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IP/C/W/582/Add.7 
2 November 2012 
 (12-6029) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Addendum 
   The present document reproduces the inform ation which has been received from the 
delegation of the European Union by means of  communications dated 2 and 10 October 2012. 
 
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  This document complements the information on the implementation of Article 67 of the 
TRIPS Agreement, as provided in document IP/C/W/560/Add.7 of 23 February 2012. 
  It concerns the technical cooperation ac tivities carried out between July 2011 and 
August 2012 by the European Union and individual member States in favour of developing and least developed country Members, with the objective to facilitate the implementation of 
the TRIPS Agreement. 
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
EUROPEAN UNION ................................................................................................................ .............. 3 
AUSTRIA ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 18 
BULGARIA ...................................................................................................................... ..................... 19 
CZECH REPUBLIC ................................................................................................................ .............. 20 
FINLAND ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 21 
FRANCE ........................................................................................................................ ........................ 22 
GERMANY ....................................................................................................................... .................... 39 
HUNGARY ....................................................................................................................... .................... 49 
LITHUANIA...................................................................................................................... .................... 51 
NETHERLANDS ................................................................................................................... ............... 52 
SLOVENIA ...................................................................................................................... ..................... 54 
SPAIN……… ...................................................................................................................... .................. 55 
SWEDEN……… ..................................................................................................................... .............. 56 
UNITED KINGDOM ................................................................................................................ ............ 59 
  
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MTS Facility 
 
The ACP MTS Programme is an EU financed programme that gives a response to the need  to actively involve ACP countries in the mu ltilateral trading system, 
enhance their national development and suppor t their international integration.  Specifically it aims at:  (i) assisting ACP co untries in reforming and adjusting to 
the multilateral trading system, (ii) improving their capacity to negotiate and implement multila teral trade agreements, (iii) helping ACP countries integrate trade 
into the development process, and (iv) facilita ting accession of ACP member countries to the WTO. 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event Organizing agency Description 
OECS Workshop on the negotiations in the 
TRIPS council on the geographical 
indications (GIs) Register, GI Extension 
and TRIPS-CBD relationship:  Developing an OECS Position 
June 2011-October 2011 MTS Specific objectives: 
- To develop an OECS Position in the negotiations at the TRIPS 
Council on GI Register, GI Extension and the relationship between 
TRIPS and CBD (Convention on Biodiversity). 
Pacific Establishment of health and safety 
standards for the production and GI protection on KAVA-based products 
November 2011-April 2012 MTS Specific objectives: 
- To establish scientific evidence to ensure that quality and safety 
standards of KAVA are met in order to comply with SPS requirements, and to encourage th e countries of the region to 
establish a system of traceable origins.   
Trinidad and Tobago Training programme to enhance the 
negotiating capacity of the international trade professionals (ITPs) 
November 2011-July 2012  MTS Specific objectives: 
- To enhance the negotiating Capacity of the International Trade 
Professionals (ITPs) in Trinidad and Tobago. 
- To implement WTO Agreements including TRIPS. 
Cameroon Capacity building to private sector 
on TRIPS 
May 2012-September 2012  MTS Specific objectives: 
- To strengthen the understanding and use of the regulatory 
provisions relating to intellectual property (IP), notably the 
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspe cts of Intellectual Property 
Rights (TRIPS).  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Organizing agency Description 
Lesotho Intellectual Property Needs Assessments 
Project on Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement 
May 2012-July 2012 MTS Specific objectives: 
To develop the needs assessment that will be transmitted to the 
Council for TRIPS in the WTO.  Needs assessment covered the following thematic areas: 
 National Development Context. 
 IP Policy and Legal Framework. 
 National and Institutional IP policies. 
 Reform of existing Legal Framework. 
 New forms of IP under TRIPS. 
 TRIPS flexibilities, safeguards, exceptions. 
 Enforcement and regulation of IPR regime. 
All ACP countries Capacity building course for young 
lawyers from ACP countries on WTO Dispute Settlement System including TRIPS 
June-August 2012 MTS Specific objectives: 
- To enhance the capacity governm ent officials on the dispute 
settlement process in the WTO.  The Training covered all Agreements including Agreement on TRIPS. 
Kenya  National Seminar on the WTO and the 
Doha Negotiations 
June 2012 MTS Specific objectives: 
- Trade Policy formulation and implementation on the 
WTO Agreements including TRIPS. 
Benin  Regional workshop on notifications 
September 2012 MTS Specific objectives: 
- Notifications to the WTO including those relating to the 
Agreement on TRIPS. 
 
  
  
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Beneficiary 
country Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Morocco Building the OMPIC's intervention 
capabilities for the promotion and protection of industrial and commercial 
property rights.  Mo roccan Industrial and 
Commercial Property Office (OMPIC).   
(Twinning programme) 
Project duration:  11 May 2011 to 
11 November 2012  Institutional twinning 
between Morocco, France (team leader) and Portugal 
(associated partner) Help improve the patent legislation, cooperation with international 
bodies, the comparison of the legal framework, the fight against counterfeiting and piracy, the enhancement of information and 
intelligence systems, and citizens' awareness of the importance of 
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the economic growth of the country. 
Morocco Investment and export support programme  
(Budget support programme) Project duration:  2009-2013  European Commission  Four components:  supporting enterprise financing and 
competitiveness, supporting quality infrastructure, supporting the business environment (competition, consumer protection) and 
supporting Moroccan exports. 
Morocco Institutional twinning:  'Support to the 
National Research System in Morocco for its integration into the European 
Research Area' 
(Twinning programme) Project duration:  March 2011 to 
February 2013  Institutional twinning 
between Morocco, France and Spain Areas covered by the project:   
 Governance of the National Research System (SNR). 
 Status of the profession of researcher. 
 Harmonization of financial procedures among research 
structures. 
 Mobility of researchers within the ERA. 
 Bringing the legislative and regulatory framework closer to 
the EU acquis and standards. 
 Building the Research Department's organizational capacity. 
 Development of a research information and communication 
system. 
 Bringing the management methodology and the mechanisms for 
the programming, promotion and validation of STR closer to community practices.  
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country Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Lebanon TAIEX-funded seminar:  "Southern 
Mediterranean Countries on Fighting against Piracy and Counterfeiting". 
Took place in Brussels on 
20-21 February 2012  TAIEX  is the Technical 
Assistance and Information Exchange instrument managed by the Directorate-
General Enlargement of the 
European Commission TAIEX funds provided for the participation of Ms Fayed Sinno, 
Manager of the Brand Group Protection Lebanon, in this seminar. 
Algeria SME Support Programme (Phase II) 
Project duration:  2008-2013  European Commission This project includes activities to provide support to the National 
Intellectual Property Institute of  Algeria (INAPI),  and these are 
currently being implemented under the centre of expertise in "Quality".  The objective is to bring the INAPI up to the required 
structural level through the introduction of a performance monitoring 
system, the electronic data mana gement (EDM) system and the 
quality management system. 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies)/region Title and date of the project Description 
Lebanon Project:  Innovation Vo ucher System for Lebanon 
Duration :  12 February 2012 to 11 February 2013 
Amount :  €200,000 The Centre for Innovation and Technology at  the Industrial Research Institute of 
Lebanon has received a grant of €200 000 from the European Union for the implementation of this initiative.  It acts as a coordination body between the research 
institutions and the demands of local industry. 
Objective :  It aims at supporting socio-economic development and economic 
growth in Lebanon and reinforcing the competitiveness of the Lebanese private 
sector.  More specifically the project promotes technological innovation in 
products and services of the manufacturing industry.  The "Innovation Voucher Project" grants up to €10 000 to at least 20 Lebanese small and medium enterprises 
to apply research and innovation in their products and services. 
This voucher system is mainly designed to encourage SMEs that lack the resources 
or experience to work with research and innovation centres, and to engage 
researchers help small industries face compe titiveness challenges.  It also aims at 
encouraging SMEs to create new products, processes, services or even enhanced 
business models.  The system helps alleviate the financial cost of research and 
development for the small and medium-sized enterprises, through a simple 
application procedure. 
In line with Objective 1:  promote sustainable partnerships aiming to encourage 
technology transfers (direct investments , licencing contracts, franchising, 
outsourcing, etc.)   
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Beneficiary country Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Armenia Strengthening the Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights in the 
Republic of Armenia, 
AM11/ENP-PCA/TR/11 (Twinning) 
Yerevan, January 2012 to December 2013  Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office (Denmark) The specific objectives of the project are to:  (a) improve 
administrative capacity - streng thening the IPR agency and 
enforcement bodies;  (b) provide awareness and training to IPR 
enforcement institutions;  (c) follow up assistance for the harmonization of domestic legislation and the development of 
methodological support materials to introduce the best practices in the 
field of IPR as an evolving system. 
Armenia Study visit for the Operational Working 
Group of the IP agency 
Athens, 23-26 April 2012  Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office (Denmark) with European Public Law 
Organization (Greece) The main objective of the study tour was to provide the participants 
with input on how IP infrastructur e is operated in Greece.  Special 
focus was devoted to systems and modes of operation supporting the 
coordination between in stitutions in Greece. 
Armenia Seminar Training for judges, prosecutors 
and selected legal experts 
Yerevan, 12-15 June 2012  Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office (Denmark) The purpose of trainings was to deepen the knowledge of judges and 
prosecutors on IP enforcement and to raise their awareness on IP 
protection.  The main topics of the training were the international legal frameworks on IP enforcement, how to  calculate damages and fines on 
IP infringements, how IP crimes supported organized crime and the 
impact of IP crimes on the economy and the consumers all this through a number of case studies. 
Armenia Lecture on IPR in  French University of 
Armenia 
Yerevan, 19 October 2011  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) Topics discussed:  (i) IPR reform in the Republic of Armenia, 
(ii) Copyright and Related Rights system in Armenia. 
Armenia Seminar on Protection of Software in 
cooperation with Karakhanyan Law Firm 
Yerevan, 19-21 October 2011  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) Topics discussed:  (i) Software Protec tion, (ii) Copyrigh t, (iii) Patents. 
Armenia Lecture on Counterfeiting and Piracy in 
French University of Armenia 
Yerevan, 7 December 2011  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia (managed by UNDP) Lecture on Counterfeiting and Piracy. 
Armenia Lecture on IPR at the Police Academy 
Yerevan, 24 January 2012  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia (managed by UNDP) Topics discussed:  Trademark Protection, Patent and Utility models, 
Copyright/Related rights, Counte rfeiting and Piracy, IPR reforms 
in Armenia.  
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Armenia Workshop on IPR with Judges 
in cooperation with BSA Office in Armenia (with participation 
of Miha Trumpush, Slovenian experience) 
Yerevan, 23-24 February 2012  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia (managed by UNDP) Topics discussed:  (i) international experience:  copyright protection, 
(ii) the growing importa nce of IPR in the global economy and the risks 
of counterfeiting and piracy. 
Armenia Two Lectures on IPR for Prosecutors and 
Prosecutors Candidates 
Yerevan, 3 April and 23 May 2012 EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia (managed by UNDP) Topics:  IPR reforms, trademark, patents, utility models, copyright and 
related rights. 
Armenia Lecture in Slavonic University 
Yerevan, 27 April 2012  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) Topics:  Registration and maintenance of patents, utility models and 
industrial design. 
Armenia Seminar on Trademark Protection 
Yerevan, 27 April 2012  EU Advisory Group to 
the Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) in 
collaboration with Trademark Association Topic:  EU tr ademark system. 
Armenia Lecture on Copyright at Yerevan State 
Linguistic University after V. Bryusov 
Yerevan, 17 May 2012  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) Topic:  Copyright protection. 
Armenia Lecture at the Microsoft Innovation Center 
Yerevan, 18 May 2012  EU Advisory Group to the 
Republic of Armenia 
(managed by UNDP) Topics:  (i) counterfeiting and piracy, (ii) patent application/prior 
search. 
Armenia Support to the EU-Armenia Deep and 
Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Committed ENPI - 2012/023-603 (€25,000,000). 
The overall objective is to foster inclusive economic development of 
Armenia through enhanced trade re lations between Armenia and the 
EU in the context of the negotiati ons for a Deep and Comprehensive 
Free Trade Area (DCFTA). 
The specific objectives are to (i) improve the enforcement of 
intellectual property rights (IPR), (ii) reduce technical barriers to 
trade (TBT), (iii) pursue implementation of the sanitary and 
phytosanitary (SPS) measures.  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Azerbaijan As part of training component, study 
tours to copyright-related institutions in the EU ( Italy, 15 September-
21 September 2012 ) as part of the 
Project:  EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 "Capacity Development 
for Enhancing Enforcement of 
Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan" European Public Law Centre 
(EPLC) - Greece "EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - 
PCA/TR/16 Capacity 
Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright 
and Related Rights in the 
Azerbaijan" The Italian control marks system being one of the three reference 
models for the establishment of similar in Azerbaijan.  The Copyright Agency staff will visit Italian Society of Authors and 
Editors (SIAE), the Courts and the printing unit of holograms. 
Audience:  Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Staff. 
Azerbaijan Visibility event at the Academy of 
Public Administration under 
President of Azerbaijan  
Baku, 20 April 2012 European Public Law Centre 
(EPLC) - Greece "EU 
Twinning - AZ10/ENP - 
PCA/TR/16 Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright 
and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan" Balancing of copyright as human right with other human rights, such 
as the right to information and fre edom of speech.  Presentations of 
President of Hungarian Copyright Council, Professors of Nantes, 
Corfu and Panteion Universities, legal expert of Spanish Society for Authors, Composers and musical publishers. 
Audience:  Students and Professors of  the Academy of Public 
Administration. 
Azerbaijan Visibility event at the Azerbaijan 
Diplomatic Academy 
(Baku, 27 January 2012 ) 
as part of the Project:  "EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 Capacity 
Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan" European Public Law Centre 
(EPLC) - Greece "EU 
Twinning - AZ10/ENP - 
PCA/TR/16 Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright 
and Related" New challenges for Copyright Protection. 
Presentations of President of Hungarian Copyright Council, head of 
divisions of copyright and publishing law, the Federal Ministry of 
Justice of Germany. 
Audience:  Students and Professors of the Diplomatic Academy. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency  Description 
Central American Region  
CRIS n.  22688 
Status:  Committed Regional programme to support 
Central American economic integration and the implementation of 
the Association Agreement 
Funding:  €10 million  The Programme will promote actions to ensure an adequate and 
effective protection, promotion and dissemination of IP rights 
and promote technical and financial cooperation in the area .  
Specific attention will be given to assist CA on matters relating to 
the full operationalization of applications for the recognition and protection of GIs. 
Intellectual Property :  Even when there seem to be isolated actions 
to protect IP and GIs in CA, there is a lack of a coordinated plan and clear cost-benefit analysis. 
Among the expected results: 
R3.2.  Assistance to the effectiv e application and dissemination of 
procedures, remedies and border m easures for enforcing intellectual 
property rights has been provided and the recognition and protection 
of GIs have been supported. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency  Description 
Georgia Expert mission on Copyright protection 
Georgia, 12-14 September 2011 Estonian Copyright Agency 
(through TAIEX programme) The mission offered an overview of European best practices with regard 
to authors' societies' management, cooperation with authors and 
monitoring mechanisms.  The Georgian staff also gained experience on 
the licensing system and calculation of royalties.  EU legislative aspects and enforcement m echanism were also discussed. 
Audience:  Staff of the Georgian Copyright Association. 
Georgia Study visit to Germany on IPR 
Germany, 29-30 November 2011 German Patent and Trade 
Mark Office (through TAIEX programme)  The objective of the visit was to better understand the functions, 
experience and best practices of the German Patent and Trademark 
Office.  Main purpose of the visit was to improve the skills of Sakpatenti staff in the fields of:  trademarks registration and grounds for refusal, 
automation of the system and electronic filing;  exclusive rights of a 
trademark holder and its scope of protection, patent and trademark 
application filing and examination guidelines and deadlines, applicable 
fees. 
Audience:  Staff of Sakpatenti. 
Georgia Study visit to France on Geographical 
Indications (GIs) 
France, 2-5 April 2012 INAO (Institut National de 
l'Origine et de la Qualité) (through TAIEX programme)  The EU and Georgia signed an Agreement on the protection of GIs.  
It entered into force on 1
 April 2012. 
The prupose of the study visit was to gain knowledge about French 
experience in the area of GIs prot ection.  The Georgian staff was 
acquainted with the functions, organization and activities of INAO as well as with the control mechanisms both on domestic and international 
level for the appellations of origin (wine). 
Audience:  IPR national office (Sakpatenti) and Ministry of 
Agriculture staff. 
Georgia Study visit on copyright protection 
Denmark, 30 January-2 February 2012 Danish Patent Office (KODA) 
(through TAIEX programme) The staff from the Georgian Copyright Association went to Denmark to 
exchange experiences on the functio ning of a collective management 
society.  All relevant aspects with regard to copyright were discussed. 
Audience:  Staff of the Georgian Copyright Association.  
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country Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency  Description 
Georgia Expert mission on IPR enforcement for 
customs officers 
Georgia, 4-5 June 2012 Experts from Denmark, 
Poland and Italy (customs officers) (through TAIEX programme)  The event was organized in order to raise awareness of law enforcement 
bodies in the IPR enforcement, in par ticular on border enforcement.  The 
participants had the opportunity to discuss the IPR protection mechanisms, to ask questions and recei ve answers to questions of their 
interest.  The event gathered customs officers from various regions in 
Georgia.  The European experts focused their presentations on border enforcement and risk analysis. 
Audience:  Georgian customs officers. 
Georgia Workshop on IPR enforcement 
Georgia, 21 June 2012  Paid through the budget of the 
EU Delegation + Estonian 
expert financed by the 
Estonian Embassy This Workshop aimed to raise awarenes s of IPR protection, in particular 
with enforcement issues since it is the 'weak' point in Georgia.  
An effective IPR protection implies a good dialogue between the 
enforcement bodies.  The Estonian e xpert shared his experience and an 
interactive questions/answers session took place. 
Audience:  Enforcement bodies, Sakpaten ti, Copyright Association, 
business community. 
Georgia Technical assist ance (supply contract) 
provided to the Georgian Copyright Association 
- Ongoing -  SUISA (Swiss agency for 
authors' protection) 
(ENPI money)  The EU Delegation will purchase a licence software allowing the 
distribution of authors' royalties.  Such software is absolutely needed for collection and distribution of royalties.  This is something important 
for the well-functioning of collective management societies 
(copyright associations). 
Beneficiary:  Staff of the Georgian Copyright Association. 
Georgia  Support to the Revenue Service of the 
Ministry of Finance and National Food 
Safety Agency on border controls 
Georgia - ongoing 
September 2011-May 2013 Twinning project 
(ENPI money)  The purpose is to support the Revenue Service of the Ministry of 
Finance of Georgia to strengthen the national customs and SPS Border 
Control system of Georgia by the development of specific customs 
procedures including risk management, post clearance controls and audit, veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary controls.  This project will 
have a IPR Module in order to train customs officers with regard to IPR 
enforcement. 
Beneficiaries:  Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance and National 
Food Safety Agency. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Republic of Moldova EU-funded Twinning project "Support 
to Implementation and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the 
Republic of Moldova" Danish Trademarks and Patent 
Office (lead partner) 
State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks (OSIM, Romania)  Total project budget:  one Meuro;  total project duration:  18 months 
as of 1 November 2010;  main proj ect beneficiaries:  Agency for the 
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AGEPI);  Ministry of 
Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI);  Customs Service of the 
Republic of Moldova, Ministry of Interiors. 
The overall objective is to impr ove implementation and enforcement 
of Intellectual Property Rights in the Republic of Moldova. 
The project purpose is to strengt hen the administrative capacity of 
Agency on Intellectual Property Rights, and other relevant ministries 
and services to establish a co llective dialogue between all 
stakeholders and to enforce IPR protection. 
More info on:  http://www.agepi.md/en/eu-projects  
Republic of Moldova  EU funded twining project:  "Support 
to Implementation and Enforcement of 
Competition and State Aid Policy Romanian Competition 
Council (lead partner);  
Austrian Competition Agency;  
Latvian Competition Agency Total project budget:   €1million;  total project duration:  23 months 
as of 27 March 2011;  main project beneficiaries:  National Agency 
for Competition Protection. 
The overall objective is to impr ove the market economy in the 
Republic of Moldova by supporting implementation and 
enforcement of Competition and State Aid policies. 
The project purpose is to strengt hen the administrative capacity of 
Agency for Protection of Competition to help them review and 
harmonize the National law on competition to EC Directives and 
help to elaborate the National law on State Aid as well as elaboration of guidelines and manuals. 
Republic of Moldova EU funded project "Technical 
assistance to support the Government 
of the Republic of Moldova in building 
the capacity for application of Twinning, TAIEX and SIGMA 
instruments, and to provide support in 
preparation and implementation of the CIB Programme" Hulla & Co Human Dynamics 
KG, Austria Project duration:  24 months, started 7 September 2011;  project 
budget:  €2 million. 
Main objectives of the project Build the capacity of the Government 
of Republic of Moldova, and particularly the Programme Administration Office and the Aid Coordination Unit at the State 
Chancellery, for technical leader ship in the identification, 
preparation and implementation of EU funded programmes/projects. 
  
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Note:  Only a part of this is for IP-related activities 
 
Beneficiary Country/Region  Tunisia 
Requesting authority Ministry of Development and International Cooperation 
Budget line 19.08.01.01 
Title Enterprise Competitiveness and Market Access Facilitation Support Programme (PCAM) 
Total cost €23 million (7.7% of the indicative programme) 
AID METHOD /MANAGEMENT MODE Project approach:  decentralized management 
DAC-  CODE  32130 SECTOR  SME Development 
 The programme will be structured around two areas of interv ention:  enterprise support and quality infrastructure support. 
 
Expected results 
 The number of enterprises meeting the requirements of the variou s quality standards, particularly  in the sectors selected for t he Agreements on Conformity 
Assessment and Acceptance of industr ial products (ACAAs), is increased. 
 The performances of industrial and services enterprises in  technical and non-technical fields are improved. 
 Strategic and business intellig ence services are introduced. 
 The private sector is aware of, and trained in the requirements arising out of the ACAAs. 
 The number of enterprises that obtain CE marking is increased. 
  
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The programme will make available to participating enterprises th e high-level expertise required in  this area, in order to help  Tunisian enterprises enhance their 
performance by introducing a quality management approach and, wher e possible, obtaining the relevant certification.  Two types of activity are planned: 
 Training (awareness-raising activities, tec hnical training seminars) for industrial en terprises (manufacturers) and consulting firms, on:  the need and 
arrangements for, and constraints surrounding , the implementation of the new regulations  on the conformity of Tunisian industri al products intended for the 
Community market;  management systems;  and the range of instruments available in this field. 
 Technical assistance missions to enterprises wishing to obtain CE  marking (risk assessment, preparation of the technical file).  
 Without relaxing the effort on the now traditional standards - na mely ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22000, the programme will foc us primarily on those 
which are less familiar to enterprises and national expert s, namely OHSAS 18001, QSE, ISO TS 16949, IFS/BRC, etc. 
 
In order to inform Tunisian industry and other actors about the provisions of the new technical legislation and regulations ado pted, or to be adopted, as part of the 
preparation of the ACAAs, the following ac tivities will be conducted under the programme: 
 At least 30 awareness-raising activities and at least 20 techni cal training activities for Tunisian enterprises (and consulting  firms) on the need and 
arrangements for, and constraints surrounding, the implementation of the new regulations on the conformity of industrial produc ts intended for the 
Community market1, and the range of instruments available in this field. 
 Provision of technical assistance to a minimum of 40 industrial enterprises wishing to obtain CE marking for at least one of th eir products.   
 
The general interest activities (awareness-raising, information, canvassing) will be free of charge.  The awareness-raising and  information activities will be 
organized in close cooperation with the UTICA.  Annex 2 briefly describes the enterprise support mechanism envisaged. 
 The European regulations and standards specifi ed in the preparation of the ACAAs in th e chosen sectors have been transposed.   
 The market surveillance servi ces are strengthened in accordance with the Co mmunity's New Approach  in this field. 
 Analytical studies required for the optimization of the quality in frastructure and the liberalization and deepening of trade wi th the EU, including in the fields 
of services and agrifoods, are conducted. 
 The administrations concerned have been made aware and are trained. 
                                                      
1 Especially the European directives covered by the P3 A twinni ng project (electrical safety, m achine safety, elecromagnetic com patibility, construction products, energy 
efficiency, and hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment).  
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Beneficiary 
country Title and date 
of the event Organizing agency Description 
Ukraine Study "Support in development of 
Geographical Indicators System in Ukraine" 
November 2011-September 2012 DFC SA (Spain) The purpose of assignment is prepare a gap analysis of the 
administrative needs and of the wine, spirits and dairy sectors 
(including an initial overview of the wine and spirits sectors) and to 
assist the Ukrainian authorities in designing a coherent list of actions 
to be undertaken for further development of GI system in Ukraine. 
Beneficiary:  Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of 
Ukraine. 
Stakeholders:  private sector, Mi nistry of Agricultural Policy and 
Food, Intellectual Property  Agency of Ukraine. 
 
The EU funded project " Enhance Innovation Strategies, Policies and regulation in Ukraine " among the others is aimed at: 
 
 Supporting Ukrainian actors dealing with innovation and intellectual property. 
 Harmonization of the Ukrainian legislation on IPR with th e European Patent Convention and EU acquis communautaire. 
 Development of internationa l patenting in Ukraine. 
 The project's activities in this component include:  
 Organization of seminars, workshops, study tours, conferences, fo r experts in the sphere of IPR including the civil servants of  the State Department of 
Intellectual Property in Ukraine. 
 Preparation of analytical reports and drafting recommendati ons and proposals for changes in Ukrainian legislation. 
 The project started in July 2009 and finish in October 2011.  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Viet Nam  
CRIS n.  22818 
Status:  Ongoing Title:  European Trade and 
Investment Support Project, ETIS (2012-2015) 
Funding:  €15 million  The proposed specific objective is to facilitate trade and investment 
through improved capacity for policy making, improved implementation of trade commitments, and compliance with 
environmental and labour standards. 
The expected result 3: 3. Business associations, universities and research institutions have 
strengthened capacity to provide trade policy advice and are better 
able to support SME's to comply with standards for export markets, in particular with Europe. 
Activities listed in the Logical Framework focus on IPR issues. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Viet Nam ICSEI 2011 
Second half of 2011 Austrian Patent Office, 
in cooperation with WIPO (Development Cooperation) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions 
(ICSEI).  Nine state-of-the-art search and examination reports 
concerning patent applications - free of charge. 
Serbia Support to the Education and Information 
Centre of the IP Office of Serbia 
Vienna/Serbia 
December 2011-July 2012 EU/EPA in cooperation with 
the Austrian Patent Office Expert assistance - Support to establish an Education and Information 
Centre at the IP Office of Serbia. 
Ukraine Study visit - Ukrainian Delegation 
Vienna, 10  October 2011 Austrian Patent Office Presentation of the Austrian Patent Office and the Austrian IP 
System;  Overview and discussi on on the EU-Patent and the 
protection of biotechnological inventions (biopatent). 
Audience:  Director of Investment and Innovation Policy, Department 
of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine;  
Deputy Chief of the State Agen cy for Science, Innovation and 
Informatization of Ukraine;  Director of the Department of Civil, Financial Legislation and Legislation on Land Relations of the 
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;  Chief Specialist of the Secretariat of 
the Committee of Parliament of Ukraine on Science and Education. 
Egypt EC Project EUPART 
Vienna, 11 October 2011  EU/EUPART in cooperation 
with the Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Patent Office Presentation of the Austrian Patent System and of the services of the 
Austrian Patent Office. 
Audience:  Director of Technology Tr ansfer Office, American 
University in Cair;  Leader of Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group, American University in Cairo. 
Viet Nam Visit of the Deputy Director General of the 
NOIP (National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam) 
Vienna, 9 December 2011  Austrian Patent Office Presentation of the Austrian Patent Office and the administrative 
structures, in particular, organizational, financial and personnel structures, the scope of responsibility and representation;  discussion. 
Audience:  Delegation from the NOIP, the Ministry of Home Affairs 
and the Ministry of Finance of Viet Nam. 
Viet Nam ICSEI 2012 
First half of 2012  Austrian Patent Office, 
in cooperation with WIPO 
(Development Cooperation) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions 
(ICSEI).  Seven state-of-the-art search and examination reports 
concerning patent applications - free of charge. 
DPR Korea, Egypt, 
Iraq, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of 
Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, 
Zimbabwe Training course on patent documentation 
and information, protection of trademarks and designs, international IP treaties 
Vienna, 25 June-6 July 2012 Austrian Patent Office, 
in cooperation with WIPO ("WIPO-Austria-Course") Introduction in search strategies and electronic databases relating to 
patents;  trademark and design law, international developments in these areas. 
Audience:  Patent examiners and legal officers from National 
Industrial Property Offices.  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event  Implementing agency Description 
Trinidad and Tobago 
(one search), Syrian Arab Republic (one search) ICSEI 2011 
ICSEI 2012 Bulgarian Patent Office in 
cooperation with WIPO (Patent Information Service 
Support, Sector Global 
Information Service) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions 
(ICSEI):  performing state-of-the-art  searches and examination reports 
under the Programme for Patent Information for Developing 
Countries - free of charge. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
 Republic of Kosovo Consultation on copyright-related 
issues (administration, legislation, collective management, competencies 
of Copyright Department of the 
Ministry of Culture etc.) 
(Twinning Project) 
Prague, Ministry of Culture 
29 September 2011  European Patent Office A delegation of Ministry of European Integration consulted questions 
on competencies of Copyright Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, on cooperation with other Czech ministries 
and offices, on administration and legislation related to copyright and 
related rights, practical experiences with functioning of collective management, on public awareness activities etc. 
Audience:  Ministry of European Integration´s staff. 
Russian Federation Consultation on collective 
management-related issues 
Prague, DILIA 
15-16 March 2012 DILIA, divadelní, literární, 
audiovizuální agentura A delegation of the Russian collective management organization 
RAO consulted with their Czech partners questions related to collective management of rights (e.g.  licensing, distribution of 
royalties and remunerations, authors´rights registers etc.). 
RAO's staff. 
Kosovo Study visit focused on the role of 
industrial property offices 
Prague, 19-30 September, 2011 Industrial Property Office of 
the Czech Republic The Czech Industrial Property Offi ce expertly provided study visit to 
the delegation from Industrial Property Office from Kosovo focused on the role of industrial property offices. 
Belarus Study visit focused on library 
processing of technical literature, organization of libraries, the 
digitalization of documents and their 
accessibility to the public. 
Prague, 11-15 December, 2011  Industrial Property Office of 
the Czech Republic The Czech Industrial Property Of fice organized for the delegation 
from the National Library of Belarus the study visit focused on library processing of technical literature, organization of libraries, the 
digitalization of documents and their accessibility to the public. 
Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Republic 
of Moldova, Viet Nam, 
Zimbabwe Interregional Intermediate Seminar 
on Industrial Property 
Practical Training Course on 
Industrial Property 
Prague,  25 June-6 July, 2012  WIPO Worldwide Academy 
and 
Industrial Property Office of 
the Czech Republic Interregional Intermediate Seminar in Geneva for IP officials 
organized by WIPO Worldwide Academy in June 2012. 
Afterwards the participant members from Kyrgyzstan, 
Egypt,Republic of Moldova, Vi et Nam, Zimbabwe received an 
intensive practice cours in the C zech Industrial Property Office, 
which included training in all areas of industrial property, during 
two weeks, in Prague. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Viet Nam State-of-the-art search reports 2011 National Board of Patents 
and Registration of Finland and World Intellectual 
Property Organization 
(WIPO) National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland provided 
state-of-the-art search reports free of charge for Viet Nam within the 
framework of development cooperation with WIPO. 
  
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Notification under Article 67 of the TRIPs Agreement of technica l cooperation activities in favour of developing and least deve loped countries in the 
area of geographical indications 
2nd half 2011-1st half 2012 
 
Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifoods and Forestry 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Global: 
Mediterranean, Latin 
American, South-East 
European and Asian countries FAO project to support the 
strengthening of specific food quality policies, including geographical  
indications .  Events included:   
 Regional seminar for Africa in 
cooperation with OAPI 
(December 2011). 
 Presentation of project results and 
tools to the FAO Committee on 
Agriculture (COAG) (April 
2012). 
2007-2012 MAAF/FAO 
In cooperation with:  
CIRAD/ INAO/REDD 
(Switzerland)/ SINER-
GI/WIPO/IICA, and governments and national 
bodies of the countries 
concerned 3 x 2-year programmes with an expert and funding of €100,000 + 
€190,000 + €135,000 provided by France.   
Building on and sharing experiences with regard to the introduction 
of official quality labels.  Numerous case studies.   
Multilingual guide on  good practice methods:   
"Linking people, places and produ cts" published in December 2009 
(French version " Territoires, produits et acteurs locaux:  des liens de 
qualité " published in March 2010). 
The guide is/will soon be available in English, French, Spanish, 
Chinese, Brazilian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Vietnamese, Farsi and 
Khmer. 
Training material: 
 Methodology on inventories and web tool for the evaluation of 
origin-linked quality products. 
 Guide on voluntary standards for public decision-makers. 
Website:  http://www.foodquality-origin.org/  
Provision of support for the organization and development of TCPs 
financed by the FAO or other donors in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, 
the Latin American Regional Proj ect (Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, 
Argentina, Peru, Brazil), Croatia and Ukraine.  A project is currently 
being organized for Asia.   
Multi-country Series of six lectures in French on 
geographical indications (in Geneva) 
2010 and 2011 MAAF, DP FR/WTO, 
OIF, ORIGIN Series of six lectures on geographical indications (two in 2010 and 
four in 2011) for representatives of French-speaking countries at the WTO:  information, awareness-raising, promotion of geographical indications for sustainable development. 
General information and presentation of country case studies 
(China, Cote d'Ivoire, India, Morocco, South Korea and Kenya).    
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Multi-country 5th and 6th International Training 
Course on GIs (in Switzerland and France alternately since 2007) 
October 2011 and April 2012 Organization:  Joint Research 
and Innovation Unit (CIRAD-INRA) + REDD  
Funding:  MAAF, AFD, 
WIPO, FAO Two-week theoretical (l ectures, group work) and practical (field trips 
to appellation of origin areas) training course in English for national staff responsible for GIs or in charge of GI projects or from the Ministry of Agriculture:   
 18 trainees from 14 countries or organizations in October 2011:  
Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Sa int Lucia, Serbia, Viet Nam 
and ARIPO. 
 17 trainees from 10 countries in April 2012:  Albania, Brazil, 
Jordan, Mexico, Palestinian Authority, Philippines, South Africa, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Ukraine.  Training course 
repeated annually since 2008 (a total of 117 trainees from 43 countries and organizations).   
http://www.intergi.org/  
Multi-country 1 December 2011: 
"Planète terroirs" international 
gathering at UNESCO, Paris Terroirs et Cultures 
MAAF, AFD, CIRAD, UNESCO, APM, FAO Organization of an international event on the theme of terroirs, 
following on from the three international forums of 2006, 2008 and 2010. 
West and Central Africa May 2010 to September 2013 : 
OAPI PampIG project: 
 Component 1:  Bring three 
to five pilot products to GI status. 
 28 May 2012:  Cameroon 
 Component 3:  Regional 
activities. 
 December 2011 :  Regional 
seminars in Libreville and Conakry  Funding:  AFD  
Beneficiaries:  OAPI and 
Member states  
Technical assistance:  
CIRAD 
 
  
idem + FAO This project, scheduled to last from October 2008 to September 
2012, did not enter its active phase until May 2010 and will be 
extended until September 2013. 
 Miel d'Oku and Poivre de Penja (Cameroon) are at the official 
recognition stage (collective organization operational, 
specifications and control system developed and validated 
participatively).  Establishment of a national GI Committee which has validated the miel d'Oku file. 
 Regional seminars organized with the FAO in Libreville (Gabon) 
and Conakry (Guinea) in December 2011:  leaflet, website, documentary film under preparation. 
Algeria Institutional meeting and exploratory 
mission for a quality labels project 
April-May 2012 MAAF, INAO, Algerian 
Ministry of Agriculture Seminar on geographical indications:  working meeting with the 
Algerian Ministry of Agriculture. 
Exploratory mission on the introduction of quality labels in Algeria 
with a view to a forthcoming European twinning arrangement.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Brazil 14-18 November 2011 MAAF/CNAOL/Comté and 
Morbier Associations 
MAPA (Brazil), 
Representatives of Pará and 
Minas Gerais  
Brazilian professionals  Reception of a delegation from MA PA and Brazilian representatives 
on raw milk cheeses with appellations of origin. 
China Reception of a Ch inese delegation on 
food product safety 
28 June-1 July 2011 MAAF, DGDDI, BNIC, 
CIVC Reception of the Director General of  Food Safety on the topics of 
usurpation, counterfeiting and traceability. 
Jordan Participation in a GI seminar 
10-11 October 2011 TAIEX, INAO Seminar on geographical indications, in particular for the olive sector 
in Jordan. 
Paraguay 20 to 23 September 2011 MAAF, INAO 
Paraguay's Ministry of 
Industry and Trade 
CEDIAL (Paraguayan 
structure) Technical cooperation on the Stevia /Kaa-Hee file:  Expert mission on 
the definition and introduction of a GI. 
Thailand Reception of a delegation from 
Thailand's DIP 
6 June 2011  Reception of a delegation led by Ms .  Padchima Tanasanti, Director 
General of Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property (DIP).   
  
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AFD  French Development Agency (France) 
ARIPO  African Regional Intellectual Property Organization 
CASRAD  Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development 
(Viet Nam) 
CEDIAL  Centro de Cooperacion Empresarial & Desarrollo 
Industrial  (Paraguay)  
CGPLBIR  General Confederation of Sheep's Milk Producers and 
Roquefort Industrialists (France) 
CIRAD  Centre for International Cooperation in Agronomic 
Research for Development (France)  
CNAOL  National Committee of Dairy Appellations of 
Origin (France) 
DGDDI  Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect 
Duties (France) 
DIP Department of Intellectual Property (Thailand) 
DP FR/WTO  Permanent Delegation of France to the WTO 
EU European Union 
FAO  Food and Agriculture Organization  
GI Geographical indication  
IICA  Inter-American Institute fo r Cooperation on Agriculture 
(based in Costa Rica) INAO  National Institute of Origin and Quality (France)  
INRA  National Institute for Agro nomic Research (France) 
MAAF  Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifoods and Forestry (France) 
MAE  Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) 
MAPA  Ministry of Agriculture (Brazil) 
OAPI  African Intellectual Property Organization 
OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie  
ORIGIN  Organization for an International Geographical 
Indications Network 
REDD  Trade and Sustainable Development Network 
(Switzerland) 
SINER-GI  Strengthening international research on geographical 
indications (multi-country research project with European and Swiss funding)  
SOPEXA  Society for the Promotion of Agrifoods Exports (France) 
SUPAGRO  International Centre for Highe r Education in Agricultural 
Sciences (France) 
TCP  Technical Cooperation Project (FAO) 
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organization
  
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Activities of the Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Duties (DGDDI) in the field of counterfeiting 
(2011-2012) 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
United Arab Emirates  26 to 30 June 2011 ADETEF1 Delivery of a seminar on counterfeiting. 
United Arab Emirates 20 April 2012 to 4 May 2012 DCI2 Training on counterfeiting. 
Burkina Faso 31 July to 6 August 2011 MAE Delivery of a seminar on counterfeiting. 
Burkina Faso 27 August to 9 September 2011 MAE Delivery of a seminar on counterfeiting. 
Iran 24 October 2011 Sanofi Aventis Counterfeit medicines. 
Colombia 12 to 16 December 2011 WCO Participation in an internationa l anti-counterfeiting operation. 
Mexico 12 November to 16 December 2011 WCO Participation in an internationa l anti-counterfeiting operation. 
Morocco 10 May 2012 European  Union Reception of ten Moro ccans in the framework of the twinning arrangement 
with the OMPIC (Moroccan Industrial  and Commercial Property Office). 
China  28 to 30 June 2011 Chinese Customs Meetings in Bordeaux (laboratories)  on the counterfeit wine issue. 
China 16 to 20 September 2011 Chinese Customs Meetings in Bordeaux (laboratories)  on the counterfeit wine issue. 
China 9 to 15 October 2011 ADETEF Reception of a delegation on counterfe iting regulations and enforcement.   
China 26 May to 6 June 2011  ADETEF Delivery of a seminar in China on counterfeiting, in the framework of 
bilateral cooperation. 
Viet Nam 10 to 14 October 2011 ADETEF Reception of a delegation on counterf eiting regulations and enforcement. 
Republic of Moldova 27 May to 1 June 2012 Embassy SCAC/ ADETEF Seminar on counterfeiting and training of Republic of Moldovan c ustoms 
officers. 
Serbia 10 to 16 June 2012 ADETEF  Training of Serbian customs offices on cybercrime, in the framework of 
bilateral cooperation. 
Serbia 12 June 2012 European Patent Office Participation in a seminar on intellectual property rights (IPR) under a 
European twinning arrangement. 
Serbia  21 to 23 May 2012 European Patent Office/ 
Interpol Study visit by a Serbian customs delegation on IPR, under the twinning 
arrangement monitored by the European Patent Office.   
                                                      
 1 Agency for Technical Cooperation of the Minist ries of the Economy and the Budget (France). 
 2 International Cooperation Di rectorate of the Ministry of the Interior (France).  
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ADETEF  Agency for Technical Cooperation of the Ministries of the 
Economy and the Budget (France) 
DCI International Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of 
the Interior (France) 
MAE  Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) SCAC  Cooperation and Cultural Action Service (French Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs) 
TAIEX  Technical Assistance and Information Exchange 
Instrument European Union  
WCO  World Customs Organization 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Burkina Faso, Cuba, 
Mauritius, Lebanon, Togo, Mauritania, Madagascar, 
Tunisia Organization of a seminar on 
industrial property in cooperation with WIPO 
23 June-6 July 2012 INPI - WIPO Intensive training on patent, trademark and industrial design law at 
the INPI. 
Belarus, Burkina, Chile, Congo (DRC), Côte d'Ivoire, Georgia, South Korea, India, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, 
Macedonia, Mali, Republic of 
Moldova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Tunisia, 
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, OAPI Organization of a seminar on 
industrial property in cooperation with WIPO and the CEIPI 
23 June-6 July 2012 INPI - WIPO Intensive training on patent, trademark and industrial design law 
provided by the CEIPI in Strasbourg. 
Argentina Industrial property INPI (SER Brasilia) Seminar w ith the Post and the Argentinean Industrial Property Office 
in France and Brazil. 
Brazil IP law 
25 November 2011 INPI/LEEM/Brazilian INPI  Meeting between AN VISA (Brazilian National Health Surveillance 
Agency) and LEEM on the theme of  "Medicines:  ANVISA's areas 
of competence and procedures with  which enterprises must comply 
in order for their medicines to be marketed legally in Brazil". 
Brazil Copyright 
September 2011 INPI (SER Brasilia) Seminar on copyright. 
Brazil University-level training 
13 September 2011 to 15 February 
2012 INPI University-level training (paten t course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg 
for two officers from the Brazilian Office. 
Brazil University-level training  
2 February to 30 June 2012 INPI  University-level training (trademark course) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for two officers from the Brazilian Office. 
China University-level training 
13 September 2011 to 15 February 
2012 INPI University-level training (paten t course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg 
for two officers from SIPO.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
China Patent law 
18 November 2011 INPI Visit by a delegation from SIPO and the EPO on the practical 
consequences of the 3rd amendment of the Chinese Patent Law. 
China/Viet Nam Fight against counterfeiting 
29 November 2011 INPI/IRACM Seminar organized by the IRACM in Paris on the fight against 
counterfeit medicines, for Chin ese and Vietnamese police and 
customs officers. 
China Fight against counterfeiting CNAC 
4 June 2012 SSI 
Embassy of France Franco-Chinese technical cooperation mission on the fight against 
dangerous counterfeits.   
South Korea Industrial property 
15 December 2011 INPI  Visit by a Korean delegation fr om the IP Presidential Committee, on 
the activities of the CNAC and the policy of assistance to 
SMI/SMEs. 
Georgia Trademarks 
Geographical indications 3 April 2012 INAO/SAKPATENTI Meeting with the INPI, INAO and SAKPATENTI (Georgian 
Industrial Property Office) on trademarks and geographical 
indications in France. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
10 September 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Assessment of each institution's trai ning needs and training 
programme development. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
19 September 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Standardization of training provision and assistance with the 
establishment of a training body at the OMPIC. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
10 October 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU 1st Mission to Morocco:  Analysis and evaluation of the rate of 
counterfeiting, piracy, seizures and convictions in order to establish a 
national priority. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission  
20 November 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco on the evaluation and inventory of the 
information systems currently used.   
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission  
30 November 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco to inventory the arrangements for the promotion 
of industrial property.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
6 December 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco on the as sessment of each institution's training 
needs with reference to the compet ences and tasks assigned to it:  
programme development. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission  
11 December 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco:  2nd meeting of the Pilot Committee;  
monitoring of activities conducted, launch of calendar of forthcoming activities, and financial report. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
11 December 2011 INPI/OMPIC/EU Meeting with the Director of the Moroccan ENA. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
30 January 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco;  inventory of the arrangements for the 
promotion of intellectual property. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Study visit 
7 February 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU/ 
Portuguese INPI 1st Study Visit for the members of the Moroccan CONPIAC, for 
training in anti-counterfeiting practices. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
12 February 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco on building the organizational and functional 
capacity of the CONPIAC, like that  of its European counterparts. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
4 March 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU 3rd Pilot Committee meeting, followed by a mission on means of 
combating counterfeiting. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
4 March 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU 2nd Mission to Morocco on the anal ysis and evaluation of rates of 
counterfeiting and piracy, seizures and convictions in order to 
establish a national priority. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
4 March 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU 1st Mission to Morocco to study the OMPIC's regional policy and the 
pre diagnosis, and present possible improvements.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
20 March 2012 INPI/OMPIC/ EU 3rd Mission to Morocco on the analys is and evaluation of the rates of 
counterfeiting and piracy, seizures and convictions in order to establish a national priority. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
10 April 2012 INPI/OMPIC/ EU Mission to Morocco, to  analyse and evaluate the OMPIC's 
organization, methods and communication procedures. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
10 April 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco, organization of two round tables and 
discussions on information system procedures. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
16 April 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU/ 2nd Mission to Morocco to study the OMPIC's regional policy and the 
pre diagnosis, and present possible improvements. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Visit 
8 May 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU/ 
Portuguese INPI 1st Study Visit for the members of the Moroccan CONPIAC, for 
training in anti-counterfeiting pr actices in France and Portugal. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
14 May 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco on the development of a dissemination strategy 
for use on industrial property and in favour of research. 
Morocco Intellect ual Property 
22 May 2012 INPI/WIPO/OMPIC Mission to Morocco, participation in regional seminar. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
3 June 2012 INPI/WIPO/OMPIC Mission to Morocco on th e study, usefulness and feasibility of a 
substantive review of the trademark registration requests before the 
OMPIC, simplified filings of designs, and patent examinations. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Mission 
24 June 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU Mission to Morocco on th e delivery of the training programmes 
developed for each institution based on the results of the analysis 
performed.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP twinning 
arrangement - Visit 
25 June 2012 INPI/OMPIC/EU/ 
Portuguese INPI Study Visit on the Practical Study  on Cooperation in France and 
Portugal. 
Mexico University-level training 
13 September 2011 to 15 February 
2012 INPI University-level training (paten t course 2011/2012) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for two officers from the Mexican Office. 
Mexico  University-level training 
2 February to 30 June 2012 INPI  University-level training (tra demark course 2012) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for two officers from the Mexican Office. 
OAPI University-level training 
2 February to 30 June 2012 INPI University-level training (trademark course) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for one official fro m Chad's liaison structure.   
OAPI University-level training 
2 February to 30 June 2012 INPI University-level training (trademark course) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for one official fro m the liaison structure of Guinea 
Conakry. 
OAPI University-level training 
2 February to 30 June 2012 INPI/OAPI University-level training (trademark course) at the CEIPI in 
Strasbourg for one official from the OAPI. 
Oman Industrial Property 
Geographical indications  June 2011 INPI (SER Abu Dhabi) Meeting of customs officers in charge of industrial property, 
consumer protection services, heads of trademark, patent and copyright departments and the ICC, for discussions on the protection 
of GIs 
Russia Fight against counterfeiting 
19 June 2012 INPI/IRACM Seminar organized by the IRACM in Paris for Russian officials 
(customs, police …), on the fight against counterfeit medicines. 
Serbia Industrial Property 
19 December 2011 INPI/OPI/ODBM Meeting on the future European project on Serbia which will focus 
on the fight against counterfeiting.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Chinese Taipei 21 November 2011 INPI Study Visit by a delegation from Chinese Taipei for a presentation on 
the innovation and IP protection system in France. 
Chinese Taipei Patents 
19 April 2012 INPI Study Visit by officials from Chinese Taipei, presentation on the 
biotechnology system in France. 
Thailand Madrid Protocol 
6 June 2012 INPI/Thailand's Ministry 
of Trade Visit by the IP Department's Director of promotion and development, 
for a discussion on Thailand's accessi on to the Madrid Protocol and 
INPI and EPO relations on patent applications. 
Viet Nam Copyright/CNAC 
21 November 2011 INPI Presentation on the French copy right system and the activities of the 
CNAC, for the Director of the Vietnamese Copyright Office. 
 
LIST OF ACRONYMS 
 ACFCI  Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry 
CEIPI  Centre for International Industrial Property 
Studies (France) 
CNAC  National Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (France) 
CTMO  Chinese Trademark Office 
CONPIAC  Moroccan National Anti-Counterfeiting Committee 
EHESP  School of Advanced Studies in Public Health (France) 
EPO  European Patent Office 
IMP  Mexican Industrial Property Institute 
INNORPI  National Institute for Standardization and Industrial 
Property (France) 
INPI  National Industrial Property Institute (France)  INPIbr  Brazilian National Industrial Property Institute 
IRACM  Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicines 
MAEE  Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France) 
OAPI  African Intellectual Property Organization 
ODBM  Danish Patent and Trademark Office 
OPI Serbian Industrial Property Office 
OMPIC  Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office 
SIPO  State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic 
of China (Patent Office) 
SSI Internal Security Service (France)  
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organization 
  
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TECHNICAL COOPERATION  
 
The MAAF directly supports the transfer of skills and technol ogy to third countries by means of specific cooperation activities .  The MAAF finances or 
co-finances activities, drawing on its own fund of experience and on the expertise of specialists working in French bodies such  as technical centres, professional 
organizations and research establishments.  
Financial support amounting to €1 million a year is provided fo r these activities by the MAAF.  They are implemented by some 20  officials in France and 
coordinated by the public interest associa tion Agency for the Development of Intern ational Cooperation Relating to Agriculture,  Food and Rural Areas 
(ADECIA).  The network of cooperation and economic servi ces of the local French embassies is also involved. 
 The activities may concern the transfer of skills and technologies in areas such as i rrigation, crop certification and/or stand ardization, veterinary services, 
geographical indications, product quality a nd quality policies, sustainable agriculture  and sustainable forest management. 
 
E
DUCATION AND RESEARCH  
 
With its recognized expertise in education, vocational training,  and basic and applied research in agricultural and veterinary training, the Directorate-General for 
Education and Research of the MAAF provides support for the tran sfer of skills and technologies to third countries through its involvement in:   
 
 Training activities concerning plant and animal products and for estry and aquaculture products, the processing and conservation  of foodstuffs, environmental 
management, the organization of farms and fish farms, rural de velopment, public policies relating to agriculture and food, etc.  
 support for the organization of initial and fu rther training schemes and teacher training.  Such activities are carried out in conjunction with funding bodies at 
the national level (local authorities, foreign affairs minist ry) and at the international level (World Bank, etc.). 
 
Name of the programme/incentive:  Technical Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifoods and Forestry 
 
Description 
 
Funding of technical cooperation activities in the agricultural sector. 
 
Beneficiary countries:  
The activities in question do not solely concern the LDCs.  Some 40 countries benefited from MAAF cooperation activities in 201 1.  LDCs are eligible for this 
programme on the same basis as developing countries and certain  emerging, or even developed,  countries (institutional cooperati on).   
  
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 Page 35The LDCs that benefited from this programme  in 2011 were:  Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Hai ti, Madagascar, Mauritania and Senegal.  Activities with regional 
organizations which include LDCs were also  conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (ARIPO, AOPI,  AFSTA) and in South and South-East Asi a (APSA).   
 Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given:    
 Objective 2:  Improve access to existi ng techniques and industrial processes: 
- Access to sources of legal and technological information. 
- Prior art training. 
 
 Objective 3:  Support joint researc h projects among public partners. 
 
 Objective 4:  Provide training in tec hnology management and production methods. 
 
Enterprises or institutions concerned  
Any public or private enterprise or institution:  central or local government bodies, professional organizations, private enter prises. 
 Type of technology transferred 
 
Very broad range:    
 Training of veterinary inspectors. 
 Technical training (cereal and oilseed farming practices, milk processing, ….). 
 Standardization/certification of fruit and vegetables. 
 Sustainable forest management. 
 Development of geographical indications. 
 Seed certification system. 
 
Functioning   
Priorities are identified by the relevant French bodies, the MAAF and the public interest association ADECIA (Agency for the De velopment of International 
Cooperation Relating to Agriculture, Food and Rural Areas) on th e basis of demand as identified by the economic and cooperation  services of French embassies, 
which are in direct contact with local authorities and professionals  in order to determine the sectors in which French expertis e will be most appreciated.   
 
Examples of projects   
 Multi-country training of officials in charge of geogra phical indications (including LDCs:  Cambodia, ARIPO). 
 Support for the fisheries and aqualculture health inspection system in Mauritania.  
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Page 36  Continuing support for fruit and vegeta ble quality control in Senegal. 
 Support for the OECD seed certification scheme. 
 Development of seed certification systems in several African a nd Asian countries and strengthening the capacities of the region al organizations concerned 
(OAPI, ARIPO, AFSTA, APSA). 
 
Statistics on the use of the incentive/the number of projects supported  
These programmes were allocated €1 million in MAAF financial suppor t in 2011, roughly €0.2 million of which was for LDCs.  They  are implemented by some 
ten MAAF officials, and also rely on the participation of  the cooperation and economic services of French embassies. 
 Contact point  Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l' Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt 
Direction Générale des Politiques Agricole , Agroalimentaire et des Territoires  
Service des Relations Internationales  Bureau des Relations Bilatérales  
3 rue Barbet de Jouy  
75349 Paris 07 SP FRANCE   
 Name of the programme/incentive:  Support for the Introduction of Rural Training by the MAAF Directorate-General of Education and 
Research (DGER) 
 
General description  
 Organization of training in the agronomic area in the broad sense of the term (cattle, sheep, goat and poultry breeding, aquacu lture, vegetable and fruit 
cultivation, agricultural water ma nagement, organic farming).   
 Support for the setting up of rural training schemes (initial traini ng, further training, alterna ting school/enterprise trainin g), matching training to employment. 
 Establishment and development of  geographical or thematic netw orks of training institutions. 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) 
 The jointly funded activities do not solely concern the LDCs.  In  2011, more than 15 countries benefited from the cooperation a ctivities of the DGER, 
including the following LDCs:  Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Madagascar, Haiti. 
  
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 Objective 2:  Improve access to existing techniques and processes: 
- Access to legal and technological information sources. 
- Establishment of information centres. 
- Prior art training. 
- Organization of training systems (basic and post-school training). 
 
 Objective 3:  Support joint research projects: 
- Between private partners. 
- Between public partners. 
 
 Objective 4:  Provide training in tec hnology management and production methods. 
 
 Objective 5:  Capacity building: 
- Organization of geographical and thematic networks of teaching  establishments (aquaculture, organic farming, biodiversity, etc. ) for the shared use of 
educational tools and information systems, and for building on and sharing experiences. 
- 1,500 training and foreign travel fellowships. 
 Enterprises or institutions concerned  
 
Public or private training centres at a ll levels (primary, secondary, higher), specia lized (agriculture, animal husbandry, etc. ) or not, technical or general, according 
to the organization of education in the country concerned.   
 
Type of technology transferred  
 
Broad, multidisciplinary range:   
 
 Agricultural water management. 
 Development of aquaculture. 
 Training of trainers, assistance in drawing up job referentials, trai ning and evaluation. 
 Organization of training for agricultural technicians. 
 Local development by professional organizations. 
 Environmental protection. 
 Techniques for diversification of agricultural production. 
 Development of rural tourism (multiple activities). 
 Processing and preservati on of food products. 
 Tropical veterinary and animal sciences (parasitology, optimiza tion of livestock feed, selection of species and adaptation to t he environment).  
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 Requests are gathered by the DGER's geographical networks, groups  of technical and higher agronomic and veterinary training est ablishments which cooperate 
on an ongoing basis with the countries concerned.  
Examples of projects 
 
 Training of decision-makers from agricultural technical  establishments in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali. 
 Restructuring of agricultural training in Madagascar. 
 Training programme design and developmen t and training of trainers in Haiti. 
 
Statistics on the use of the incentive/the number of projects supported 
 
These programmes are implemented by some ten MAAF officials, a nd also rely on the participa tion of the cooperation and economic  services of 
French embassies.  They may be co-funded by the local authorities, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the professional agricultural organizations (AFDI, 
chambers of agriculture). 
 
Contact point  
 Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l' Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt 
Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche 
Bureau des Relations Européennes et de la Coopération Internationale 
1ter avenue de Lowendal 75700 Paris 07 SP FRANCE 
http://www.educagri.fr/lenseignement-agricol e-public/la-cooperation-in ternationale.html  
http://www.chlorofil.fr/systeme-educatif-a gricole/cooperation-internationale.html  
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Egypt, Brazil, India, 
Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Cuba, 
Mexico, Rep.  of Moldova, 
Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, 
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam  Exchange of documents  DPMA International exchange of documents. 
Kenya, Mauritius Exchange of search and examination 
results DPMA Free searches on the state of the art. 
Viet Nam Electronic guidance and support on 
patent examination DPMA Continuation of the pilot project launched in March 2011:  
Six DPMA examiners assisted six ex aminers of the National Office of 
Intellectual Property of Viet Na m during examination of one case 
file each. 
China Study visit 
Munich, 14 September 2011 DPMA Delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office SIPO 
(25 persons). 
Presentations on the tasks and the organization of the DPMA as well 
as on patent examination. 
China Visit 
Beijing, Shanghai, 8-
15 October 2011 DPMA, SIPO Joint symposium celebrating "30 Years of German-Chinese 
Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property". 
Presentations on the DPMA and on patent examination procedure. 
China Workshops in the field of patents 
Beijing, 9-22 October 2011 DPMA, SIPO Two DPMA patent examiner s conducted a workshop at SIPO on 
patent examination and on patent search. 
China Agreement:  Memorandum of 
Understanding between SIPO and 
the DPMA 
Beijing, 10 October 2011 DPMA, SIPO Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SIPO and the 
DPMA on a two-year Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme 
starting on 23 January 2012. 
Montenegro Study visit 
Munich, 15-16 November 2011* 
* Montenegro has been a Member of 
the WTO since 29 April 2012.  DPMA Delegation of the Intellectual Prop erty Office of Montenegro - IPOM 
(three persons). 
Presentations on the DPMA as well as on patent examination 
procedure and search.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Georgia Study visit 
Munich, 29-30 November 2011 DPMA Delegation of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia - 
Sakpatenti (three persons). 
Presentations on the tasks and the organization of the DPMA as well 
as on the fundamentals of patent procedure.  Processing of selected 
patent applications together with DPMA experts.   
China Study visit 
Munich, 8 December 2011 DPMA Delegation of the China Patent Development Corporation (CPDC) of 
SIPO 
(six persons). 
Presentations on the German patent information system DEPATIS 
and on patent documentation. 
China Visit 
Munich, 18 May 2012 DPMA Deputy-Commissioner of SIPO and delegation (eight persons). 
Talks about cooperation between SIPO and the DPMA. 
China Visit 
Munich, 8-10 June 2012 DPMA Commissioner of SIPO and delegation (six persons). 
Talks about cooperation between SIPO and the DPMA. 
China Study visit 
Munich, 25 June 2012 DPMA Delegation of Guangdong Province (six persons). 
Presentations on patent protection and on legal framework. 
China Study visit 
Munich, 4 July 2012 DPMA Delegation of SIPO, the National People's Congress and the State 
Council of the People's Republic of China (six persons). 
Presentations on the tasks and the organization of the DPMA as well 
as on patent attorneys and representatives. 
China Visit 
Munich, 13 July 2012 DPMA Chief of the Applied Chemistry Division of SIPO (one person). 
Guided tour of the DPMA. 
Turkey Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 21 July 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany Patent examiners of the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) and Turkish 
judges spent half a day at the court in the course of the "EU Twinning 
Project, Supporting Turkey for Enhancing Implementation and 
Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights". 
Audience:  TPI staff and members of the judiciary.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 26 August 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation from FECPI/ Anhui Provincial Department of Justice 
spent half a day at the court. 
Audience:  Judicial staff. 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 29 August 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation from the Department of Public Security of Guangxi 
spent half a day at the court. 
Audience:  Various members of the Department of Security. 
Viet Nam Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 13 September 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the Judicial Academy of the Socialist Republic of 
Viet Nam spent half a day at the co urt in the course of a study visit 
organized by the German Foundation  for International Legal 
Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  Members of the academy. 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 16 September 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the Chinese Supreme People´s Court (SPC) spent half 
a day at the court in the course of a study tour organized by the German Foundation  for International Legal Cooperation 
(IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  Various members of the judiciary. 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 30 September 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany Patent examiners of the State In tellectual Property Office (SIPO) 
spent half a day at the court. 
Audience:  SIPO staff. 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 24 October 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the Service Centre for Electronic Documents from 
Beijing spent half a day at the court. 
Audience:  Various members of the Service Centre. 
Uzbekistan Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 25 October 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the Ministry of Justice spent one day at the court in 
the course of a study tour organized by the German Foundation  for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  Various members of the judiciary.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Serbia Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 25 November 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany Patent examiners of the Intellectua l Property Office (IPO) of Serbia 
spent half a day at the court in the course of a study tour organized by the German Foundation  for International Legal Cooperation 
(IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  IPO staff. 
Georgia Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 30 November 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia 
(Sakpatenti) spent half a day at the court in the course of a study tour 
organized by German Patent and Trade Mark Office. 
Audience:  Sakpatenti staff. 
Georgia Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions;  Presentation of the Electronic 
Courtrooms 
Munich, 8 December 2011 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of civil judges spent half a day at the court. 
Audience:  Judges. 
Azerbaijan Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions;  Presentation of the Electronic 
Courtrooms;  Presentation of the 
Electronic Courtrooms 
Munich, 14-16 February 2012 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of IP experts spent two da ys at the court in the course of 
a study tour organized by the German Foundation  for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  IP experts. 
Jordan Visit to the Federal Patent Court and 
lecture on the court's functions;  
Presentation of the Electronic 
Courtrooms 
Munich, 20 June 2012 Federal Patent Court 
Germany A delegation of the Jordan judiciary spent a day at the court in the 
course of a study visit organized by the German Foundation  for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung) . 
Audience:  Various members of judiciary. 
Bosnia and Hercegovina Articles on Intelectctual property in 
the legal mazazine "Nova pravna revija (New Legal Gazette - Magazin 
for Regional, European and German 
Law German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) The legal magazine NPR is abvailable also as download from various 
Internet sources in the region, inter alia  also from the website of 
Court documenation Center of BiH. 
Target group judges, attorneys, reserches, legal students.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia (FYROM) Seminar "Intellectual Property Law" 
at the FYROM Judicial Academy 
26 June 2012  German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) in cooperation with the 
FYROM Judicial Academy Various lecturers (one scientific  researcher, one judge and one 
attorney at law) gave presentations on various legal aspects of intellectual property law.  This approach enabled it to discuss the questions rised from different professional angels.  One lecturer from 
Serbia was also included to hightlight the interntaional impotrance of 
the topic. 
Target group judges. 
Serbia Training on legal principles of 
intellectual property law in Germany/Europe 
Study visit for the IP Office of the 
Republic of Serbia 
Munich, 21-25 November 2011 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) 
German Patent and 
Trademark Office 
German Federal Patent Court 
Max Planck Institute for 
Intellectual Property and 
Competition Law 
GEMA A delegation consisting of eight officials from the Serbian IP Office 
(including the director and heads of several departments) spent one week in Europe's Intellectua l Property Capital Munich. 
The discussions focused on the comparison of national IP laws, the 
judicial enforcement of  intellectual property rights in Germany and 
the mechanisms of state supervision of collecting societies in 
Germany and Serbia. 
The study visit covered the main German institutions dealing with IP, 
especially the German Patent an d Trademark Office, the Federal 
Patent Court and the Max Planck Institute.  Further, the GEMA was visited in order to assess the manners  of organization and operation as 
well as collecting and division of remuneration, since the Serbian IP 
Office also performs the supervision of collecting societies. 
This activity contributed to the mutual exchange of experiences 
between the Serbian and German IP lawyers.  In particular, it paved 
the way to a closer cooperation be tween the Serbian IP Office and the 
German Patent and Trademark Office as its counterpart. 
Beneficiary:  IP Office of the Republic of Serbia.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Serbia Legal opinion: 
"Are the intellectual property laws of 
the Republic of Serbia compatible with the provisions of the EU 
Enforcement Directive?" 
Munich, 6 December 2011 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) Two German experts in IP law (senior research fellows at the 
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich) prepared a legal opinion on the compliance of Serbian IP laws with the Directive 2004/48/EC. 
The paper contains a comprehensive legal assessment of the current 
IP-relevant Serbian laws such as the Civil Procedure Code, the Law 
on Enforcement Procedure, the Law on Copyright and Related 
Rights, the Proposal on the Patent Law, the Law on the Protection of 
Topographies of Integrated Circuits, the Law on Trademarks, the Law on Indications of Geographical Origin and the Law on Legal 
Protection of Industrial Design.  It gives specific suggestions on 
possibilities for improving Serbia`s IP legislation with reference to the respective provisions. 
This opinion was prepared for the IP Office of the Republic of Serbia, 
which was obliged (under the recently  adopted IP Strategy of the 
Government) to analyse the domestic IP laws from the point of view 
of harmonization with EU legisla tion by end of December 2011.  
Thus, the IP Office called for assist ance with the elaboration of this 
analysis by giving this legal opinion that served as the foundation. 
Beneficiary:  IP Office of the Republic of Serbia. 
Serbia Legal opinions: 
Part I "Compatibility of Article 171a/4) of 
the Law on Amendments of the Law 
on Copyright and Related Rights 
(not yet in force) with EU law" 
Part II 
"How to design the rules governing 
legal representation of natural and legal parties in proceedings before 
the IP Office in order to harmonize 
them with EU law" 
Munich, 12 April 2012 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) For the sake of sustainability and following up the above-mentioned 
legal opinion, the same two German experts in IP law (senior research fellows at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich) prepared two more legal opinions on 
the compliance of Serbian IP laws with the Directive 2004/48/EC. 
The paper contains a comprehensive legal assessment of the stated 
issues and again gives specific suggestions for amending and 
designing the respective IP provisions in question. 
These opinions serve as an import ant tool for the Serbian IP Office 
for further discussions on amendments of the current Serbian IP 
provisions. 
Beneficiary:  IP Office of the Republic of Serbia.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Viet Nam Training on  legal principles of 
intellectual property law in Germany/Europe. 
Study visit for the Judicial Academy 
of the Socialist Republic of Viet 
Nam 
Munich, 11-18 September 2011 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) A delegation of eight persons from the Judicial Academy 
(mainly lecturers) spent one week in Munich, known as  Europe's  
Intellectual Property Capital.  
The discussions covered the implementation of IP rights and 
mechanisms to ensure IP rights, from the lawyer's as well as the 
court's perspective. 
For instance, the Federal Patent Court gave an overview of grant, 
denial or withdrawal of indust rial property rights whereas the 
Regional Court gave an overview regarding the infringement of intellectual property rights and the settlement of IP disputes. 
The activity contributed to provide an overview on  legal principles of 
IP law in Germany and Europe and to enhance the awareness of the 
importance of IP protection, especi ally in the multilateral trading 
system between WTO Members. 
Uzbekistan Study visit on  legal principles of 
intellectual property law in Germany for the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan 
Munich, 24-30 October 2011 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) A delegation of eight persons from the Ministry of Justice spent one 
week in Munich, known as  Europe's  Intellectual Property Capital.  
The discussions covered the implementation of IP rights and 
mechanisms to ensure IP rights, from the lawyer's as well as the 
court's perspective. 
For instance, the Federal Patent Court gave an overview of grant, 
denial or withdrawal of industrial property rights and presented to the 
Uzbek delegation the first electronic court room. 
The Regional Court gave an overview regarding the infringement of 
intellectual property rights and the settlement of IP disputes.  There 
were also meetings at the Max Planck Institute for IP and 
Competition Law and a law firm, which is specialized on cases of protection of the IP rights.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Uzbekistan Seminar on IP rights in cooperation 
with the Law-Training-Center (at the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan) 
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 
25-26 April 2012 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) in cooperation with the 
Law-Training-Center (at the 
Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan) The activity consisted of two parts.  The first one was a presentation 
part, which included presentations of two German experts (a research fellow from the MPI for IP and Competition Law and a judge from the Regional Court in Munich) and the presentations of Uzbek 
colleagues from different institutions (Agency for IP, Senate, etc.).  
The topics were:  general principles  of IP protection and enforcement 
of IP rights in Germany and in Uzbekistan.  The second part was a 
workshop, where the German and th e Uzbek colleagues could discuss 
concrete issues concerning IP-ri ghts protection and study cases. 
All the presentations from the seminar and some other articles on IP 
can be found in a publication, which was also prepared and supported 
by the Law-Training-Centre and the IRZ-Foundation.   
Ethiopia Outgrowing rosa damscena and 
know-how transfer in essential oil production 
1 August 2011-31 December 2013 GIZ Selected Ethiopian producers of e ssential oils are supported to distil 
high quality essential oils and to establish a small essential oil industry.  In order to achieve this objective, selected outgrowers will 
be trained in organic and biodynamic cultivation of Rosa Damascena 
(RD) and other herbal plant which includes composting as an effective way to maintain soil fertility.  To ensure diversification of 
production, additional products, like chamomile, lavender or 
olibanum will be tested and intr oduced.  Improved and efficient 
distillation methods will also be introduced, and local essential oil 
producers will be globally connected.  To be sure that the 
international standards of sustainable agriculture are fulfilled, the outgrowers and the processing will be  certified organic and "fair" -
trade (fair for life, Eco cert, flocert standards). 
Kenya, United Rep.  of 
Tanzania Integrated Approach to 
Comprehensive Wellbeing at the Workplace including Financial Wellness 
1 December 2011-31 January 2015 GIZ The objective of the programme is to increase the social, financial and 
health-related wellbeing of empl oyees of selected Kenyan and 
Tanzanian member companies of th e Aga Khan Fund for Economic 
Development (AKFED) and their contr actor firms, their core families 
and immediate communities.  The proposal intends to improve and 
expand the Serena Workplace Welln ess Program, with its health and 
social protection components by adding a financial wellness 
component.  It is also planned to in itiate a learning process within the 
targeted network of partner companies.  The seven partner companies and their branches will be encouraged and enabled to implement 
comprehensive wellness workplace programmes.  
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Senegal Establishment of a professional 
supply chain of Hibiscus sabdariffa in Senegal 
15 March 2012-15 March 2015 GIZ The objective of the project is to support se lected female producer 
groups in the inner region of Senegal, Sine Saloum, to receive secondary income from the production of Hibiscus sabdariffa in accordance with the Europe an quality standards. 
The following services are provided: 
1. Guidance of the female producer groups in production. 2. Development of a quality assurance system. 
3. Capacity building and cooperation with local institutions 
and authorities. 
United Rep.  of Tanzania Sust ainable (decentralized) supply 
of drinking water in remote regions of Zanzibar 
1 May 2011 to 30 July 2013 GIZ The objective of the pr oject is to improve acce ss to a self-sufficient, 
ecologically sustainable and affordable drinking water supply for the population in deprived areas of Zanzibar.  To achieve this goal, 
two demonstration seawater desalination plants are established and a 
sustainable operator concept for autonomous, decentralized 
desalination plants, in accordance to local conditions, will be 
elaborated and presented.  In addition, a training and service center 
will be established that informs students, local population and other interested parties, in form of further education and training of trainers, 
about know-how and technology in water desalination, water 
treatment and renewable energy as well as benefits of the derived drinking water.  The training center  will also offer individual modules 
of a seawater desalination plant for training and education purposes. 
Uganda Promotion of climate friendly 
cocoa growing 
1 August 2011-31 July 2014 GIZ Farmers in selected non-traditional cocoa growing districts of Uganda 
are enabled to produce and sell environmentally sustainable quality cocoa for the export market on a financially viable basis.  In order to achieve this objective, farmers in rural communities of Uganda will 
be trained to produce quality cocoa using Good Agricultural Practices 
(GAP) and will be provided w ith access to good  quality planting 
material for cocoa and shade trees, relevant training and extension 
services and information on business planning and financial services.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Uganda Hydroelectric power - River turbine 
1 April 2012-31 March 2014 GIZ The aim of the project is to enab le villages in rural Uganda the access 
to electric power which they pres ently lack.  Parts population and 
SME in the designated region are provided with electricity, reducing consumption of biomaterials (e.g.  wood) ensuring climate friendly 
generation of power.  This will be implemented in one location in 
Uganda with the help of an innovative technology, developed by KSB, a river turbine.  With this technology, electricity can be 
generated by hydro power, as provided under certain conditions in 
rivers.  This off-grid solution will assure electricity for population and businesses in decentral locations.  The goal is the creation of access to 
electricity for parts of the popula tion in a selected project area in 
Uganda with small-scale hyd ro-power  plants.  To reach this goal, a 
suitable location will be assessed, a river-turbine installed and 
electricity generated which is then tr ansferred to the users.  While this 
first project is a pilot, it is part of a larger strategy to develop the Ugandan market for alternative energy solutions, thus increasing 
overall access to clean electric power for the population and 
businesses, enabling economic development. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Republic of Moldova Study visit in Budapest on the topic 
of geographical indications and plant variety rights 
23 November 2011 Hungarian Intellectual 
Property Office (HIPO) Upon request of the delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food 
Industry of the Republic of Moldova, an expert of HIPO gave an insight into the general operations of HIPO, two experts delivered lectures about 
the protection of geographical indications, and a fourth expert held a 
presentation on patent and plant variety protection procedures. 
Brunei Darussalam Working visit of the Patent Registry 
Office of the Brunei Darussalam in the Hungarian Intellectual Property 
Office and signing of a MoU 
19 January 2012 Hungarian Intellectual 
Property Office (HIPO) Upon request of the deputy registrar of the Patent Registry Office, 
Brunei Darussalam, the Vice-Pres ident for Technical Affairs and 
two heads of department of HIPO gave an insight into the operations of the 
patent department, the patent granting procedure and shared the 
experiences of certain subcontracting agreements.  This was followed by 
the signing from Hungarian part of a MoU on the provision of patent 
examination services by HIPO. 
Montenegro Visit of the delegation of the 
Intellectual Property Office of 
Montenegro in the Hungarian 
Intellectual Property Office 
22-23 February 2012 
and signing a MoU in Podgorica on 
18 July 2012  Hungarian Intellectual 
Property Office (HIPO) Upon request of the IP Office of Montenegro, the head of the legal and 
international department of HIPO gave insight into the general status of 
IPR protection in Hungary;  an expert of the patent department made a 
presentation on the patent examination procedures, which was followed by one on supplementary protection certificates and another on plant variety 
protection.  The head of the trademark, model and design department held 
a presentation on the structure, comp etence and tasks of his department, 
which was followed by the deputy head's presentation on the Hungarian 
trademark act and the trademark registra tion procedure.  Another expert of 
the department made a presentation on the trademark databases and the 
Acsepto software for trademark search. 
During this visit, the two offices agreed on the preparation of a MoU 
on cooperation between them.  Th e signing took place in Podgorica 
on 18 July 2012.  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Azerbaijan Study visit of the State Committee on 
Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Azerbaijan to the Hungarian Intellectual Property 
Office 
12-13 March 2012 Hungarian Intellectual 
Property Office (HIPO) Upon request of the Azerbaijani dele gation, the head of the legal and 
international department of HIPO held a presentation on the operation of the HIPO and IPR protection in Hungary;   the President gave an overview 
on the management of the HIPO;  the Vice-President and the deputy head 
of the legal and international department of HIPO presented the 
harmonization of the Hungarian legislation to the laws of the EU, and Hungary's participation in the European and international cooperation.  
The next day, the head of the patent department presented the patent 
granting procedure, followed by a presentation on supplementary protection certificates and another one on plant variety protection.  
Guest had the opportunity also to get an insight into the work of 
patent examiners. 
Republic of Kosovo Conference, entitled Collective 
Management and Piracy 
Prishtina, 5-6 June 2012 Hungarian Intellectual 
Property Office (HIPO) Upon request of the Copyright and Related Rights Office of the Ministry 
of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Republic of Kosovo, a copyright expert of HIPO held two presentations at the conference (Copyright collective 
management in Hungary, Role of the state in the fight against piracy).  
The copyright expert was also available for discussions during the two days of the conference. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Croatia Technical assistance and support 
provided under project "Science and Innovation Investment Fund 
Republic of Croatia". 
Europe Aid/127709/D/SER/HR 
Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, 
September 2011-July 2012 Lithuanian Innovation Centre The project successfully finalized.  The team of international experts 
(Human Dynamics Consortium, including Lithuanian Innovation Centre's experts) provided technical assistance to the Central Finance 
and Contracting Agency in Croatia.   
  
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Beneficiary country Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Ethiopia 2011-2012 Research Centre for Genetic 
Resources, the Netherlands, Wageningen University  Support of the Government of Ethiopia for the amendment of the 
Proclamation on Plant Breeder's Right s to render the law more effective 
in protecting breeder's investments and attracting foreign investments, 
while also exempting from this law the small-scale agricultural sector 
responsible for local food production. 
China 2011-2012 Research Centre for Genetic 
Resources, the Netherlands, Wageningen University Elaboration of Access and Benefit- Sharing policies for Plant Genetic 
Resources in order to facilitate the international exchange of genetic 
resources and breeding products in the R&D chain between China and 
the Netherlands. 
Indonesia Quality assessment visits 
July 2011-February 2012 Center for Plant Variety 
Protection (PVPAP) in Jakarta Netherlands Inspection Service fo r Horticulture (Naktuinbouw): 
Four visits to assess Quality Assu rance level of 11 DUS stations. 
Recommendations for improvement. 
Training of local quality auditors. Development QA programme by Center of PVPAP to assess and monitor 
the DUS testing system. 
Viet Nam Development Road map for PVP 
2011-March 2012 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office  Road Map with: 
 Overview present status of PVP. 
 Expected developments. 
 Steps to be taken in future. 
Viet Nam Training DUS in Netherlands 
June-July 2011 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office  Six Vietnamese experts trained in NL by Netherlands Inspection Service 
for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) on DUS testing for two weeks. 
Viet Nam Training DUS in Viet Nam 
2011 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office Three technical trainings on DUS "on-the-job" in Viet Nam by 
Netherlands Inspection Service for Ho rticulture (Naktuinbouw) experts, 
in cooperation with JICA of Japan. 
Viet Nam Seminar PVP in Viet Nam 
March 2012 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office Two seminars in Viet Nam to creat e awareness about importance of a 
good PVP system, in cooperation with JICA of Japan. 
ARIPO Workshop on PVP in Kenya 
2011 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office The Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) 
participated in a worksh op on PVP protection.  
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ARIPO/OAPI Workshop on PVP in the 
Netherlands 
2011 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office The Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) 
organized a workshop on PVP protection.  Attendance of ARIPO/OAPI members was financed by the Dutch Government.   
Zimbabwe 2012 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office In 2012, a person from Zimbabwe  was employed as a guest on a 
temporary basis. 
Lebanon, Iran, Serbia Missions to explain seed-related 
policy issues such as variety registration and PVR 
2011 The Netherlands Inspection 
Service for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) At the request of the governments of Lebanon, Iran, Serbia. 
East Asian PVP Forum 
(i.e.Cambodia, Myanmar 
Japan, China, South 
Korea, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Philippines, 
Thailand and Indonesia) Training DUS in Netherlands 
Workshop on development of 
regional PVR-system 
2011 NL Plant Variety 
Protection Office East Asian PVP Forum is interested in the development of a regional 
PVP-system (comparable with the EU-system). 
 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event  Implementing agency  Description 
Montenegro  1.  Study visit on copyright issues 
 Ljubljana, 13-17 September 2011 European Patent Office + 
Slovenian IP Office (visit financed by EU-IPA) Delegation of Montenegro Intellectual Property Office consulted on 
experiences and best practices in the field of copyright and related rights, especially on EU pre-accession legislation procedures, 
collective management and register of copyright and related rights. 
Audience:  Montenegro IP Office staff (copyright). 
Montenegro  2.  Study visit on industrial property 
rights issues 
 Ljubljana, 25-27 October 2011  European Patent Office + 
Slovenian IP Office (visit financed by EU-IPA) Delegation of Montenegro Intellectual Property Office consulted on 
experiences and best practices in industrial property rights granting procedures, especially on EU pr e-accession legislative procedures, 
as well as general management. 
Audience:  Montenegro IP Office staff (in dustrial property rights and 
general management). 
Montenegro  3.  Study visit on intellectual 
property issues 
 Ljubljana, 18-19 June 2012  Slovenian IP Office, 
Slovenian Ministry of the Economic Development and 
Technology 
(visit financed by WIPO) Delegation of the Montenegro Ministry of the Economy (Department 
for Internal Market and Competition) consulted on experiences and best practices related to general management, competences and 
activities of the Slovenian IP Office, on experiences in the legal 
procedures in the process of the EU accession, IPR enforcement and awareness, collective management of copyright and related rights. 
Audience:  Montenegro Ministry of the Economy staff. 
  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Latin American countries 
 Dominican Republic 
Mexico 
Cuba Cuba CIBIT programme (Latin American 
training programme on technological information searches) 
May 2012-October 2012 
May 2012-October 2012 May 2012-October 2012 
February 2012-July 2012  OEPM The purpose of this programme is to further the use of Spanish in 
international search processes and improve the training of examiners in international searches for PCT international applications.  It 
involves incorporating Latin American patent examiners into the 
OEPM Patent Department for a period of between six months and two years to carry out patent searches on databases in Spanish. 
Latin American countries Seminar on trademarks and common 
aspects of industrial property 
12-16 September 2011 WIPO/OEPM Course on trademarks attend ed by a trademark examiner from each 
Industrial Property Office.   
Latin American countries On line course on trademark 
management and evaluation 
19 September-13 November 2011 CEDDET/OEPM This course, based on "virtual classroom" methodology with Internet 
support, not only sought to further participants' theoretical knowledge, but also involved practical activities in respect of trademark law, procedures for granting trademarks, and the study of 
trademarks in comparative law. 
Latin American countries Classroom course on industrial 
property for judges and prosecutors 
17-21 October 2011 (Colombia) OEPM/WIPO/EPO/AECID Course on industrial property for Latin American judges 
and prosecutors. 
Latin American countries Online course on patent management 
and evaluation 
23 April-17 June 2012 CEDDET/OEPM This course, based on "virtual classroom" methodology with Internet 
support, not only sought to further participants' theoretical knowledge, but also involved practical activities in respect of 
procedures for granting patents, prior art searches, and the study of 
patents in comparative law. 
Latin American countries Seminar on trademarks and common 
aspects of industrial property 
25-29 June 2012 WIPO/OEPM Course on trademarks attend ed by a trademark examiner from each 
Latin American Indust rial Property Office. 
 
  
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SWEDEN 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Developing countries  
Syrian Arab,  
Philippines,  
Bangladesh, Brazil, 
Indonesia, 
Cambodia, 
Tanzania, United Republic of 
Uganda, Kenya, 
South Africa, 
Myanmar, Ukraine, 
Burkina Faso, 
Colombia and China  Industrial Property in the Global 
Economy  
In Stockholm, 2011 and 4 April – 
2 May, 2012 and 8-12 October 2012 
(regional follow-up) Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WIPO 
financed by  the Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Agency (Sida) 
 International Training Course to enhance the participants 
understanding of copyright and related rights with emphasis on their 
contribution for economic growth, trade, and development, thus 
increasing their ability to handle, addr ess, and deal with those issues 
at the national, sub-regional, and regional levels as well as in the 
international context with a view to build consensus and promote 
international cooperation. 
 
Audience : 26 policy makers and their advisers as well as persons at a 
senior decision making level from the government sector and also 
persons from the university or the private sector who are or who will 
be involved in issues concerning copyright and related rights.  
LDCs  
Malawi, Uganda, Cambodia, 
Bangladesh, 
Mozambique, Ethiopia, 
Sudan, 
Nepal, Tanzania, United Republic of 
Rwanda, 
Bhutan, Korea, Democratic People’s 
Republic of 
Zambia, Rwanda, 
Nepal and 
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Intellectual Property Rights in the 
Global Economy for Least Developed Countries Stockholm, 14 November – 2 December 2011 and 21-25 May 2012 (regional follow-up)  Stockholm, 19 November – 7 December 2012 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WIPO financed by  the Swedish 
International Development 
Cooperation Agency (Sida) 
 International Training Course to enhance the participants 
understanding of intellectual property rights with emphasis on their 
contribution for economic growth, trade, and development, thus increasing their ability to handle, addr ess, and deal with those issues 
at the national, sub-regional, and regional levels as well as in the 
international context with a view to build consensus and promote international cooperation. 
 
Audience : 25 + 25 participants from least developed countries. Policy 
makers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decision 
making level from the government sector and also persons from the 
university or the private sector wh o are or who will be involved in 
issues concerning intellectual property rights. 
  
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Developing countries 
Ukraine, 
China, 
Tunisia, 
Thailand, Morocco, 
Algeria, 
Tanzania, United Republic of Cambodia, 
South Africa, 
Indonesia, Zimbabwe, 
Tunisia, 
Botswana, Kenya, 
Brazil, 
Viet Nam, Egypt, 
Nepal, 
Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic 
Senegal and Myanmar 
 Copyright and Related Rights in the 
Global Economy Stockholm, 5 – 23 September 2011 and 20 – 24 February 2012 (regional follow-up)  Stockholm 27 August – 14 September 2012 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in cooperation with WIPO 
financed by  the Swedish 
International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida
 
 International Training Course to enhance the participants 
understanding of copyright and related rights with emphasis on their contribution for economic growth, trade, and development, thus 
increasing their ability to handle, addr ess, and deal with those issues 
at the national, sub-regional, and regional levels as well as in the international context with a view to build consensus and promote 
international cooperation. 
 Audience : 25 + 25 policy makers and their advisers as well as persons 
at a senior decision making level from the government sector and also 
persons from the university or the private sector who are or who will 
be involved in issues concerning copyright and related rights.   
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country(ies) Title and date 
of the event Implementing agency Description 
Developing countries 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Cameroon 
Chile 
China Colombia 
Ecuador 
India Jordan 
Kenya, 
Korea DPR Malawi 
Mexico 
Montenegro Nepal 
Pakistan 
Peru Serbia 
South Africa 
Sudan 
Tanzania 
Thailand Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda Viet Nam 
Zimbabwe) 
 Genetic Resources and Intellectual 
Property Rights  Ultuna, 7 - 25 May 2012 and 19-23 November 19-23 2012 (regional follow-up)  Ultuna 24 September  - 12 October 2012 and 18-22 March 2013 (regional follow-up) Department of Legal Affairs 
at SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in 
cooperation with SEI 
financed by the Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Agency (Sida) International Training Course to assist participants to understand the 
background and the implications of the recent developments related to IPRs and exchange (access and be nefit sharing/ABS) of genetic 
resources and related information; to enable participants to find, use 
and draw conclusions from sources  of information and expertise 
world-wide, related to IPRs and exchange of genetic resources; to 
enhance participants' managerial e fficiency to handle, address and 
deal with genetic resources and inte llectual property rights issues.  
 
Audience : 23 + 23 individuals at senior commanding level from the 
government sector and from national R&D institutions in charge of 
managing and defining regulatory/policy IPR and ABS frameworks 
on genetic resources and related information 
  
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UNITED KINGDOM 
 
Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
African countries Patent Search and Examination 
Training Visits 
November 2011 and June 2012 IPO IPO hosted technical training in Patent Search and Examination 
technigues for two patent examiners from ARIPO, one in the field of Biotechnology (November 2011), the other in the field of Electronics 
(Telecommuinoations and AudioVisual Technology) (June 2012).  
This involved one-to-one training of ARIPO patent examiners by IPO patent examiners over eight to ten days on various search and 
examination techniques. 
China UK-China Internet Forum 
Bejing, September 2011 Organized by UK 
Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Chinese State Council 
Information Office Aims: 
 Share knowledge of current issues and discuss solutions to 
problems. 
 Spread best practice. 
 Promote light touch regulation. 
 Achieve closer cooperation on global IPR policy. 
All LDCs Analysis of the reports by developed 
countries in compliance with Article 66.2 of TRIPS DFID - Trade Mark Southern 
Africa programme 
2008-2014 Assistance to the LDC group to produce a summary of the types of 
technology transfer incentives bein g provided by developed countries 
in fulfilment of their Article 66.2 obligations.  Aims to assist in 
identifying gaps and providing support for requests for technical 
assistance. 
 Brazil Memorandum of Understanding 
(MoU) - Trademarks UK IPO In November 2011 two Trademarks officials from UK IPO spent 
two days in Brazil.  One day was at the INPI in Rio de Janeiro delivering presentations on UK IPO practice and procedures in 
relation to the handling of applications under the Madrid Protocol to 
attorneys and professi onal representatives. 
Brazil Training Course on Search and 
Examination of Biotechnology Patent Applications 
21-25 November 2011 UK IPO Training course for approximately 80 patent examiners delivered an 
INPI in Rio de Janeiro by two Biotech Examiners from the IPO.  This was coordinated between IPO and INPI as part of the technical 
cooperation agreement between the tw o offices.  This training course 
also covered Nanotechnology.  Lectures and Q&A sessions used to deliver training.  Cases selected  by INPI examiners were then 
discussed as case studies to apply learning.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event Implementing agency Description 
Republic of Moldova Visit by Republic of Moldova IP 
Office to UK IPO 
March 2012 UK IPO A delegation from the Republic of Moldovan IP Office (AGEPI) 
undertook a two-day visit to the UK IPO to learn about our procedures, structures and methodologies for dealing with the whole range of IP activity includi ng the enforcement of IP. 
Nigeria Memorandum of Understanding 
(MoU) with Nigerian Copyright Commision UK IPO The MoU sets out a general framework for bilateral cooperation 
between the Paticipants.  The MoU aims to strengthen the copyright strategic partnership through continued international cooperation 
between UK and Nigeria on all matters relating to copyright. 
Turkey EU-Turkey Twinning Project 
"Supporting Turkey for Enhancing Implementation and Enfocement of Industrial Property Rights" UK IPO and German 
International Legal Cooperation Institute (part of German Judiciary) UK IPO official atte nded a week of events to commemorate the 
closing of this project between 19-23 September 2011.  The events included presentations given by the UK IPO official on UK trademark 
examination practice, and UK IPO's procedures for measuring and 
maintaining quality.  These presentations were delivered to staff at the 
Turkish Patent Institute, Ankara, an d also to attorneys, students and 
academics at Bilgi Un iversity, Istanbul. 
China Study Visit on information 
technology and automation 
5 July 2011 UK IPO A study visit to exchange information on online services (including 
electronic filing of patents, search services and peer to patent) and 
IT planning. 
China Study visit on IP support services. 
24 April 2012 UK IPO A study visit to exchange information on support for IP professionals, 
support for SMEs and patent informatics. 
 
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