IP/C/R/TC/UNCTAD/4  
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓN FACILITADA  
POR OTRAS ORGANIZACIONES INTERGUBERNAMENTALES  
CONFERENCIA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS SOBRE COMERCIO Y DESARROLLO (UNCTAD)  
En la reunión celebrada el 14 y 15 de junio de 2023, el Consejo de los ADPIC acordó invitar a las 
organizaciones intergubernamentales acreditadas como observadoras ante el Consejo a que 
actualizaran la información sobre sus programas de cooperación técnica y financiera relacionados 
con la aplicación del Acuerdo  sobre los ADPIC.  
En el presente documento se reproduce la información recibida de la Conferencia de las 
Naciones  Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD) en una comunicación de fecha 17 de 
septiembre de 2023. 
 
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INTRODUCCIÓN  
1.  La secretar ía de la UNCTAD, de conformidad con su mandato establecido en el marco de 
Bridgetown Covenant (2021) y t eniendo en cuenta las iniciativas internacionales y regionales, como 
las de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) , de la Organización Mundial de la 
Salud (OMS)  y de la Unión Africana, lleva a cabo un programa de trabajo para promover la dimensión 
de desarrollo de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, ya que se refieren a sectores económicos 
clave. El programa de trab ajo lo lleva a cabo  su Dependencia de Propiedad Intelectual, adscrita a la 
División de Inversiones y Empresas.  
2.  La UNCTAD se centra en mejorar la participación efectiva de los países en desarrollo en la 
elaboración de normas internacionales sobre propiedad intelectual, mejorar las políticas nacionales 
de propiedad intelectual y promover la cooperación regional en materia de derechos de propiedad 
intelectual . Asimismo, trabaja para reforzar la coherencia entre las políticas de propiedad intelectual,  
de inversión y comerciales a fin de alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, abordar los 
cambios que traen consigo las tecnologías de frontera y reforzar la capacidad productiva en sectores 
vitales de las economías de los países en desarrollo, dan do prioridad a los sectores biofarmacéutico 
y de vacunas . El programa de trabajo está financiado en parte por Gobiernos e instituciones 
donantes . Actualmente, el programa de trabajo se centra en la asistencia técnica y la creación de 
capacidad en ámbitos r elacionados con 1)  la producción local de productos farmacéuticos y vacunas, 
en particular en el marco de la COVID -19 y de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM)  y 2) las 
políticas regionales y nacionales sobre propiedad intelectual.  
   
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ANEXO1 
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; 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 description  UNCTAD, the African V accine 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 Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German Federal Min istry 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 to exchange views on how to make vaccine manufacturing initiat ive 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 Manufacturing (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 organizations, 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 development partners for 
the realization of the Partnership for Afr ican 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; acc elerate 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 Com munity (EAC). 
The main objective s 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) enhanc ing regional cooperation for 
informati on exchange and pooled procurement of antibiotics.   
Beneficiary institution or audience  The participants included representatives of EAC partner states from the Ministry responsible for Industrialization (Focal 
person for Pharmaceuticals); Ministry of Hea lth (Focal person responsible for pharmaceutical production policy); National 
Medicines Procurement Agency; National Pharmaceutical Manufacturers ' Association and development Partners (ReAct 
Africa - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, GARDP Africa - Global Ant ibiotic Research and Development Partnership, United 
Nations Economic Commission 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 mechanism 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 (SC ITIFI) 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 Secretari at 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 -framework -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 pro perty 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 description  UNCTAD provided advisory services on the best means to advance regio nal 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 Prope rty Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area  
Technical cooperation provider(s)  UNCTAD  
Outputs or impact  AfCFTA has adopted its regional Intellectual Property Protocol during 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 sector 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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