoa 
through on -site training workshops. In order to meet these objectives, several  activities are 
being implemented, such as the determination of Cd in cocoa ecosystems, the monitoring of the 
presence of Cd in collection centres.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  The cocoa sector and the Country as a whole  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Studies, trainings and seminars  
Outputs or impact  In the second period 2019 -2020, the mitigation strategies will be evaluated in the six selected 
farms and activities of transfer of results will be implemented. This will guarantee that 
Ecuadorian producers and exporters of cocoa comply with EU regulations on Cadmium MLR.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Mr. Remy Llinares, Cooperation Counsellor, EU Delegation in Ecuador: 
Remy.LLINARES@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  EU-EAC MARKUP: Burundi intervention under the Partner States Window  
Date and end date  25 July 2018 - 24 July 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Burundi    
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Name of programme or project  EU-EAC MARKUP: Burundi intervention under the Partner States Window  
Brief description  This project consists of national interventions under the Partner States Window of the EU -EAC 
Market Access Upgrade Programme – MARKUP funded by the 11th European Development Fund. 
This project complements the interventions provided under the EAC Window wh ich will also be 
implemented in Burundi by the International Trade Centre (ITC). The action aims at addressing 
both supply side and market access constraints in coffee, tea and horticulture sectors, supporting 
the participation in regional and global value  chains, with a particular focus on exports to the 
European Union (EU).  The focus will be on strengthening the National Quality Infrastructure 
services to enforce compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and technical 
regulations in Burun di, with particular focus on coffee and tea sectors The selection of these 
sectors was guided by the requests from country stakeholders, priority value chains in the 
country's development plans and strategies, importance in the creation of exports revenue and 
impact on poverty reduction. Horticulture will also benefit indirectly from the institutional 
strengthening activities provided by this project. These priorities were identified in consultation 
with country partners during the project identification ph ase in 2016 and confirmed during the 
programming mission conducted by ITC in September 2017. Broad consultations with the 
Government of Burundi, the EAC Secretariat and other development partners and country 
stakeholders ensured country ownership of the pr oject.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Direct beneficiaries: - Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN) - Regulatory 
Authority of the Burundi Coffee Sector (ARFIC) - Burundi Tea Office (OTB) - Centre National de 
Technologie Alimentaire (C NTA) - InterCafe Burundi - Direction de Protection Vegetale - SMEs 
in coffee, tea and horticulture sectors Beneficiaries and Partners under ERs also include: Main 
Government Ministries, Departments, Standard/quality organizations and public institutions, 
trade and investment support institutions Final beneficiaries: Men and women employed in 
export -related businesses in the coffee and tea value chains and other horticulture value chains  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  International Trade Centre  
Outputs or impact  R1. National Quality Infrastructure framework, inspection and certification services strengthened 
R2.  Laboratory testing capacities for coffee/tea improved R3. Quality related extension services 
strengthened  
Website for further informat ion http://www.intracen.org/projects/Market -Access -Upgrade -Programme/  
Contact point for further information  Khemraj Ramful  ITC Conseiller Principal, Gestion de la qualité à l 'exportation Facilitation des 
échanges et Politiques pour l 'entreprise ramful@int racen.org  Mateusz Prorok Project Manager 
Délégation de l 'Union européenne au Burundi Numero : +257 22 20 22 55 E -mail : 
mateusz.prorok@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) 
in Georgia  
Date and end date  1 February 2019 - 31 January 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Georgia  
Brief description  The project aims to support: - Approximation of primary and secondary legislation related to 
Geographical Indications GIs in accordance with the relevant EU directives; - Capacity building 
of relevant state authorities and private sector (producers and/or producers' associations) for 
enhancing and developing GI protection system; - Organization of  quality control system of GIs 
in line with the EU regulations and EU best practices  
Beneficiary institution or audience  National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia - Sakpatenti  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Fo od, Forestry and Tourism Policies; French Ministry of Agriculture 
and Food  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Support to Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights  
Date and end date  1 November 2016 - 30 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Republic of Moldova  
Brief description  The overall objective of the project is to improve the application of law and regulations on 
Intellectual Property Rights in Moldova, Republic of via improving the communication and co -
ordination of agencies (AGEPI, Customs, Ministry of Interior (police), Agency for Consumer 
Protection, Judiciary, etc.) involved in implementing IPR in Moldova, Republic of; dev eloping an 
IT system which will improve communications between the agencies involved in the enforcement 
of IP Rights and train staff in the use of the IT system.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Archidata S.R.L  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Mobile in Primary Health for quality monitoring and health promotion. Contract Ref - 
AFS/2012/ 303 -073  
Date and end date  24 October 2012 - 23 June 2016  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The objective of the project is to strengthen the demand for quality health services through the 
use of mobile communications.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  For poorer people with basic phones (25% of cell phone users) and all other cell phone users, 
Pregnant women and mothers to address maternal & child health.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Cell-Life Organisation  
Outputs or impact  This cell phone -based system will allow people to express their opinion on the health system, 
inform people how to make a complaint if they wish, and can provide some information on 
Patients' Rights. Encourage healthy behaviours through supportive mobile s ervices; and promote 
disease prevention and social behaviour change communications.  
Website for further information  http://mhealthsolutions.co.za/  
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Flora BERTIZZOLO Flora.BERTIZZOLO@eeas.europa.eu Cell-Life 
Organisation, Mr Graham Salter graham@cell -life.org  
   
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Name of programme or project  Stop Stock Outs Project. Contract Ref - AFS/2016/ 374 -479  
Date and end date  20 August 2016 - 19 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  To improve the right to health, including access to timely, acceptable, and quality healthcare 
(including essential medicines), of citizens reliant on the public healthcare system in South 
Africa.  
Beneficiary institution or audie nce Patients, healthcare workers, citizens, community action groups, civil society  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Southern African HIV Clinicians Society  
Outputs or impact  To ensure quality health services and medicines are supplied to even the most remote rural 
clinics. To strengthen the capacity of civil society and vulnerable and rural communities to 
participate in governance and monitor implementation of public health se rvice provision. 1: 
Communities and citizens have a model to monitor, collect information and report on access and 
availability to health services (particularly essential medicines) across the country on an ongoing 
basis (Voice) 2: Communities and citizens  are able to communicate with government 
departments responsible for providing health services and are able to put pressure through 
multi-faceted advocacy strategies to resolve service delivery issues related to medicine 
availability in the immediate term (Influence) 3: Analysed data on availability of healthcare 
provision (particularly essential medicines availability) is used and communicated to government 
and other policy -makers to inform programme and policy change and implementation in the long 
term (I nfluence) 4: A sustainable civil society model and network is developed to enable South 
African civil society to hold government accountable in the long term (Sustain)  
Website for further information  https://sahivsoc.org/  
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Flora BERTIZZOLO Flora.BERTIZZOLO@eeas.europa.eu Southern African HIV 
Clinicians Society - Sue Tafeni - sue@ stockouts.org  
   
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Name of programme or project  Building capacity by implementing MHGAP mobile intervention in SADC cou ntries 
(Erasmus+ Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  30 September 2017 - 1 October 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  This is a Cross -regional project. Promoting mental health is one of the main targets of UN´s SDG 
2030. It has raised focus on the prevention and treatment of non -communicable diseases, 
including children and adolescent mental health disorders, which constitute a major challenge 
for sustainable development. Keeping young people heal thy has a positive impact on productivity 
and competitiveness. The project aims to find new solutions to promote mental health and 
prevent depression.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and scholars  
Technical coopera tion provider(s)  TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY, Finland  
Outputs or impact  The quality, modernization and capacity building of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South 
Africa and Zambia is achieved by introducing innovation pedagogy related to mental he alth 
education. As a result the HEIs will be able to reach the Higher Education to the European 
standards. 1) To map the SADC countries landscape related to primary health care workers 2) 
To develop mobile application of WHO's mhGAP IG child and adolescent  depression part 3) To 
develop eLearning materials and innovation pedagogy solutions 4) To train the trainers and 
educate primary health care workers 5) To implement and evaluate the mobile version of mhGAP 
child and adolescent depression version 6) To dis seminate the results on policy, HEI, professional 
and public 7) To raise knowledge about environmental influence on mental health.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet  MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu TURUN 
AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY, Finland  
   
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Name of programme or project  Direct Current Technology: Renewable Energy Education and Skill Development in 
South Africa [DCTREES], (Erasmus+ Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  30 September 2017 - 1 October 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The project aims to develop a new educational program on Direct Current (DC) technologies for 
South African (SA) universities, in order to sup ply the country with adequately trained 
professionals it needs to overcome its challenges in the field of electrical engineering.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  South African (SA) universities  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  STICHTING HOGER BEROEPSONDERWIJN HAAGLANDEN EN RIJNSTREEK, Netherlands  
Outputs or impact  A transition to more sustainable energy, connection of rural areas to the grid and a more stable 
energy network. The project will develop Direct Current program in universities which  is lacking 
in South Africa (SA), containing a theory, lab practice and industry assignments part. The 
program will be implemented by the participating SA universities, covering all parts of, and 
representing over 50% of all electrical engineering students  in, SA.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu STICHTING HOGER 
BEROEPSONDERWIJN HAAGLANDEN EN RIJNSTREEK, Netherlands  
 
Name of programme or project  Personalised Engineering Education in Southern Africa (PEESA III), (Erasmus+ 
Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  30 September 2017 - 1 October 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The objective is to enhance the organization of engineering education in order to increase 
relevance of the issues that are directly reflected in South Africa's National Priorities  
Beneficiary institution or audience  South African (SA) universities  
Technical cooperation pro vider(s)  HOCHSCHULE WISMAR, Germany  
Outputs or impact  As a result we get better employability of graduates, more engineering students (especially 
female students) which contribute to regional sustainable growth as well as social and cultural 
development. 1. Design of min. three (3) engineering degree programm es at Partner Country's 
HEIs aligned with EURACE standards, effective use of ICT, flexible learning path, transversal 
skills and closer University – Enterprise cooperation. 2. Finalise self -assessment reports for EUR -
ACE Accreditation of three (3) MA progr ammes on Energy Efficiency developed within the 
Edulink's PEESA project, 3. Increase the number of female students in engineering at Partner 
Country's universities together with closer University -Enterprise cooperation.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu HOCHSCHULE WISMAR, 
Germany    
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Name of programme or project  Teaching and Learning for Inclusive Education. Contract Ref - AFS/2016/ 376 -591  
Date and end date  1 September 2016 - 31 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Improved knowledge and skills of Foundation and Intermediate Phase teachers to identify and 
address all barriers to learning  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  Foundation and Intermediate phase teachers – both pre -service, new teachers and in -service  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR ONTWIKKELIN  
Outputs or impact  An officially endorsed short learning programme on  Inclusive Education as part of induction for 
new teachers has been piloted and evaluated with at least 60 teachers in 3 education districts. 
Improved learning outcomes of all children in South Africa, including learners experiencing 
barriers to learning, through the provision of quality differentiated education by suitably skilled 
and qualified teachers.  
Website for further information  https://www.vvob.org/nl  
Contact point for further information  BERTIZZOLO FLORA: Flora. BERTIZZOLO  @eeas.europa.eu VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR 
ONTWIKKELIN:wilfried.theunis@vvob.be  
 
Name of programme or project  Teachers for All: Mainstreaming Inclusive Education in South Africa. Contract Ref - 
AFS/2016/ 376 -629  
Date and end date  1 September 2016 - 31 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  To improve the attitudes and capacity of pre - service (PRESET) and in -service (INSET) teachers 
towards Inclusive Education (IE), through the integration of newly developed IE  training modules 
and courses into universities and provincial education departments (PEDs) of South Africa.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pre-service and practising  teachers, with particular consideration of teachers working on early 
childhood development (ECD).  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  THE BRITISH COUNCIL ROYAL CHARTER  
Outputs or impact  Training materials/courses produced following field testing. Training  materials/courses 
integrated in universities' PRESET and CPD courses and PEDs' IE training strategy. Contribute to 
a more inclusive teacher education system in South Africa through partnerships with universities.  
Website for further information  https://w ww.britishcouncil.org/about -us 
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: BERTIZZOLO FLORA: Flora. BERTIZZOLO 
@eeas.europa.eu THE BRITISH COUNCIL ROYAL CHARTER: 
KRZYSZTOF.JUREK@BRITISHCOUNCIL.ORG  
   
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Name of programme or project  Strengthening teaching for children with profound hearing, visual and intellectual 
disabilities in South Africa. Contract Ref - AFS/2016/ 377 -805  
Date and end date  1 October 2016 - 30 September 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Qualified teachers are able to provide quality education for children with profound hearing, visual 
and intellectual disabilities  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Graduate Teachers, Universities  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CHRISTOFFEL -BLINDENMISSION DEUTSCHL  
Outputs or impact  4 short courses, 1 work integrated learning module, 4 online modules. To support the South 
African Department of Higher Education and Training to strengthen the quality of teacher 
education in the areas of inclusive and special needs education.  
Website for further information  https://www.cbm.org/  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: BERTIZZOLO FLORA: Flora. BERTIZZ OLO 
@eeas.europa.eu CHRISTOFFEL -BLINDENMISSION DEUTSCHL: arno.eul@cbm.de  
 
Name of programme or project  Teaching and Learning for Early Learning and Inclusive Education. Contract Ref - 
AFS/2016/ 378 -251  
Date and end date  15 January 2017 - 14 January 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Contribute towards the professionalization of the ECD sector by increasing access for ECD 
practitioners to quality birth -4 programmes  in Higher Education (HE) in South Africa.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Higher Education Institutions  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  University of South Africa  
Outputs or impact  A set of support materials for selected modules of the Level 6 Di ploma in ECCE based on the 
standardised framework, produced as Open Educational Resources (OER). Standardised 
Programme Frameworks for Diploma in ECCE at Level 6 and Bed ECCE at Level 7.  
Website for further information  https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corpor ate/default  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: BERTIZZOLO FLORA: Flora. BERTIZZOLO  
@eeas.europa.eu University of South Africa: mangqnj@unisa.ac.za  
   
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Name of programme or project  Smart Local Government (electricity) and energy secure community leaders capacity 
building. Contract Ref - AFS/2015/ 357 -083  
Date and end date  19 May 2015 - 20 December 2017  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Improved access to and affordability of electricity services by enabling CSOs and community 
leaders for constructive engagement with SMART local government  on electricity governance  
Beneficiary institution or audience  SALGA (South African Local Government Association)/ EGI -SA member organisations, CSOs  and 
community leaders of total 8 communities (4 poor rural and 4 urban) in 4 provinces (Eastern 
Cape, KwaZulu -Natal, Gauteng, Western Cape)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Project90by2030  
Outputs or impact  CSOs working with rural and urban poor commun ities in SA have improved understanding of 
electricity governance  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: Lidia Alfonso: Lidia.AFONSO -
GALLEGOS@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  Waste to Wing - Greening African Aviation Contract Ref - ENV/2017/ 391 -384  
Date and end date  15 January 2018 - 14 January 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The project is a pre -commercial feasibility study which aims to integrate MSMEs into supply 
chains linked to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) consumption and production – and to bio -based 
industries more broadly  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Direct b eneficiaries of the Action are 25 MSMEs that will be strengthened through business 
development services, Sustainable Consumption and Production capacity building and 
incorporation within Africa's first SAF value chain.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Fetola Foundation, WWF -South Africa, SkyEnergy  
Outputs or impact  MSMEs  to provide sustainable waste -based feedstocks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel production 
and participate in innovative, green value chains. To develop a value chain model with potential 
to scale in South Africa and/or for replication in other African countr ies, in particular Kenya and 
Ethiopia, which are home to leading African aviation hubs.  
Website for further information  https://fetola.co.za/  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: Lidia Alfonso: Lidia.AFONSO -
GALLEGOS@eeas.europa.eu Fetola Foundation Project co -ordinator: Elize Hattingh: 
ehattingh@fetola.co.za  
   
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Name of programme or project  Promoting Inclusive Sustainable Practices in the South African Clay Brick Sector. 
ENV/2017/ 391 -381  
Date and end date  1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Increase energy efficiency and lower GHG  emissions in the South African clay brick sector, 
especially in terms of sustainable production and building practices.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  South Africa MSMEs  and service providers in the brick making sector, financial institutions and 
private actors in the building industry, informal sector, relevant South African government 
departments  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Clay Brick Association South Africa, Pa rtners for Innovation, EcoMetrix Africa.  
Outputs or impact  Increased knowledge and uptake of sustainable production and building practices in the clay 
brick sector. To support the transformation of the clay brick sector to a sustainable sector 
contributin g to an inclusive green economy.  
Website for further information  http://www.claybrick.co.za/  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: Lidia Alfonso: Lidia.AFONSO -
GALLEGOS@eeas.europa.eu Clay Brick Association project manager: Mariana Lamont: 
mariana@claybrick.org.za  
   
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Name of programme or project  Smallholder access to high value horticultural markets. Contract Ref - ENV/2017/ 391 -
377  
Date and end dat e 15 January 2018 - 14 January 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The overall objective of the action is to support emerging (male and female) smallholder 
producers of fresh horticultural produce with access to the h igh value domestic markets in South 
Africa. Specific objectives that will be delivered before the end of the project include: a) Formal 
acceptance of a single horticultural market entry -level standard for sustainability, quality and 
safety of fresh produce  adapted to smallholder conditions b) 30 clusters of smallholder vegetable 
producers (m/f) are certified and meet entry -level sustainability, quality and safety standards, 
thereby having a higher net income of >30% and creating year -round employment for at  least 
3,750 rural poor c) development of an implementable and accessible sustainability toolkit, which 
can be adapted to different contexts, for use by smallholders, support organizations and service 
providers d) Local partners in South Africa (AFASA) hav e the capacity for supporting smallholders 
to adopt the new sustainability, quality and safety standard  
Beneficiary institution or audience  African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) and (b) 750 emerging commercial vegetable 
farms (2 -3 ha of land) in five provinces in South Africa.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Solidaridard  
Outputs or impact  ICT-tool developed to support continuous sustainable improvement and to record data on 
horticultural production by emerging commercial growers, as well as open source to all (including 
market buyers). Emerging commercial vegetable growers in five South Afr ican provinces will 
gain access to the high value markets by adopting sustainable production systems. A harmonised 
entry -level standard for sustainable and safe production of fresh horticultural produce (based on 
GlobalGAP and applicable local social stand ards) will be defined for smallholder conditions.  
Website for further information  https://www.solidaridadnetwork.org/  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: Yumna Martin: yumna.MARTIN@eeas.europa.eu 
Solidari dad: Karin Kleinbooi: karin.kleinbooi@solidaridadnetwork.org  
   
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Name of programme or project  Support Programme to the National System of Innovation. Reference - 
AFS/2017/40022  
Date and end date  19 July 2018 - 18 July 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  To support the Government of South Africa to improve the National System of Innovation 
responding to the priorities of the National Development Plan.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Department of Science an d Technology (with the contribution of Department of Trade and 
Industry (DTI) and the Department for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The European Union through the Innovations project worth EUR 14,700,000  
Outputs or impact  Developing models for commercialisation  and absorption of technologies arising from 
cooperation in Research, Development and Innovation / learning from models that have been 
successful in applying innovation and commercialisation of technologies arising from existing 
cooperation projects. To pr omote the realisation of commercial products, processes and services 
from R&D outputs through the implementation of enabling policy instruments.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Lidia Alfonso: Lid ia.AFONSO -GALLEGOS@eeas.europa.eu Department of 
Science and Technology (DST): Dr Imraan Patel: imraan.patel@dst.gov.za  
 
Name of programme or project  Dialogue on South African and European Innovation Policies and Systems  
Date and end date  1 September 2018  - 30 September 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  To foster a policy dialogue and facilitate capacity building activities between the South Africa 
and the European Union to draft a National Open Science Framework that will serve as foundation 
for the development of a South African National Open Science Policy.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  ASSAf, the DIRISA and the National Research Foundation  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Research Data Al liance, UNESCO, the International Council for Science, the Human Sciences 
Research Council  
Outputs or impact  The development of a South African National Open Science Policy. 1. Create a platform for policy 
learning and knowledge exchange. 2. Identify inte rventions/ key issues/ legislation to create a 
more enabling environment for Open Science. 3. Involve relevant stakeholders in SA and EU to 
identify policy interventions for more enabling environment 4. Create partnerships between SA 
and the EU. 5. Draft O pen Science Framework that will eventually feed into an Open Science 
Policy.  
Website for further information  www.dialoguefacility.org  
Contact point for further information  Jurie van Niekerk - jurievn@dialoguefacility.org   
   
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Name of programme  or project  Dialogue on a Strategic National Smart Grid Vision for the South African Electricity 
Industry  
Date and end date  30 September 2017 - 30 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Dialogue purpose is su pport to close the identified gaps within the draft Smart Grid Vision for 
South Africa through a three -tiered approach, employing strategic workshops, a study tour 
leading to capacity building and technical assistance  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  South African beneficiaries  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  South African National Energy Development Institute and the Department of Energy  
Outputs or impact  The expected output of the assignment is a widely -endorsed Smart Grid Vision for South Africa 
to create an efficient, reliable, self -healing, and responsive electricity grid, especially in the 
current environment where renewable energy sources are also being introduced.  
Website for further informa tion http://www.dialoguefacility.org  
Contact point for further information  Jurie van Niekerk - jurievn@dialoguefacility.org  
 
Name of programme or project  Strengthening Governance and Capacity in Local Government Contract Ref -CSO-
LA/2016/ 374 -420  
Date and end date  1 September 2016 - 31 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The purpose of this contract is to strengthen the capacity of the South African Local Government 
Association's (SA LGA) capacity to support member municipalities and improve local 
government's performance in the area of service delivery and good governance. The project 
seeks to define the social development scope for municipalities, provide accessible data for 
planning  and introducing quality management in service delivery.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Municipalities, SALGA, CSOs  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  South African Local Government Association's (SALGA)  
Outputs or impact  Development of an app, development of a quality management system, training in ISOS. 1. 
Development of an easily accessible and user -friendly software application aimed to bridge the 
divide between rural and urban access to localised planning data. 2. Deve lopment of a Quality 
Management System Tool to inform the development of quality services and products that 
SALGA and local government offer 3. 100 Senior managers within SALGA and 20 officials from 
municipalities trained on ISO 9001: 2008  
Website for fur ther information  https://www.salga.org.za/  
Contact point for further information  EU Delegation to South Africa Project Officer: Elizabeth HUGHES -CHULU: Elizabeth.HUGHES -
CHULU@eeas.europa.eu SALGA: Tebogo Matlou: tmatlou@salga.org.za  
   
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Name of programme or  project  Supply of equipment and software for the development of the Enterprise Architecture 
for the National School of Government (NSG) Contract Ref - AFS/2017/ 390 -928  
Date and end date  23 April 2018 - 28 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Supply contract of IT equipment as well as training and after -sales services  
Beneficiary institution or audience  National School of Governance  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  MEMETECH SRL  
Outputs or impact  The supply, delivery, unloading, installation, commissioning, maintenance of IT equipment to 
create an Enterprise Architecture for the NSG. Improve the system of skills development and 
public sector capacity building through education, training and develop ment interventions by the 
National School of Government.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  European Union Project Officer: Elizabeth HUGHES -CHULU : Elizabeth.HUGHES -
CHULU@eeas.europa.eu National School of Governance: Mr Dino Poonsamy  
 
Name of programme or project  Development of Specialised eLearning and Face to Face courses for the NSG. Contract 
Ref - AFS/2018/ 395 -710  
Date and end date  30 April 2018 - 30 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Widen access to learning programmes (both e -learning and face -to-face modality) offered by 
the NSG, especially in the area of organisational ethics and performanc e management, which 
would create an ethical public service and enhance public servants' performance in the workplace  
Beneficiary institution or audience  National school of Governance  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING EXPERTISE  
Outputs or impact  Respond to urgent priorities in government by widening access to learning programmes in both 
modes e -learning and face -to-face modality, offered by the National School of Government 
(NSG), South Africa, mainly in the area of or ganisational ethics and performance management, 
which will create an ethical public service and enhance public servants' performance in the 
workplace which will enhance the capacity of the state in achieving its strategic objectives.  
Website for further i nformation   
Contact point for further information  European Union Project Officer: VWALIKA KATE: Kate.VWALIKA@eeas.europa.eu National 
School of Governance: Mr Dino Poonsamy  
   
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Name of programme or project  Development of the Enterprise Architecture of the National School of Government 
Contract Ref - AFS/2019/ 401 -868  
Date and end date  3 June 2019 - 1 June 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Reduce operating costs and increase efficiency through reduction in paper forms and hardcopy 
workflows, increase transparency and accountability, effective management of assets and 
resources, improve service delivery (internal and external), support decision -making process by 
provid ing the required data instantaneously, facilitate the daily work by automating the 
processes, which reduce reliance on paperwork, integration of all IT and SIS systems to ensure 
high quality of information.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  National Sch ool of Governance  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  STANTEC  
Outputs or impact  • Reduce operating costs and increase efficiency through reduction in paper forms and hardcopy 
workflows • Increase transparency and accountability • Effective management of assets and 
resources • Improve service delivery (internal and external) • Support decision -making process 
by providing the required data instantaneously • Facilitate the daily work by automating the 
processes, which reduce reliance on paperwo rk • Integration of all IT and SIS systems to ensure 
high quality of information  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  European Union Project Officer: Elizabeth HUGHES -CHULU: Elizabeth.HUGHES -
CHULU@eeas.europa.eu National  School of Governance: Mr Dino Poonsamy  
   
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Name of programme or project  Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion (CBPEP)  
Date and end date  17 April 2016 - 17 August 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  Strengthening Government to meet the key national objective of reducing unemployment  
Beneficiary institution or audience  All Departments in the Employment/Employability cluster (Department of Labour, Department 
of Small Business Development, D epartment of Higher Education, Department of Agriculture and 
Land Reforms)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DT GLOBAL IDEV EUROPE S.L  
Outputs or impact  a. Active labour market policy interventions for the unemployed (especially women and 
youth) focused on work -seeker support, the transition from school to work, (public) occupational 
advisory services and (public) job placement services b.  Advice on small business promotion, 
informal sector development (including cultural and creative sectors), labour mar ket trends 
(supply, demand and shortage) c.  Activities pursuing further education and skills 
development systems organization to increase employability of the unemployed (particularly of 
the NEETS3), including financing and quality enhancement aspects  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Delegation of the European Union to South Africa - Mariam.homayoun@eeas.europa.eu CBPEP 
Technical Assistance Team CBPEP  Team Leader: Glen Fisher, glen.fisher@gtac.gov.za  
   
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Name of programme or project  Promoting youth civic engagement and advocacy to build safer communities through 
youth -led radio initiatives at community radio stations across South Africa. Contract 
Ref - CSO-LA/2017/ 385 -573  
Date and end date  13 June 2017 - 20 September 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  - Through enabling youth to report on and host interactive radio broadcasts directed at youth 
around issues of crime, violence, and community safety, the initiative will increase the broader 
community's awareness of the local dynamics of violence and crime  prevention. - The initiative 
will build strong networks between youth focused community -based organisations and 
community radio stations. - Create opportunities for young people to play an active role in 
building safer communities. - Community -based repor ting on youth's lived experience of crime 
and violence across diverse urban, peri -urban, and rural communities will also be sourced to 
inform public policy, including the Firearms Control Act and the Safety and Security and Police 
White Papers.  
Beneficiar y institution or audience  In-school youth (15 -23) in 16 communities across South Africa  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CHILDREN 'S RADIO FOUNDATION  
Outputs or impact  Through enabling young people (15 -23 years old) to report on and host interactive radi o 
broadcasts directed at youth around issues of crime, violence, and community safety, the 
initiative will increase the broader community's awareness of the local dynamics of violence and 
crime prevention. This builds youth reporter's skills to serve as le aders and peers educators 
within their communities, leading to additional advancement and employment opportunities. - 
32 broadcast hours per month by in -school youth around issues of crime, violence and 
community safety (= about 2 hours produced per month)  - Note: Project identified the 
opportunity for the youth reporters to share their uploaded content on SoundCloud to build their 
personal profiles (and that of the project) more - Training curricula and material developed for 
youth reporters, facilitators and community radio staff - Trainings conducted  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  European Union Project Officer: Anke  BARNARD: anke.barnard@eeas.europa.eu Children's Radio 
Foundation: Mr Michal Rahfaldt  
 
Name of programme or project  Developing a national cadre of citizen journalists producing socially relevant content 
for dissemination across multi -media platforms. Contract Ref - CSO-LA/2017/ 386 -
675 
Date and end date  18 July 2017 - 17 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa    
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Name of programme or project  Developing a national cadre of citizen journalists producing socially relevant content 
for dissemination across multi -media platforms. Contract Ref - CSO-LA/2017/ 386 -
675 
Brief description  Big Fish and their co -applicant Health -e are undertaking a 25 -month programme training a total 
of 150 young people (citizen journalists) in three cohorts on video production and storytelling 
for socially relevant topics. The courses run consecutively for 3 -months in Cape Town, followed 
by 10 -months of content production and mentorship for each group. It covers all aspects of 
planning and implementing video productions, including interviews, camerawork, and post -
production, such as editing etc. The course al so covers teaching of business - and life skills to 
the citizen journalists. Over the course of the programme, young journalists learn to represent 
the most marginalised groups in community who often fail to have their voices heard and 
recognized, through c ollaborating with various civil society organisations to create video stories 
and reports. Through this, the students learn skills to access the labour market, either by 
working independently, or finding a job within the production industry. Each citizen j ournalist is 
equipped with a mobile phone, microphone, laptop and editing software; this innovative 
approach gives them the opportunity to produce content on -the-go. 
Beneficiary institution or audience  150 out of school youth from across South Africa  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  BIG FISH SCHOOL OF DIGITAL FILMMAKING ASSOCIATION  
Outputs or impact  The specific objective is a successfully developed cadre of active multi -media trained youth, with 
a minimum of 50% females as citizen journalists, who prod uce usable video content from their 
home in peri -urban and rural parts of South Africa. The filmmaking and editing skills (technology 
transfer) and equipment acquired increase employment and self -employment prospects for 150 
South African youth. - 150 youn g people trained, of which 45% are female. - Number of pieces 
created during training: Aim – 300, achieved 300 - The programme has piloted a new approach 
in the visual journalism training, which is now considered a best practice, which Big Fish would 
like to roll out to all of its programmes: providing all students with their own mobile phone, 
microphone and laptop. Though owning these items makes students targets of theft as well, the 
benefits include allowing everyone to work and learn at their own pace o n all aspects of content 
production, and students being able to work on -the-go, in the evenings and over the weekends. 
- An opportunity arose for the Citizen Journalists to apply for an extended course duration, which 
provides the participants with a Natio nal Certificate in Film and TV Production. A total of 115 out 
of 150 students continued with this course. The extended course has had a positive impact on 
deepening the technical skills of the students.  
Website for further information  http://www.bigfish.o rg.za/  
Contact point for further information  European Union Project Officer: Anke BARNARD: anke.barnard@eeas.europa.eu Big Fish School 
of Digital Filmmaking: Dr Melanie Chait  
   
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Name of programme or project  Employability enhancement in the field of renewable energies, on the basis of closer 
collaboration between university and industry (EURYDIC) (Erasmus+ Capacity 
building project)  
Date and end date  1 September 2019 - 1 September 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The project focuses on the higher education framework in renewable energies, lasting from 
vocational training up to doctoral studies with the overall goal to enhance employability.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Universities, students, st aff 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ULM (Higher Education Institutions (HEI)  
Outputs or impact  - Close the gap between TVET and diploma study - Increase preparedness and studyability of 
UoT diploma students - Increase industrial experience in UoT bachelor education - Increase 
industry cooperation in post graduate education - Increase entrepreneurial opportunities in the 
RES sector  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  Strengthening university -enterprise cooperation in South Africa to support regional 
development by enhancing lifelong learning skills, social innovation s and inclusivity 
(SUCSESS) (Erasmus+ Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  1 September 2019 - 1 September 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The main aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of South African universities to 
cooperate with businesses to enhance inclusive regional and community development. 
Furthermore, a deeper cooperation between universities and businesses in a form of  knowledge 
triangle (teacher -student -enterprise) supports students' employment in the future. The project 
will support South African partner universities to develop new practices for HEI -enterprise 
cooperation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Universi ties, students, staff  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  HAAGA -HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY  
Outputs or impact  Cooperation between universities and businesses  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Transforming Curricula through Internationalisation and virtual exchanges (iKUDU) 
(Erasmus+ Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  1 September 2019 - 1 September 2022  
Beneficia ry Member(s) or Observer(s)  South Africa  
Brief description  The project aims to improve management and operation of SA partner Higher Education 
Institutions (HEI) by addressing internationalisation of the participating HEI's and supporting 
democratisation of higher education in internationalisation. It will build capacity for governance, 
strategic planning and management of HEI's relevant to internationalisation. It will support the 
development of university services relevant to internationalisation; focuss ing on professional 
academic support services.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Universities, students, staff  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE  
Outputs or impact  The management, governance and innovation capacities as well as the process of 
internationalisation will be enhanced through the development of strategic documents that guide 
curriculum internationalisation in the South African transformation context.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Empowering universities' Learning and research caPacities  in the one Health Approach 
for the maNagement of animals at the wildlife, livestock and human interface in south 
africa (ELEPHAN) (Erasmus+ Capacity building project)  
Date and end date  1 September 2019 - 1 September 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observe r(s) South Africa  
Brief description  ELEPHANT will empower South African HEIs' innovative research capacities by introducing the 
OH approach and modern research methodology and analyses. This will be achieved by 
theoretical and practical workshops in SA -EU, student and staff, peer to peer setting, in SA and 
in EU, and including (inter)national experts. A holistic approach of the interface between human, 
domestic and wild animals and environment interface will result in increased health, welfare and 
in the e nd poverty alleviation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Universities, students, staff  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT  
Outputs or impact  Strengthening of relations between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs ) and the wider economic 
and social environment. 1. Strengthening capacity in research of SA HEIs by implementing highly 
innovative research approach and methodology in the field of OH) 2. Creating a collaborative 
long-lasting multidisciplinary OH network delivering innovative research strategies. 3. Boosting 
the SA HEIs' capacity to collaborate with local and governmental authorities to achieve research -
based knowledge integration in OH related policies. 4. Enhancing the SA HEIs' capacity to work 
together with communities in order to raise awareness on OH perspectives and approaches  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  EU Project Officer: Jozet MULLER Jozet.MULLER@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  Consolidation of the Electoral Process in Zambia  
Date and end date  1 June 2015 - 31 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  The project provides targeted demand -driven support to the Electoral Commission of Zambia 
and to other national entities to consolidate the gains of previous electoral support programmes 
and to enhance the quality and credibility of electoral processes as a whole.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Electoral Commission of Zambia  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNDP  
Outputs or impact  Technical advice to the Electoral Commission of Zambia to strengthen its Electoral Information 
Management System (EIMS) and implement its ICT Governance framework, including the 
development of an ICT security policy.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  patricia.kapolyo@eeas.europa.eu; elisabeth.loacker@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Accelerating Progress towards Maternal, Neonatal and Child Morbidity and Mortality 
Reduction in Zambia  
Date and end date  1 May 2013 - 31 May 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  The objective of the programme is to improve maternal, neonatal and child health and the 
nutritional status of women and children; in particular to increase utilisation of quality health 
and nutrition services by vulne rable women, adolescents and children in selected urban and rural 
districts (comprising 30% of the population in Zambia) within the provinces of Lusaka and 
Copperbelt.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Ministry of Health at national, provincial and district levels.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNICEF  
Outputs or impact  The capacity for planning, implementation and co -ordination of Ministry of Community 
Development Mother & Child Health (MCDMCH), Ministry of Health (MOH) and other  stakeholders 
at national, provincial and district level is improved. Technical advice and support to the Ministry 
of Health to strengthen its Health Management Information System (HMIS) at national, 
provincial and district levels.  
Website for further inf ormation   
Contact point for further information  esther.bouma@eeas.europa.eu; julia.ross@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  Health Systems Strengthening – Support to the Ministry of Health and the Zambia 
Medicines Regulatory Authority  
Date and end date  1 August 2015 - 31 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  The programme  aims to improve the health status of the people in Zambia in order to contribute 
to socio -economic development. In particular improved capacity of the Ministry of Health (MoH) 
and related institutions to deliver quality assured essential medicines, includ ing their rational 
and correct use as well as to develop and implement evidence -based policies and strategies.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Ministry of Health, Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) and Medical Stores Limited 
(MSL)  
Technica l cooperation provider(s)  PM Group  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  Technical advice and support to the Ministry of Health, Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority 
and Medical Stores Limited to strengthen regulation, logistics, distribution and usage of medical 
drugs in Zambia. This support is combined with the construction of a new office complex and a 
new National Medicines Quality Control Laboratory as well as the construction of a new 
warehouse for the extension of storage facilities.  
Contact point for further information  esther.bouma@eeas.europa.eu    
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Name of programme or project  Performance Enhancement Programme for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
for Better Service Delivery to Farmers  
Date and end date  1 January 2017 - 30 June 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  Contributing to improving the capacity of the MoA and MFL to deliver quality services to 
smallholder farmers towards increased productivity and enhanced diversity of Zambia's 
agricultural sector, with a focus on: strengthening evidence -based policy plannin g and budgeting 
(M&E); e -extension and increased link between production (farmers), research and extension; 
and improved nutrition -mainstreaming within the ministries' plans and programmes.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Ministry of Agriculture and M inistry of Fisheries and Livestock  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  ECORYS  
Outputs or impact  Strengthened evidence -based policy planning and budgeting (M&E ); e-extension services and 
increased link between production (farmers), research and extension; and improved nutrition -
mainstreaming within the ministries' plans and programmes.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  friedrich.mahler@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Aviation Sector Support Programme II (ASSP II)  
Date and end date  1 January 2017 - 30 September 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  The objective of  the programme is to improve compliance with international standards in terms 
of air safety and security in Zambia, with the support of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 
and other service provider to be yet contracted (two separate but interlinked com ponents of the 
same project). The programme aims to assist in the development of improved policies and an 
improved institutional and regulatory framework for the aviation sector (which will include 
aviation safety and security and gender sensitivity).  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Ministry of Transport and Communications, Civil Aviation Authority, Zambia Airports Corporation 
Ltd and other agencies.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)  
Outputs or impact  Improve d air safety oversight and security of airport handling operations. Technical assistance 
and capacity building project to improve compliance with international standards in terms of air 
safety and security in Zambia. The programme aims to assist in the dev elopment of improved 
policies and an improved institutional and regulatory framework for the aviation sector (which 
will include aviation safety and security and gender sensitivity) to contribute to economic growth 
of the country.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  adam.grodzicki@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Increased Access to Electricity and Renewable Energy Production (IAEREP)  
Date and end date  1 March 2018 - 1 March 2023  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Zambia  
Brief description  The project aims to a) promote enabling regulatory framework, renewable energy friendly 
policies and more effective and inclusive sector institutions; b) enhance government and private 
sector c apacities to develop gender inclusive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects; 
c) improve Energy Efficiency at household and industry level by awareness raising and support 
to economic activities.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Ministry of En ergy, Energy Regulation Board, Rural Electrification Authority, ZESCO (national 
utility) and other public agencies  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Various TA providers  
Outputs or impact  Improved policies and planning for investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
(RE/EE), demonstration projects implemented and increased number of people getting access 
to energy services. Technical assistance and capacity building programme to s upport the 
Zambian energy sector combined with investment component. The capacity building programme 
aims to  a) promote enabling regulatory framework, renewable energy friendly policies and more 
effective and inclusive sector institutions; b) enhance gove rnment and private sector capacities 
to develop gender inclusive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects; c) improve Energy 
Efficiency at household and industry level by awareness raising and support to economic 
activities.  
Website for further inf ormation   
Contact point for further information  davide.bixio@eeas.europa.eu  
   
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Name of programme or project  Enhancement of a sustainable regional energy market in the Eastern and Southern 
Africa and Indian Ocean region (ESREM)  
Date and end date  1 May 2017 - 31 May 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Angola; Comoros; Djibouti; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Kenya; Lesotho; Madagascar; Mauritius; 
Rwanda; Seychelles; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe  
Brief description  This regional program aims to develop: a) regulatory frameworks to promote a harmonised 
regional energy market conducive for RE investments in support of universal energy access goal; 
b) regulations that enhance efficient energy management; c) model frameworks that enhance 
the integration of gender perspectives in energy policy and regulation; and d) enhance the 
capacity of regulators in enforcing regulations that develop the regional RE market.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  RAERESA and R ERA (regional associations of energy regulators for COMESA and SADC)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact  improved regulation and harmonization of national and regional energy markets improved sector 
oversight and energy efficiency  
Websi te for further information   
Contact point for further information  adam.grodzicki@eeas.europa.eu  
 
Name of programme or project  Support for Trade and Economic Capacity Building: Trade and Private Sector 
Development (TPSD) Nepal  
Date and end date  29 September 2014 - 26 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Nepal  
Brief description  The TPSD commenced operations on 29th September 2014 with an initial completion date in 
January 2018. This subsequently extended with an increase in budget to 26 J une 2019. The 
overall objective is to contribute to the Government of Nepal's (GoN) efforts stimulate export 
led economic growth by strengthening trade and commercial competitiveness in Nepal. The TPSD 
Project is an essential element in the EU's strategy t o contribute to the efforts of the GoN to 
reduce poverty and to stimulate trade -led economic growth by strengthening trade 
competitiveness.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Government of Nepal, Ministry of Industry Commerce and Supplies  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  European Union Delegation to Nepal  
Outputs or impact  The programme focused on strengthening institutional coordination mechanisms in the trade 
sector, and between governmental, private sector and civil society stakeholder s. The TPSD 
strengthened the overall capacity of Nepal's quality infrastructure (QI) and helped the country 
to better participate in on -going negotiations, implement the WTO and Free Trade Agreements 
(FTA) and improve its export competitiveness, particular ly in the coffee sector.  
Website for further information  http://www.eu -tpsd.com/  
Contact point for further information  mim.hamal@eeas.europa.eu    
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2  EUROPEAN UNION MEMBE R STATES  
2.1  Czech Republic  
-Name of programme or project  Study visit of the Intellectual Property Authority of Jiangsu Province  
Date and end date  5 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Delegation from China (5 participants from Intellectual Property Authority of Jiangsu Province) 
learned about the industrial property protection system in the Czech Republic. Participants 
received information on the system of protection and enforcement of IPRs, Industrial Property 
Office's services to the public and SMEs, the Visegrad Patent Institute and PPH.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Intellectual Property Authority of Jiangsu Province, China  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (IPO CZ)  
Outputs or impact  Exchange of information, capacity building  
Website for further information  www.upv.cz/en  
Contact point for further information  Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (ÚPV) Antonína Čermá ka 2a 160 68 Praha 6 - Bubeneč Czech 
Republic posta@upv.cz  
 
Name of programme or project  Study visit of the Intellectual Property Bureau of Hubei Province  
Date and end date  12 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Delegation from China (6 participants from Intellectual Property Bureau of Hubei Province) 
learned about the Czech industrial property protection system including enforcement of IPRs. 
Participants received information on the system of protectio n and enforcement of IPRs, Industrial 
Property Office´s services to the public and SMEs, the Visegrad Patent Institute and PPH.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Intellectual Property Bureau of Hubei Province, China  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (IPO CZ)  
Outputs or impact  Exchange of information, capacity building  
Website for further information  www.upv.cz/en  
Contact point for further information  Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (ÚPV) Antonína Čermáka 2a 160 68 Praha 6 - Bubeneč Czech 
Republic posta@upv.cz  
   
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Name of programme or project  Study visit of the State Administration for Market Regulation of China  
Date and end date  26 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Delegation from China (6 participants from the State Administration for Market Regulation of 
China) learned about the industrial property protection system in the Czech Republic. 
Participants received information on the system of protection and enforcement  of IPRs, Industrial 
Property Office´s services to public and SMEs, the Visegrad Patent Institute and PPH.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  State Administration for Market Regulation of China  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (IPO CZ)  
Outputs or impact  Exchange of information, capacity building  
Website for further information  www.upv.cz/en  
Contact point for further information  Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (ÚPV) Antonína Čermáka 2a 160 6 8 Praha 6 - Bubeneč Czech 
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2.2  Finland  
The present document reproduces the updated information on Finland's technical and financial cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS 
Agreement.  
Name of programme or project  Examiner exchange between the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) and the 
National Intellectual Property Organization, PRC (CNIPA)  
Date and end date  27 August 2018 - 31 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Two CNIPA examiners visited PRH and two PRH examiners visited CNIPA in order to benchmark 
and share best practices of patent prosecution processes.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  PRH 
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Jorma Lehtonen, Head of Division (Customer Relations and Legal Affairs), PRH +358 29 509 
5904 jorma.lehtonen@prh.fi  
 
Name of programme or project  Examiner exchange between the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) and the 
National Intellectual Property Organization, PRC (CNIPA)  
Date and end date  21 October 2018 - 27 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Two CNIPA examiners visited PRH and two PRH examiners visited CNIPA in order to benchmark 
and share best practices of patent prosecution processes.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation  provider(s)  PRH 
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Jorma Lehtonen, Head of Division (Customer Relations and Legal Affairs), PRH  +358 29 509 
5904 jorma.lehtonen@prh.fi  
   
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Name of programme or project  CNIPA -PRH Joint IP Seminar   
Date and end date  17 October 2018 - 17 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  A delegation of PRH  headed by the Director General visited CNIPA and a half -day seminar about 
the Finnish industrial property system including patents and trademarks was arranged.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  PRH 
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Jorma Lehtonen, Head of Division (Customer Relations and Legal Affairs), PRH +358 29 509 
5904 jorma.lehtonen@prh.fi  
 
2.3  United Kingdom  
Relevant/applicable UK activities, July 2018 -July 2019  
Name of programme or project  Brasilia Meeting with the new Secretary of Innovation and his team  
Date and end date  3 July 2018 - 3 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  UK IPO and FCO IP attaché hosted a meeting at the Ambassador´s Residence to share best 
practices on IP and to present PF project to the new Secretary of Innovation and his team.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation prov ider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  João Pessoa Conference on Enforcement and Healthcare   
Date and end date  9 July 2018 - 9 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  UK IPO  IP attaché invited to speak on the importance of effective IP enforcement mechanisms 
and successful UK initiatives for raising awareness and fighting counterfeit and piracy.  
Beneficiary institution  or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018 13 July 2018 Inward visit by (then) State 
Intellectual Property Organisation (SIPO) UK IPO The SIPO delegation visited the UK 
IPO to hold discussions with the Chief Economist on topics of interest including IP 
researc h and data gathering.  
Date and end date  13 July 2018 - 13 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018  13 July 2018 Inward visit by (then) State 
Intellectual Property Organisation (SIPO)  UK IPO  The SIPO delegation visited the UK IPO 
to hold discussions with the Chief Economist on topics of interest including IP research and data 
gathering.  
Beneficiary ins titution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Teleconference with Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks  
Date and end date  17 July 2018 - 17 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  India 
Brief description  India 17 July 2018 Teleconference with Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & 
Trademarks UK IPO  To discuss mechanisms for proper enforcement of copyright law  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme  or project  Inward visit by SIPO for annual Patent examiner exchange  UK IPO  Two 
SIPO examiners visited the UK IPO for the annual patent examiner exchange. The IPO 
examiners held intensive discussions with SIPO counterparts, comparing examination 
approaches  to equivalent applications filed with each office.  
Date and end date  23 July 2018 - 27 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018 23 -27 July 2018 Inward visit by SIPO for annual Patent 
examiner exchange UK IPO Two SIPO examiners visited the UK IPO for the annual patent 
examiner exchange. The IPO examiners held intensive discussions with SIPO cou nterparts, 
comparing examination approaches to equivalent applications filed with each office.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Brasilia  Bilateral with Public Prosecutor  UK IPO  Bilateral exchange with the 
Public Prosecutor of Brasilia on UK enforcement practices and discussed long and 
short -term priority areas in IP enforcement.  
Date and end date  2 August 2018 - 2 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil 2 August 2018 Brasilia Bilateral with Public Prosecutor UK IPO Bilateral exchange with the 
Public Prosecutor of Brasilia on UK enforcemen t practices and discussed long and short -term 
priority areas in IP enforcement.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Beijing Cultural Enforcement Department visit to UK IPO   
Date and end date  14 August 2018 - 14 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  China 14 August 2018 Beijing Cultural Enforcement Department visit to UK IPO  UK IPO 
Meeting with presentations to share the UK's experience in tackling IPR infringement, including 
the work of PIPCU to tackle online IP Crime.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation  provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Sao Paulo   ABPI Conference   
Date and end date  19 August 2018 - 19 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  19 August 2018 Sao Paulo ABPI Conference  UK IPO  The ABPI International 
Conference is the biggest IP event in Brazil. IP attaché was invited to present the UK´s 
collaboration with Brazil and to share UK´s best pr actices for protecting copyright and fighting 
online piracy.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Outward Judicial Exchange   
Date and end date  26 August 2018 - 31 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018  26-31 August 2018 Outward Judicial Exchange
 UK IPO  A specialist IP judge in the High Court of England and Wales visited Beijing and 
Hong Kong, China for the seventh annual UK -China judicial exchange on IP. Exchanges with 
senior Chinese judges were held on priority topics for reform , including: Bad -faith trademark 
applications, Enforcement of court judgements Judicial exchanges – UK High Court judge met 
with his Chinese counterparts to share experiences in IP cases. Topics of discussion included the 
globalisation of IP law; copyright  protection for live sports broadcasts; patent protection for 
pharmaceutical compounds; bad -faith trademark applications; interim injunctions; and standard 
essential patents.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Output s or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Meeting with Public Attorneys in Brasilia   
Date and end date  28 August 2018 - 28 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  28 August 2018 Brasilia  Meeting with Public Attorneys in Brasilia  UK IPO and 
USDoJ  Discussions with Public Attorneys in Brasilia, to share best practices on effective IP 
enforcement mechanisms and successful in itiatives for raising awareness and fighting counterfeit 
and piracy  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Meeting at CNCP   
Date and end date  29 August 2018 - 29 August 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  29 August 2018 Brasilia Meeting at CNCP  UK IPO and USDoJ  Discussions 
with CNCP´s President to sh are best practices on effective IP enforcement mechanisms and 
successful initiatives for raising awareness and fighting counterfeit and piracy  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement  
Date and end date  3 September 2018 - 5 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  All 3-5 September 2018 WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement WIPO  Presentations 
on: UK experiences in working with intermediaries to tackle IP infringement; and quantification 
of damages in IP cases in the UK.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical coop eration provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  WIPO -BCC Advanced Training Course on copyright and related rights 2018  
Date and end date  11 September 2018 - 11 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Bangladesh; China; Eswatini; India; Jamaica; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyz Republic; Malawi; 
Malaysia; Mauritius; Mexico; Nepal; Nigeria; Paraguay; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Tanzania; 
Trinidad  and Tobago  
Brief description  Bangladesh, China, Eswatini, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Malawi, Malaysia, 
Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago 11 
September 2018 WIPO -BCC Advanced Train ing Course on copyright and related rights 2018 
WIPO & British Copyright Council Presentation on UK's IP enforcement landscape and initiatives 
to tackle IPR infringement, with a particular focus on copyright infringement.  
Beneficiary  institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Meeting with Public Attorneys and Investigators  
Date and end date 12 September 2018 - 12 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  12 September 2018 Brasilia Meeting with Public Attorneys and Investigators  UK 
IPO, FCO, Defence  & Security Organization and National Crime Agency  Meeting with Public 
Attorneys and Investigators in Brasilia to share UK´s enforcement and cybercrime strategy and 
best practices and identify points of synergy for collaboration.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Uzbekistan Ministry of Justice visit to UK IPO  
Date and end date  14 September 2018 - 14 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  Uzbekistan 14 September 2018 Uzbekistan Ministry of Justice visit to UK IPO UK IPO 
Representatives from The Uzbekistan government visited the UK IPO to learn about the functions 
and operational aspects of the UK's national IP office. Specifically, the assi stance included 
information sharing on governance, organisational design (including IT) and the interaction 
between the IP office and stakeholders.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Shared UK experiences in tackling IPR infringement at WIPO regional summit.  
Date and end date  24 September 2018 - 30 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Bulgaria; Georgia; Republic of Moldova; Romania  
Brief description  Bulgaria; Georgia; Moldova, Republic of; Romania  24-30 September 2018  WIPO  Shared 
UK experiences in tackling IPR infringement at WIPO regional summit.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Lambert Toolkit workshop   
Date and end date  10 October 2018 - 10 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Chile 
Brief description  Chile 10 October 2018 Salvador Lambert Toolkit workshop  UK IPO and SP lawyers
 Lambert Toolkit workshop and tech transfer training to innovation centres and TTO´s in 
Salvador.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  International Copyright Expo  
Date and end date  19 October 2018 - 20 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018  19-20 October 2018 International Copyright 
Expo UK IPO  IP Attaché presented at the International Forum on the Role of Copyright in 
Financing Culture and Creativity in the 21st Century, as part of the WIPO -NCAC event on 
International Copyright.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Delegation of Scottish Whisky importers to Dominican Republic meeting with UK IPO  
Date and end date  22 October 2018 - 22 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Dominican Republic  
Brief description  Dominican Republic  22 October 2018 Delegation of Scottish Whisky importers to Dominican 
Republic meeting with UK IPO  UK IPO  Discussion on ways UK tackles illicit trade in alcohol an d 
counterfeit goods.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Inward  China IP Roadshow  
Date and end date  1 November 2018 - 9 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018 1 -9 November 2018 Inward China IP Roadshow UK 
IPO A UK -wide inte llectual property roadshow, run by IP Attaché to China and China IP 
Business Advisor. The Roadshow visited Cardiff, Bristol, Gloucester, Guilford and London. China 
IP Roadshow events reach a number of large and small business, and cover all industry sector s. 
The IP Attaché provided advice on the main IP risks of doing business in China and how this 
affects exports, manufacturing, joint research and other projects  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Study visit by state prosecutor  
Date and end date  3 November 2018 - 5 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  3-5 November 2018 Study visit by state prosecutor  UK IPO  Visit to UK by Brazilian 
state prosecutor to gain understanding of how the UK tackles IP crime. Meetings with Crown 
Prosecution Service, private prosecutors, PIPCU and rights holde rs to share experiences and 
best practice.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Presentation at Hygee Conecta   
Date and end date  9 November 2018 - 9 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  9 November 2018 Sao Paulo Presentation at Hygee Conecta  UK IPO  IP attaché 
invited to share best practices on Innovation and IP in the UK, to young entrepreneurs.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Inward visit from Viet Nam   
Date and end date  12 November 2018 - 16 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Viet Nam  
Brief description  Viet Nam  12-16 November 2018 Inward visit from Viet Nam UK IPO Hosted Vietnamese 
delegation to UK for study visit on innovation management study. The delegation visited the 
IPO, Innovate UK, BEIS, British Library, Cambridge, Oxford, and IP innovation firms  
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Name of programme or project  3rd UK IP Enforcement Programme  
Date and end date  12 November 2018 - 18 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam 12 -18 November 2018 3rd UK IP Enforcement 
Programme UK IPO attaché led Shared UK experiences in tackling IP crime, both online and 
physical  goods.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Korea Copyright Protection Agency visit to UK IPO 
Date and end date  19 November 2018 - 19 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Republic of Korea  
Brief description  Republic of Korea 19 November 2018 Korea Copyright Protection Agency visit to UK IPO UK IPO 
/ KCOPA Shared UK experiences in tackling copyright infringement, in particular website 
blocking, and tackling websites based outside the UK.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Inward visit by officials from China National Intellectual Property Administration 
(CNIPA; formerly SIPO) officials  
Date and end date  27 November 2018 - 27 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2018 27 November 2018 Inward visit by officials from China 
National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA; formerly SIPO) officials UK IPO The CNIPA  
delegation, studying at Queen Mary University, met with UK IPO officials to discuss design and 
patent examinations, and patent quality  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Presentation at IP LATAC event  
Date and end date  29 November 2018 - 29 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  29 November 2018 Rio de Janeiro  Presentation at IP LATAC event UK IPO IP attaché 
invited to speak at the IP LATAC Conference about international collaboration and best practices 
on IP.  
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Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  KCC Visit to UK IPO  
Date and end date  13 December 2018 - 13 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Republic of Korea  
Brief description  Korea, Republic of 13 December 2018 KCC Visit to UK IPO, UK IPO Representatives from the 
Korean Copyright Commission (KCC) visited the UK IPO to discuss tariff setting for copyright 
licensing bodies. In part icular, discussions focussed on the activities of the UK Copyright Tribunal 
and the evidence it took into consideration adjudicating on the tariffs set by such bodies.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Annual IP Video Teleconference with Chinese Taipei Intellectual Property Office  
Date and end date  17 December 2018 - 17 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Chinese Taipei  
Brief description  Chinese Taipei 2018  17 December 2018 Annual IP Video Teleconference with Chinese Taipei 
Intellectual Property Office  UK IPO  Annual IP VTC with Chinese Taipei IP Office to  discuss 
online copyright infringement, mediation, EU Exit and research collaborations  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Training of Public Prosecutor in the UK   
Date and end date  10 December 2018 - 17 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  December 2018 UK Training of Public Prosecutor in the UK UK IPO and several UK 
Government agencies. In December 2018, we brought Dr. Richard Encinas, Public Attorney, to 
the UK for a week of training on enforcement and best practices to fight piracy.  
Bene ficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  IP and innovation seminar  
Date and end date  7 January 2019 - 11 January 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Singapore, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia  7-11 Jan 2019 
IP and innovation seminar  UK IPO  Representatives from the IP offices, judiciary, and 
research agencies attended a knowledge exchange workshop organised by UK IPO in Si ngapore 
on IP innovation management, IP promotion, and IP awareness  
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Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Inward visit by Japan Patent Office (JPO)  
Date and end date  16 January 2019 - 16 January 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Japan  
Brief description  Japan 2019 16 January 2019 Inward visit by Japan Patent Office (JPO) UK IPO J PO delegation 
visited the UK IPO to hold discussions on innovation policy, patent examiner training and 
international cooperation  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information   
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Name of programme or project  Inward visit by CNIPA officials   
Date and end date  28 January 2019 - 28 January 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2019 28 January 2019 Inward visit by CNIPA officials UK 
IPO The CNIPA delegation, studying at Bournemouth University, met with UK IPO officials to 
discuss patent examinations, patent quality and patent examiner  training  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Name of programme or project  Bilateral with Executive Secretary of Sao Paulo Municipality  UK IPO   
Date and end date  20 February 2019 - 20 February 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil 20 February 2019 Sao Paulo  Bilateral with Executive Secretary of Sao Paulo Municipality 
UK IPO  Bilateral to discuss UK and Sao Paulo´s enforcement agenda and to establish a 
cooperation plan.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group  
Date and end date  26 February 2019 - 26 February 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; 
Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; 
Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of America; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Indonesia; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Malaysia; New 
Zealand; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; United States of America; Chinese Taipei; Hong 
Kong, China; China; Mexico; Papua New Guinea; Chile; Peru; Russian Federatio n; Viet Nam 26 
February 2019 Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group 
APEC Participation in IP Experts Group workshop on Project Chargeback – sharing UK 
experiences in working with payment providers to tackle IP infring ement.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Lima  UK IPO  
Date and end date  12 March 2019 - 12 March 2019  
Beneficiary member  Peru 
Brief description  Peru 12 March 2019 Lima UK IPO Week of meetings in Lima to share UK´s expertise and best 
practices on IP and talk to local agencies and Government bodies to explore synergies and 
collaboration opportunities.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Outward visit to China by UK IPO official  
Date and end date  25 March 2019 - 29 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2019  25-29 March 2019 Outward visit to China by UK 
IPO official  UK IPO  UK IP O Senior East Asia policy advisor visited Beijing and Shanghai to 
meet with China IP officials  
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Name of programme or project  Outward visit to Beijing by Deputy Director and UK IPO official  
Date and end date  15 April 2019 - 19 April 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2019 15 -19 April 2019 Outward visit to Beijing by Deputy 
Director and UK IPO official UK IPO Deputy Director of International policy and the Head of East 
Asia policy visited Beijing to hold discussions with China IP offices, and th e Legislative Affairs 
Committee, on IP legislative amendments  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Outward visit by UK IPO examiners to China for annual Patent examiner exchange  
Date and end date  27 May 2019 - 31 May 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2019 27 -31 May 2019 Outward visit by UK IPO examiners 
to China for annual Patent examiner exchange UK IPO Two UK IPO examiners visit CNIPA for 
annual patent examiner exchange. The IPO examiners held intensive discussions w ith CNIPA 
counterparts, comparing examination approaches to equivalent applications filed with each 
Office. They also held several discussions with CNIPA policy officials and examiners.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Rio de Janeiro  UK IPO  
Date and end date  17 June 2019 - 17 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Brazil  17 June 2019 Rio de Janeiro  UK IPO  Meeting with several departments from the 
Brazilian Patent Office to share UK´s enforcement strategy and helping them with identifying 
the right stakeholders to help INPI with creating their enforceme nt strategy.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Outward visit by Director of Copyright and Enforcement to Korea, Republic of  
Date and end date  24 June 2019 - 25 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Republic of Korea  
Brief description  Korea, Republic of 2019  24-25 June 2019 Outward visit by Director of Copyright and 
Enforcement to Korea, Republic of UK IPO Director visited Korea, Republic of to meet with senior 
counterparts, stakeholders and IP offices to gather intel on copyright and enforcement issues in 
country  
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Name of programme or project  WIPO Interregional meeting on voluntary measures to implement the 'Follow the 
Money' approach against copyright piracy  
Date and end date  26 June 2019 - 27 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Lao 
People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Philippines; Russian Federation; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Russian Federation, Thailand, Viet Nam 26 -
27 June 2019 WIPO Interr egional meeting on voluntary measures to implement the 'Follow the 
Money' approach against copyright piracy WIPO / Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 
/ Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia Presentations on UK experiences in working to 
reduce legitimate advertising appearing on copyright infringing websites, and work with search 
engines to reduce infringing websites appearing in search results.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Outward visit by Director of Copyright and Enforcement to China and Hong Kong, China  
Date and end date  26 June 2019 - 2 July 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China; Hong Kong, China  
Brief description  Mainland China & Hong Kong, China 2019 26 June -2 July 2019 Outward visit by Director of 
Copyright and Enforcement to China and Hong Kong, China UK IPO Director visited China to  
meet with senior counterparts to discuss UK priority issues on copyright legislative reform in 
China, online copyright enforcement and securing agreements to a work with UK companies on 
border enforcement and related legislative amendments  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
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Outputs or impact   
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2.4  Spain  
Participación de la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas en proyectos de asistencia técnica llevados a cabo en diversos países latinoamericanos  
Name of programme or project  Taller regional intercambio de Conocimiento relacionado con la EUIPN en Cartagena 
de Indias y Santiago de Chile  
Date and end date  22 de agosto de 2018 - 23 de agosto de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Chile; Colombia  
Brief description  Participación de expertos de la OEPM  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes Latinoamericanas  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  EUIPO  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Seminarios "Innovación, negocios y PI ": en Santiago de Chile, Brasil, Uruguay, 
Paraguay y Argentina.  
Date and end date  13 de septiembre de 2018 - 21 de septiembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Brasil; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay  
Brief description  Participación de exp ertos de la OEPM en el ciclo de seminarios para Pymes Latinoamericanas  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes Latinoamericanas  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  EUIPO  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Foro de innovación y tecnología Transfiere Argentina 2018 en Buenos Aires 
(Argentina)  
Date and end date  1 de septiembre de 2018 - 30 de septiembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina  
Brief description  Participación de la OEPM en el foro de innovación y tecnología Transfiere Argentina 2018: 
reuniones de trabajo, mesas redondas, stand institucional  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes Latinoamericanas  
Technical cooperat ion provider(s)  TRANSFIERE  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en Patentes I: Protección de las nuevas tecnologías y 
modalidades afines a las patentes. La utilización de las patentes como fuerte de 
información tecnológica, 2ª edición.  
Date and end date  3 de septiembre de 2018 - 30 de septiembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Belice; Est ado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; 
Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; 
San Vicente y las Granadinas; Sa nta Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; Uruguay; República 
Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  El objetivo del curso es profundizar en los aspectos jurídicos y técnicos del procedimiento de 
concesión de patentes, y en lo referente a la protección d e nuevas tecnologías y modalidades 
afines a las patentes.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM /AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en Marcas y Diseño I: Concepto de marca. Prohibiciones 
absolutas y relativas, 3ª edición  
Date and end date  3 de septiembre de 2018 - 30 de septiembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Ba rbados; Belice; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; 
Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; 
Saint Kitts y  Nevis; San Vicente y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; 
Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Capacitación en la gestión y evaluación de marcas y diseños industriales de profesionales del 
sector, con un enfoque práctico, incidiendo en el concepto e importancia de la marca y en las 
prohibiciones absolutas y relativas en el procedimiento de concesión de las mismas.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de der echos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  XVII Seminario Regional sobre Propiedad Intelectual para Jueces y Fiscales de 
América Latina. Centro de Formación de La Antigua  
Date and end date  18 de septiembre de 2018 - 21 de septiembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Belice; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; 
Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; Santa Lucía; Trinidad y Tobago; Uruguay; República 
Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Curso en materia de propiedad industrial destinado a jueces y fiscales de América Latina para 
promover su especialización en la materia y la creación de un foro para el debate sobre las 
últimas tendencias de la legislación.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/OMPI/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en marcas y diseño II: Procedimiento de registro y contenido 
del derecho de marca, 2ª edición.  
Date and end date  8 de octubre de 2018 - 4 de noviembre de 2018 
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; 
Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nic aragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; 
Saint Kitts y Nevis; San Vicente y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; 
Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Capacitación en la gestión y evaluación de mar cas y diseños industriales con un enfoque 
eminentemente práctico. Profundización en temas como el procedimiento de registro, la duración 
e incidencias de la marca registrada, así como en el contenido del derecho de marca y los litigios 
y transmisiones en e sta materia. Además, se profundizará en el tema de las marcas especiales, 
nombres comerciales y nombres de dominio.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en patentes II: protección de las patentes. Aspectos de las 
legislaciones nacionales y normativas internacionales, 3ª edición.  
Date and end date  4 de octubre de 2018 - 4 de noviembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Belice; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; 
Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paragua y; Perú; República Dominicana; 
Saint Kitts y Nevis; San Vicente y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; 
Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Profundización en distintos ámbitos del derecho de propiedad industri al, con un carácter práctico, 
dando a conocer la protección de las patentes en las diferentes legislaciones nacionales y el 
régimen internacional de protección de las mismas.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI  
Technical coopera tion provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  VI Seminario Regional sobre Marcas y los Diseños Industriales como factores de 
innovación y activos empresariales: Importancia de la Marca País en la 
internacionalización empresarial. Centro de Formación de Montevideo.  
Date and end date  16 de octubre de 2018 - 19 de octubre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; 
El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República 
Dominicana; Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief descriptio n Mejora y capacitación de las instituciones competentes en materia de propiedad industrial 
profundizando en el proceso de registro de sus diversas modalidades, así como su gestión como 
potenciadoras de la innovación.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  I Seminario regional sobre nuevos retos en materia de PI. Centro de Formación de 
Cartagena de Indias.  
Date and end date  13 de noviembre de 2018 - 16 de noviembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; 
El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República 
Dominicana; Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Conocimiento de las tendencias, cambios legislativos y retos futuros en materia de PI haciendo 
especial hincapié en: las estrategias conjuntas para la internacionalización de los derechos de 
Propiedad Industrial, el estudio de los avances y o bstáculos a afrontar, el fortalecimiento de los 
activos intangibles de cada país y de sus PYMES, y la discusión del rol futuro de las oficinas 
nacionales de PI. Por lo tanto, se pretende estudiar y poner en valor los retos futuros a los que 
se enfrentan la s Oficinas Nacionales y la región en su conjunto, poniendo de relieve el 
fortalecimiento de sus derechos de Propiedad Industrial tanto a nivel nacional como internacional 
que permitan mantener la competitividad y revaloricen los productos y servicios en la  región.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/OMPI/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  VIII Seminario regional sobre planificación estratégica y gestión de calidad en Oficinas 
de Propiedad Industrial  
Date and end date  13 de noviembre de 2018 - 16 de noviembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; 
El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República 
Dominicana; Urugu ay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Mejora y capacitación de las instituciones competentes en materia de PI como potenciadoras de 
la innovación y motores en la sensibilización y concienciación de los beneficios de la PI con 
especial a tención a las PYMES. Revalorización de las actividades de dichas Instituciones, 
fundamentalmente Oficinas Nacionales de PI con nuevos servicios como elemento clave de 
generación de riqueza al tejido empresarial haciendo de esta materia una herramienta 
comp etitiva y pieza clave en la internacionalización. Se plantearán herramientas y acciones para 
la puesta en valor de  los derechos de PI en el mercado, alianzas público -privadas, búsqueda de 
socios estratégicos, así como alternativas de defensa de los derecho s y campañas de 
concienciación y respeto hacia los derechos de PI.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/OMPI/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en patentes III: Defensa y valoración de las patentes. 
Transferencia de tecnología, 3ª edición  
Date and end date  12 de noviembre de 2018 - 9 de diciembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Belice; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; 
Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; N icaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; 
Saint Kitts y Nevis; San Vicente y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; 
Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Profundización en distintos ámbitos del derecho de propiedad industrial, con un carácter práctico, 
proporcionando conocimientos sobre la resolución de conflictos en el ámbito jurisdiccional, la 
valoración económica de las patentes, y la transferencia de tecnología.  
Beneficiary institution or au dience  Oficinas nacionales de PI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso online Especialista en Marcas y Diseño III: Régimen internacional de protección 
de marcas. El diseño industrial, 3ª edición.  
Date and end date  12 de noviembre de 2018 - 9 de diciembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Belice; Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; 
Colombia; Cuba; Dominica; El Salvador; Granada; Guatemala; Guyana; Haití; Honduras; 
Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; República Dominicana; Sa int Kitts y 
Nevis; San Vicente y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; Uruguay; 
República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Capacitación en la gestión y evaluación de marcas y diseños industriales de profesionales del 
sector, con un enfoque práctico, aportando conocimientos sobre los distintos sistemas de 
concesión de marcas y diseños industriales en el marco internacional y comunitario.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  CEDDET/OEPM/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Taller OCR Regional del Proyecto LATIPAT. Costa Rica  
Date and end date  1 de noviembre de 2018 - 30 de noviembre de 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Guatemala; Honduras; México; Perú; 
República Dominicana; Uruguay  
Brief description  Taller OCR regional del Proyecto L atipat en colaboración con la Unidad de Infraestructura de la 
OMPI  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Especialistas en IT de las oficinas nacionales  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OMPI/OEPM/OEP  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso de formación sobre Marcas y aspectos comunes de PI  
Date and end date  4 de febrero de 2019 - 8 de febrero de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Argentina; Chile; Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Paraguay; Perú; Uruguay  
Brief description  El curso es impartido por funcionarios especializados de la OEPM. Constituye una importante 
formación de cuadros de mando de las Oficinas Nacionales. Su con tenido se centra en el derecho 
de marcas y los aspectos comunes de la Propiedad Industrial con el fin de que los participantes 
seleccionados obtengan una formación práctica más acorde con su especialización y puedan 
profundizar en las labores que tienen en comendadas en sus oficinas de origen.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  cuadros de mando de las Oficinas Nacionales  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/OMPI  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Seminarios sobre la importancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual para las 
pymes: la perspectiva europea y latinoamericana  
Date and end date  22 de marzo de 2019 - 29 de marzo de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Costa Rica; El Salvador; G uatemala; México  
Brief description  Seminarios itinerantes en Centroamérica en Ciudad de México, Ciudad de Guatemala, San 
Salvador y San José, dirigidos a PyMEs europeas y locales con el fin de difundir las mejores 
prácticas en el uso de los activos de Pro piedad Intelectual para el desarrollo de sus negocios, así 
como la divulgación de los mecanismos de uso y protección de los derechos de PI disponibles 
para ellos. En colaboración con las oficinas locales de PI: Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad 
Industrial  (IMPI), Registro de la Propiedad Intelectual de Guatemala (RPI), (CNR) Centro 
Nacional de Registro de El Salvador (RPI) and Registro de la Propiedad Industrial de Costa Rica 
(RPI).  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes europeas y locales  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IP Key América Latina  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Seminario regional: "El reto de sensibilizar y concienciar a la PYME: La Propiedad 
Industrial como herramienta competitiva y de diferenciación " en La Antigua 
(Guatemala)  
Date and end date  26 de marzo de 2019 - 28 de marzo de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Antigua y Barbuda; Argentina; Bahamas; Barbados; Belice; Est ado Plurinacional de Bolivia; 
Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Granada; 
Guatemala; Guyana; Haití; Honduras; Jamaica; México; Nicaragua; Panamá; Paraguay; Perú; 
República Dominicana; Saint Kitts y Nevis; San Vicente  y las Granadinas; Santa Lucía; 
Suriname; Trinidad y Tobago; Uruguay; República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
Brief description  Los objetivos principales de la actividad son fomentar el conocimiento de la propiedad industrial 
y su registro, profundizar en nuev as tendencias en la gestión de las oficinas de propiedad 
industrial, reconocer la importancia de las nuevas competencias que deben asumir las oficinas 
en el área de gestión de la propiedad industrial y crear alianzas estratégicas dirigidas a 
multiplicar la  capacidad de acceso a los servicios. El seminario está dirigido a responsables de 
equipos de gestión de los organismos nacionales públicos o semipúblicos competentes en 
materia de propiedad industrial orientada a empresas y pymes de los países de América Latina.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes latinoamericanas  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/OMPI/AECID  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Videoconferencia - Seminario subregional sobre la observancia de los derechos de 
propiedad intelectual (PI) destinado a los organismos encargados del cumplimiento 
de la ley  
Date and end date  26 de abril de 2019 - 26 de abril de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panamá; República Dominicana  
Brief description  Ponencia impartida por expertos de la OEPM  mediante videoconferencia dentro del ciclo de 
ponencias impartidas en el seminario. La OEPM presentó cuestiones de actualidad en la 
observancia de los derechos de PI en España Participaron alrededor de 80 funcionarios (jueces, 
fiscales, autoridades de adu anas y otros funcionarios) de los países de Centroamérica y 
República Dominicana, quienes durante dos días escucharon las presentaciones sobre distintos 
aspectos de PI y tuvieron la oportunidad de manifestar sus inquietudes, intercambiar opiniones 
y recibi r respuestas a sus cuestionamientos.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  jueces, fiscales, autoridades de aduanas y otros funcionarios de organismos latinoamericanos  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OMPI/ OMA/DIGERPI USPTO/ OEPM  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso internacional sobre temas de actualidad en materia de PI para jueces y fiscales 
en Río de Janeiro (Brasil)  
Date and end date  27 de mayo de 2019 - 19 de mayo de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brasil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; México; Perú  
Brief description  Ponencia impartida por expertos de la OEPM mediante dentro del ciclo de ponencias impartidas 
en el seminario. La OEPM realizó la p resentación de la protección del diseño industrial y participó 
en la mesa redonda sobre la protección y la observancia de la P.I. por la vía jurisdiccional. Las 
experiencias nacionales. El curso pretende proporcionar información actualizada y práctica en e l 
ámbito de las patentes y marcas, a jueces y fiscales de América Latina, incluyendo la 
jurisprudencia dominante en sus respectivos países sobre esta temática, a fin de clarificar y fijar 
criterios de valoración en los litigios.  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  jueces y fiscales de América Latina  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OMPI, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Brasil (MRE), la Escuela de Jueces Federal, la 
Asociación de Jueces Federales en cooperación con el Instituto Na cional de la Propiedad 
Industrial (INPI)  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Seminario Itinerante en el Marco IPKEY : ¿Cómo aumentar el valor de los activos 
comerciales a través de la Propiedad Intelectual?  
Date and end date  1 de marzo de 2019 - 31 de marzo de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Colombia; Perú  
Brief description  Seminario itinerante para PyMEs,  enfocado en los países andinos que enfatizó la difusión de 
mejores prácticas en el uso de los activos de Propiedad Intelectual para el desarrollo de los 
negocios, así como la divulgación de los mecanismos de uso y protección de los derechos de PI 
disponib les. Expertos nacionales e internacionales expusieron, además, datos numéricos que 
demostraron el alcance de la PI en las distintas industrias y el impacto de la identificación y 
protección de los activos de PI en el crecimiento y expansión de las pymes.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  PYMES latinoamericanas  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IP Key América Latina  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Seminario '10 años del PCT en el Perú: Experiencias y retos'  
Date and end date  30 de mayo de 2019 - 31 de mayo de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Perú 
Brief description  Durante el seminario se brindó una mirada panorámica del Tratado y se dio a conocer las 
experiencias de la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM), la Oficina de Patentes y Marcas 
de los Estados Unidos de América (USPTO) y el INDECOPI en el marco del PCT, tanto en la 
presentación de solicitudes internacionales como en s u calidad de administración encargada de 
la búsqueda internacional  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OMPI/ IN DECOPI con apoyo de OEPM y USPTO  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Seminario Internacional por los 10 años de PCT: Patentes e Innovación con Impacto 
Global  
Date and end date  3 de junio de 2019 - 4 de junio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Chile 
Brief description  El evento versó sobre patentes, innovaciones y emprendimientos con foco internacional y la 
jornada estuvo dividida en tres temáticas: Panorá mica del Tratado de Cooperación en materia 
de Patentes y las estrategias de patentamiento (PCT); la experiencia española en el uso del PCT; 
y el uso del PCT como estrategia de internacionalización de tecnologías chilenas. Además, 
durante esta instancia se realizó el lanzamiento de la Guía del Usuario PCT.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI, Empresas, solicitantes de derechos de PI y sociedad en general de 
América Latina.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso de Verano OMPI  
Date and end date  1 de julio de 2019 - 12 de julio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  El objetivo es que los alumnos adquieran conocimientos sobre los distintos ámbitos de la 
Propiedad Industrial e Intelectual (PI), y que comprendan mejor la PI como instrumento de 
desarrollo económico, social, cultural y tecnológico. Los módulos  son impartidos por expertos 
nacionales e internacionales del ámbito de la PI.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  estudiantes universitarios y a jóvenes profesionales  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Academia de la Organización Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), junto con la OEPM y la 
Fundación Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI)  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Taller técnico sobre herramientas y prácticas comunes desarrollado por la Red de 
Propiedad Intelectual de la Unión Europea en San José (Costa Rica)  
Date and end date  8 de julio de 2019 - 12 de julio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Costa Rica; Cuba; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; República Dominicana  
Brief description  Taller técnico sobre herramientas de búsqueda y sobre calidad y herramientas de productividad 
en el sistema de gestión de marcas  y diseños. El formato del taller incluyó espacios dedicados a 
facilitar la extensión de las herramientas desarrolladas, de acuerdo con los intereses específicos 
de cada una de las oficinas de Propiedad Intelectual participantes, mejorando el intercambio d e 
conocimientos y experiencias a través de sesiones con enfoque práctico y técnico y permitió a 
los expertos en IT participantes de las OPIs conocer de forma práctica las herramientas de PI y 
las bases de datos desarrolladas por la EUIPO.  
Beneficiary inst itution or audience  oficinas de Propiedad Intelectual de Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Nicaragua y la República Dominicana  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  EUIPO y IP Key América Latina  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further infor mation   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  PPH Mottainai  
Date and end date  27 de septiembre de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Perú 
Brief description  Nuevo acuerdo mejorado del PPH: procedimiento acelerado de patentes entre Perú y España 
firmado en Ginebra en septiembre 2018 (vigencia 2 años, prorrogables automáticamente)  
Beneficiary institution or audience  INDECOPI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/INDECOPI  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Proyecto EUROCLIMA+  
Date and end date  24 de enero de 2019 - 29 de septiembre de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brasil  
Brief description  Participación de expertos de la OEPM en el ciclo de talleres de Euroclima (Proyecto de la UE), 
para mejorar la gobernanza de Brasil en materia de cambio climático, enfocado a la mejora de 
la gestión de las invenciones verdes. La misión de capac itación por parte de la OEPM se centró 
en el examen de patentes en el sector de las Tecnologías de Mitigación del Cambio Climático a 
30 examinadores del Instituto Nacional Da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) de Brasil  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Oficinas nacionales de PI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/FIIAPP/UE  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Curso sobre Información Tecnológica, redacción de Patentes y aspectos conexos en 
Lima (Perú)  
Date and end date  17 de junio de 2019 - 18 de junio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Perú 
Brief description  Curso que tiene como objetivo fortalecer capacidades en materia de redacción de solicitudes de 
patentes, donde participan alrededor de medio centenar de representantes de instituciones 
públicas y privadas (centros académicos y de investigación) pertenecientes a la Red Nacional de 
Centros de Apoyo a la Tecnología y la Innovación (CATI) , así como colaboradores del área de 
patentes del Indecopi.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  representantes de instituciones públicas y privadas (centros académicos y de investigación)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/INDECOPI/OMPI  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  IV Foro de empresas sobre propiedad industrial e internacionalización. El sistema 
internacional de propiedad industrial.  
Date and end date  19 de junio de 2019 - 21 de junio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Perú 
Brief description  Foro que reúne a emprendedores y a las instituciones público/privadas junto a Organismos 
Internacionales y Nacionales de Administración de la PI, en la búsqueda de fomentar el uso de 
la PI para la generación de riqueza y crear el diálogo sobre un sistema de PI ideal para el 
desarrollo de negocios con el fin de conseguir la concienciación de las empresas sobre la 
necesidad de incorporar sus tí tulos de propiedad industrial como parte de sus activos 
empresariales.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  emprendedores y a las instituciones público/privadas junto a Organismos Internacionales y 
Nacionales de Administración de la PI  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/INDECOPI/OMPI/IPKey América Latina  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Taller sobre Artesanía, Moda y Diseño Propiedad Industrial en La Habana y Santa Clara 
(Cuba)  
Date and end date  9 de julio de 2019 - 10 de julio de 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Cuba 
Brief description  Seminario organizado bajo el marco de la Cátedra Fernández Novoa (EOI ) en colaboración con 
la OEPM y la Oficina Cubana de Propiedad Industrial (OCPI) en el que se ha destacado la 
importancia de la Protección de la Innovación para el éxito empresarial  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Pymes locales  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  OEPM/EOI/OCPI  
Outputs or impact   
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2.5  Portugal  
Contributions of the Portuguese Office of Industrial Property in favour of the Developed and least Developed countries in the  scope of the of the Article 67 of the 
TRIPs Agreement (Cooperation Activities)  
Name of programme or project  Meeting of the IP Ibero -American Programme for the promotion of the Development 
(IBEPI)  
Date and end date  24 September 2018 - 24 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Angola; Argentina; Plurinational State of Bolivia; Brazil; Cabo Verde; Ch ile; Colombia; Costa 
Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Guinea -Bissau; Honduras; 
Mexico; Mozambique; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Portugal; Sao Tomé and Principe; 
Spain; Timor -Leste; Uruguay; Bolivarian Republic of Venez uela 
Brief description  Meeting of the IP Ibero -American Programme for the promotion of the IP Development (IBEPI) 
with the purpose to discuss the future cooperation among the IBEPI countries  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Staff from the IP Offices o f Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, 
México, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Ibero -American Programme for the promotion of the IP Development (IBEPI)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Bilateral meeting with "Instituto Nacional de la Defensa de la Competencia y de la 
Propiedad Industrial (INDECOPI) from Peru  
Date and end date  25 September 2018 - 25 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Peru 
Brief description  Bilateral meeting with the "Instituto Nacional de la Defensa de la Competencia y de la Propiedad 
Industrial" (INDECOPI) from Peru with the aim to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and to 
reinforce the existing bilateral cooperation between INPI and INDECO PI 
Beneficiary institution or audience  "Instituto Nacional de la Defensa de la Competencia y de la Propiedad Industrial " (INDECOPI) 
from Peru  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property - INPI (PT)  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Training Session in the area of Patents to a representative of the National Service of 
Intellectual Property from São Tomé & Principe (SENAPIQ - STP)  
Date and end date  22 October 2018 - 23 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Sao Tomé and Principe  
Brief description  Training Session in the area of Patents directed to a representative of the National Service of 
Intellectual Property from São Tomé & Principe (SENAPIQ - STP) 
Beneficiary institution or audience  National Service of Intellectual Property from São Tomé & Principe (SENAPIQ - STP) 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property - INPI (PT)  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
2.6  Germany  
Report under TRIPS Article 67 from Germany for the period of 1 July 2018 to 1 July 2019.  
Name of programme or project  Local production of essential pharmaceuticals in selected African countries (Phase VI)  
Date and end date  1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  UNIDO assists the Commission of the African Union and selected African countries in the 
production of essential pharmaceuticals according to national and international standards. The 
project includes the control of the application of such  standards and of Intellectual Property 
rights in the pharmaceutical sector. It also includes the support of graduate courses in Tanzania, 
and an International workshop on finance and Business -to-Business opportunities for the 
producing companies from Afri ca in Bonn, Germany, held on 1 -2 March 2018.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNIDO  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  African Continental Free trade Area (AfCFTA) Support Programme  to eliminate non -
tariff barriers, increase regulatory transparency and promote industrial diversification  
Date and end date  1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  The projects seeks to contribute to the key objectives of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in 
Goods.  1. To support the implementation of AfCFTA Annexes on Non -Tariff Barriers, SPS 
measures and TBT, the project aims to increase the capacity of African policy makers with 
respect to t he reduction of Non -tariff barriers, regulatory transparency and collaboration. It shall 
bridge the existing gap between capacities across African Regional Economic Communities. It 
puts in place required mechanisms and tools and supports the building of in stitutional 
infrastructure at the national level where needed.  2. To support economic diversification, 
regional value chain integration and upgrading of industrial capacity, the project aims to build 
capacity on intellectual property policies, licensing an d technology transfer  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNCTAD  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Creating Prospects for the Private Sector in Developing countries in Implementing the 
TRIPs Agreement  
Date and end date  1 January 2014 - 31 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  The objective of the project is to create prospects for the local private sector in developing 
countries in the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, in the areas of public health, access 
to medicines and local production, with a view to  supporting them in the implementation of 
Sustainable Development Goal 3, and in particular target 3b. More specifically by methods of 
training and consultancy for national authorities, the project aims at promoting efficient domestic 
policy frameworks (in cluding laws and regulations) that are conducive to the establishment of 
competitive economic activities with special regard to industrial and private sector development, 
and with due regard to the role of appropriate Intellectual Property policies.  
Benef iciary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNCTAD  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  7 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  Visit of Argentinian Judges in course of a study visit, organized by the AIEJ (Academia de 
Intercambio y Estudios Judiciales), 33 people  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Expert conference on trademark law and patent law in Belarus and Germany  
Date and end date  9 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  Expert Conference on trademark law and patent law in Belarus and Germany  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Belarus Partner:  National Centre of Intellectual Property  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ (German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Expert Conference on copyright law and collecting societies in Belarus and Germany  
Date and end date  15 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Belarus  
Brief description  Expert Conference on copyright law and collecting societies in Belarus and Germany  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  Belarus Partner:  National Center of Intellectual Property  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ (German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation)  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Questionnaire 25 June 2019  
Date and end date  25 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Brazil  
Brief description  Technical questions, fees, IT  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  INPI 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Study visit Berlin  
Date and end date  5 July 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Study visit of a delegation from the Hunan Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), 16 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  HIPO 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit of IP experts DPMA Munich  
Date and end date  11 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Presentation: Duties and organisation of the DPMA, seven persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Hubei Intellectual Property Bureau  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Heads meeting DPMA Munich  
Date and end date  21 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Heads meeting with the Commissioner of the CNIPA and delegation.  Latest developments at 
the two offices (new structure of the CNIPA), bilateral cooperation (patent examiner exchange), 
further cooperation (2019 Utility Model Symposium), seven persons  
Benef iciary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Inauguration of the new building of the Consulate General  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Participation in the celebration  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Consulate -General of the People's Republic of China in Munich  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
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Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  26 September 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of Chief Justice and President of The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of 
China, Mr. ZHOU Qiang and SPC -Representatives in course of a study visit organized by the 
GIZ. 9 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China and SPC -Representatives  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Study visit DPMA  
Date and end date  12 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Study visit of a delegation from the China National Intellectual Property Administration of the 
P.R. of China, 25 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Study visit DPMA  
Date and end date  23 October 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Delegation of judges from Shanghai, 20 persons  
Beneficiary  institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA and DCM Training gem. GmbH  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  3 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of a delegation of The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China in course 
of "IP Key China – Mission to the EU for Judicial Exchanges".  9 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme  or project  Symposium on utility model protection  
Date and end date  26 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  The IP authorities of Germany and China celebrated 40 years of cooperation with a joint 
symposium on utility model protection  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Heads meeting DPMA  
Date and end date  27 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Heads meeting with Deputy Commissioner He Hua of the CNIPA and delegation; Discussions 
on:  Latest developments at the two offices (structure of the CNIPA, figures); bilateral 
cooperation (patent examiner exchange, quality management); further cooperation (MoU, 
trademarks).  Six persons.  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
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Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  27 March 2019 
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of the Deputy Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration of 
the People's Republic of China, Mr He Hua and his delegation.  10 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  27 May 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of a delegation of The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China in course 
of "IP Key China – Patent Trials Mission to the EU".  10 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Visit of a representative from the China National Intellectual Property Administration 
(CNIPA).  
Date and end date  3 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  Meeting with Vice -President Deffaa, discussions on further cooperation between the two offices  
Beneficiary institution or audience  , CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA and Goethe Institute  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  4 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of Mrs. Wang Wei, Consultant and Contact Person of the Main Department for International 
Affairs of the CNIPA, by invitation of the Federal Foreign Office.  2 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Pat ent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Study visit  
Date and end date  24 June 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Study visit of a delegation from the National Judges College, The Supreme People's Court of the 
People's Republic of China, six persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA and GIZ  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  24 June 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Visit of a delegation of the National Judges College, The Supreme People's Court of the People's 
Republic of China, in course of a study visit organized by the GIZ.  7 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Study visit  
Date and end date  1 July 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  China  
Brief description  Study visit of a delegation from the China National Intellectual Property Administration of the 
P.R. of China. 25 persons.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  CNIPA  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further  information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  IRZ Twinning Project  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Egypt  
Brief description  Support of the project, proposal of a suitable speaker  
Beneficiary institution or audience  EGYPO  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ, DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Visit of experts from KIPO  
Date and end date 28 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)   
Brief description  Exchange of experience in patent examination of chemistry -related topics, five persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience  KIPO 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
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Name of programme or project  Patent Examiner Exchange Programme  
Date and end date  1 March 2019 - 31 July 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Republic of Korea  
Brief description  Preparations for continuation of the programme, selection of IPC classes, organisational details  
Beneficiary institution or audience  KIPO 
Technical cooperation provider(s)  DPMA  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Study trip on "Protection of geographical information and origin names for agricultural 
products and food"  
Date and end date  5 November 2018 - 9 November 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Russian Federation  
Brief description  Expert discussions with representatives of  - Patent attorneys  - German Patent and Trademark 
Office (DPMA)  - Institute of food economy and markets (IEM)  - Bavarian region institutio n for 
agriculture  - Federal Patent Court  - District court Munich Audience: Representatives in the 
field of intellectual property at different institutions and bodies  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ (German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation) and German Federal Foreign Office  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  German -Russian seminar on "East -West: Partnership of court surveyors. 
Improvement of judicial and surveyor activity as a factor of ensuring protection of 
intellectual property"  
Date and end date  18 April 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Russian Federation  
Brief description  Participation of German expert at the seminar Audience: Patent attorneys and court surveyors  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ (German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation) and German Federal  Foreign Office  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Informative visit of a delegation of the Tunisian Competition Council ("Conseil de la 
Concurence") on:  "Practical aspects of patent litigation, intellectual property 
protection and antitrust procedures in Germany"  
Date and end date  3 December  2018 - 6 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Tunisia  
Brief description  Meetings and expert discussions at the following authorities/institutions:  - Bavarian 
Competition Authority and the Bavarian Regulatory Authority (part of the Bavarian Ministry of 
Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology)  - Higher Regional Court Munich  - 
Federal Patent Court  - Regional Court Munich I  10 participants from Tunisia:  Vice President 
and members of the Tunisian Competition Council  ("Conseil de la Concurence")  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  IRZ (German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation) and Federal Ministry of Justice and 
Consumer Protection  
Outputs or impact   
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Name of programme or project  Visit Federal Patent Court  
Date and end date  5 December 2018  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Tunisia  
Brief description  Visit of a delegation of the Tunisian Patent Office in course of a study visit organized by the 
IRZ. 12 persons  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Federal Patent Court  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further informati on  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  19th International Conference on Competition  
Date and end date  13 March 2019 - 15 March 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Tunisia  
Brief description  Topic: Actual Challenges in Competition Law Panel discussions on:  I. Global market power  II. 
Abuse Control  III. Consumers, privacy and competition  IV. Private Enforcement and 
Leniency  More than 350 participants (representatives of competition authorities) from about 
70 countries Participants from Tunisia:  President and Vice President of the Tunisian Competition 
Council ("Conseil de la Concurence")  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Bundeskartellamt  (German Federal Cartel Office), IRZ (German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation) and Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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2.7  Sweden  
Name of programme or project  International training program (ITP) Intellectual property and Least developed 
countries: Intellectual Property for Least Developed Countries  
Date and end date  20 February 2019 - 23 August 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observ er(s)  Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Ethiopia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malawi; 
Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia  
Brief description  International Training Course to enhance the participants' understanding of intellectual property 
rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, thus 
increasing the participating countries' ability to handle, addres s, and deal with IP issues at the 
national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to 
build consensus and promote international cooperation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  27 Policy makers and their advi sers as well as persons at a senior decision -making level from 
the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector who are or 
who will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property rights.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (LDC -division) financed 
by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point f or further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  International training program (ITP) Intellectual property and Least developed 
countries: Intellectual Property Rights for the Least Developed Countries; National 
Technological Capacity Building.  
Date and end date  28 April 2019 - 20 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Ethiopia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malawi; 
Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia  
Brief  description  International Training Course to enhance the participants' understanding of intellectual property 
rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, thus 
increasing the participating countries' ability to h andle, address, and deal with IP issues at the 
national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to 
build consensus and promote international cooperation.  
Beneficiary  institution or audience  27 Policy makers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decision -making level from 
the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector who are or 
who will be involved in issues concerning i ntellectual property rights.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (LDC -division) financed 
by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  International training program (ITP) Intellectual property and Least developed 
countries: Intellectual Property for Least Developed Countries; Copyright  for 
Development.  
Date and end date  17 November 2019 - 19 June 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Ethiopia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malawi; 
Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia  
Brief description  International Training Course to enhance the participants' understanding of intellectual property 
rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, thus 
increasing the participating countries'  ability to handle, address, and deal with IP issues at the 
national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to 
build consensus and promote international cooperation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  27 Policy makers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decision -making level from 
the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector who are or 
who will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property rights.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (LDC -division) financed 
by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  International training program (ITP) Intellectual property and genetic resources -in 
support of innovation.  
Date and end date  17 March 2019 - 6 December 2019  
Beneficiary Member(s) or Ob server(s)  Bangladesh; Cambodia; Indonesia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; 
Uganda; Zambia  
Brief description  International Training Course to enhance the participants' understanding of intellectual property 
rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth,  trade, and development, but 
also in relation to international/national implementation of Conventions on biodiversity relevant 
for agriculture (CBD and FAO Plant treaty). The program has a specific focus on s upporting 
agricultural innovation. This increases the participating countries' ability to handle, address, and 
deal with the complex policy interaction between IP, agricultural innovation, and biodiversity, in 
a national framework, practical issues at the national, subregional, and regional levels as well 
as in the international context, with a view to build consensus and promote international 
cooperation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  27 Policymakers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior  decision -making level from the 
government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector in particular 
farmers, who are or will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (Traditional knowledge 
division) financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Also 
involving Swedish partners SIANI, We effect and SLU (Swedish University for Agricultur al 
Sciences).  
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Intellectual Property Capacity Development at icddr,b.  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or Observer(s)  Bangladesh  
Brief description  Capacity development for both researchers and management of the research institution co -
operating with Sida FORSK, in the form of a training in the fundamental aspects of IP.   Also 
supporting the Creation of an IP -policy for icddr,b.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Icddr,b with 165 participants.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV)  
Outputs or impact   
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This year's report of technical cooperation activities conducted by Sweden shows the continued commitment under Article 67 TR IPS. The international training 
programs carried out throughout the year Sweden proves that it takes the obligations under Article 67 TRIPS seriously.  
  
The international training programs aim to enhance the participant's' understanding of intellectual property rights with a st rong emphasis on its contribution to 
economic growth, trade and development. This in turn incre ases participating countries' ability to handle, address and deal with issues related to intellectual 
property at the national, subregional and regional levels as well in the international context.  
 
 
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