IP/C/R/TC/UNCTAD/4  
29 septembre  2023 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété  
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE : RENSEIGNEMENTS  FOURNIS  
PAR D'AUTRES ORGANISATIONS  INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES  
CONFÉRENCE DES NATIONS  UNIES SUR LE COMMERCE ET LE DÉVELOPPEMENT (CNUCED)  
À sa réunion des 14 -15 juin 2023, le Conseil des ADPIC est convenu d'inviter les organisations 
intergouvernementales ayant le statut d'observateur au Conseil à actualiser les renseignements 
concernant leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en rapport avec la mise en 
œuvre de l'Accord sur  les ADPIC.  
 
Le présent document reproduit les renseignements que la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le 
commerce et le développement (CNUCED) a fournis dans une communication datée du 
17 septembre  2023. 
 
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1  INTRODUCTION  
1.  Conformément à son mandat dans le cadre du Pacte de Bridgetown (2021) et en tenant compte 
des initiatives internationales et régionales, comme celles de l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété 
intellectuelle (OMPI), de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé ( OMS) et de l'Union africaine,  le 
Secrétariat de la CNUCED met en œuvre un programme de travail visant à faire progresser la 
dimension développement des droits de propriété intellectuelle (DPI) en lien avec les secteurs 
économiques essentiels . Le programme de travail est mis en œuvre par l'intermédiaire de son Unité 
de la propriété intellectuelle, rattachée à la Division de l'investissement et des entreprises.  
2.  La CNUCED s'attache à améliorer la participation effective des pays en développement à 
l'élaboratio n des normes internationales en matière de propriété intellectuelle, à améliorer les 
politiques nationales en matière de propriété intellectuelle et à développer la coopération régionale 
en matière de DPI . Elle œuvre aussi à renforcer la cohérence entre le s politiques de propriété 
intellectuelle, d'investissement et commerciales pour atteindre les Objectifs de développement 
durable, faire face aux changements induits par les technologies de pointe et renforcer les capacités 
de production dans les secteurs v itaux des économies des pays en développement, la priorité étant 
donnée aux secteurs biopharmaceutique et des vaccins . Le programme de travail est financé en 
partie par des gouvernements donateurs et des institutions . Actuellement, le programme de travail 
porte sur l'assistance technique et le renforcement des capacités dans des domaines concernant : 1) 
la production locale de produits pharmaceutiques et de vaccins, notamment dans le contexte de la 
COVID -19 et de la résistance aux agents antimicrobiens ; et 2) les politiques régionales et nationales 
en matière de propriété intellectuelle . 
 
 
 
   
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ANNEXE1 
Name of programme or project  Global event on enhancing the sustainability of investment for vaccine manufacturing in Africa  
Date and end date  27 June 2023 - 29 June 2023  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; 
Comoros; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eswatini; 
Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea -Bissau; Kenya; Le sotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; 
Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; 
Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Ugan da; Zambia; 
Zimbabwe  
Brief description  UNCTAD, the African Vaccine Manufacturers Initiative (AVMI) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention 
(Africa CDC) co -convened the event, with the financial support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Intern ationale 
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). 147 
industry representatives from Africa and the rest of the world, technology and finance providers and development 
partners came together t o exchange views on how to make vaccine manufacturing initiative in Africa sustainable; to 
match and create synergies between their respective offers and demands; and identify appropriate business models to 
move the Partnership for African Vaccine Manufact uring (PAVM) forward.  
Beneficiary institution or audience  Representatives of vaccine industry and other investors interested in investing for vaccine manufacturing in Africa, 
international finance providers, technology facilitators, regional organization s, and development partners.  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNCTAD and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)  
Outputs or impact  The Global event demonstrated various innovative and diverse initiatives of the industry and develo pment partners for 
the realization of the Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM). An industry statement was adopted at the 
end of the meeting. To seizure the opportunities, the event demonstrated the need to translate plans into action; to 
address market shaping mechanisms to ensure sustainability; accelerate the rolling out of investment finance and 
programmes for skills development; and increase the opportunity for business -to-business interactions.  
Website for further information  https://unctad.org/meeting/global -event -enhancing -sustainability -investment -vaccine -manufacturing -africa   
Contact point for further information  Ermias Biadgleng, Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD. ermias.biadgleng@un.org   
 
 
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Name of programme or project  Regional policy framework for the promotion of antibiotics production and supply in the East African 
Community  
Date and end date  29 November 2022 - 30 November 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Burundi; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda  
Brief description  UNCTAD in collaboration with the EAC  Secretariat organized a regional experts' workshop on the development of draft 
regional policy framework for the promotion of antibiotics production and supply in the East African Community (EAC). 
The main objectives of the regional workshop were (1) for regional experts to provide input for a policy framework on 
promotion of production and supply of antibiotics with key stakeholders and (2) enhancing regional cooperation for 
information exchange and pooled procurement of antibiotics.  
Beneficiary institu tion or audience  The participants included representatives of EAC partner states from the Ministry responsible for Industrialization (Focal 
person for Pharmaceuticals); Ministry of Health (Focal person responsible for pharmaceutical production policy); Nat ional 
Medicines Procurement Agency; National Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association and development Partners (ReAct 
Africa - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, GARDP Africa - Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, United 
Nations Economic Co mmission for Africa and World Health Organization)  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNCTAD  
Outputs or impact  The regional experts adopted two instruments: (1) Draft Policy Framework on Production and Supply of Antibiotics; and 
(2) Regional cooperation m echanism for information exchange on supply of antibiotics. The two instruments were 
adopted by the 38th Extra Ordinary Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance, and Investment (SCITIFI) on 1st April 
2023 (EAC/ExSCTIFI 38/Decision 5 and EAC/ExSCTIFI 38 /Decision 6). Following the adoption of the regional 
instruments, UNCTAD organized a series of capacity building and national consultation workshops in collaboration with 
EAC Secretariat in Rwanda (16 -17 May 2023), Burundi (18 -19 May 2023), Tanzania (22 -23 May 2023), Uganda (19 -21 
July 2023), South Sudan (24 July 2023) and Kenya (25 -27 July 2023).  
Website for further information  https://www.eac.int/news -and-media/calendar -of-events/event/1093 -regional -experts%E2%80%99 -workshop -on-
the-development -of-draft-regional -policy -framew ork-for-the-promotion -of-antibiotics -production -and-supply -in-the-
eac  
Contact point for further information  Ermias Biadgleng , Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD. Ermias.biadgleng@un.org   
   
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Name of programme or project  Training and technical advice on regional cooperation on intellectual property rights  
Date and end date  1 August 2022 - 30 November 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; 
Comoros; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eswatini; 
Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea -Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; 
Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; 
Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; 
Zimbabwe  
Brief descrip tion UNCTAD provided advisory services on the best means to advance regional cooperation on IP rights in the context of 
the negotiation for Intellectual Property Protocol under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  
Beneficiary institution or audience  The AfCFTA Secretariat and negotiators of the Intellectual Property Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNCTAD  
Outputs or impact  AfCFTA has adopted its regional Intellectual Property Protocol du ring the 4th Meeting of the Committee on Intellectual 
Property Rights (IPR). UNCTAD's input supported the elaboration of cooperation mechanism, policy coherence between 
IP rights and other policy domains, with a focus on the promotion of pharmaceutical sec tor development and the interface 
between IP and regional trade.  
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information  Ermias Biadgleng , Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD. Ermias.biadgleng@un.org   
 
 
 
 
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