IP/C/W/603/Add.4  
 
24 October 2014  
(14-6184)  Page: 1/9  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM  
OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS (UPOV) 
Addendum 
At its meeting of 11 June 2014, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update the information on their technical and financial cooperation programmes relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  
The present document reproduces the information which has been received from the International 
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by means of a communication dated 13 October 2014. 
 
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UPOV's mission is to provide and promote an effective system of plant variety protection, with the aim of encouraging the development of new vari eties of plants, for the benefit of society. 
 
Information on membership of  UPOV can be found at:  http://www.upov.int/members/en/   
 
The main objectives of UPOV are, in accordance with the UPOV Convention, to: 
 
 provide and develop the legal, administrative and technical basis for international 
cooperation in plant variety protection; 
 assist States and organizations in the develo pment of legislation and the implementation 
of an effective plant variety protection system; and 
 enhance public awareness and understanding  of the UPOV system of plant variety 
protection. 
Information on the technical and financial cooperation programs of UPOV in relation to UPOV's 
objectives is provided as follows:  
Assistance to States and Organizations in the deve lopment of legislation and the implementation of 
an effective plant variety protection system 
 
Annex I to this report provides information on UPOV's activities in relation to the development of 
legislation and the implementation of an effective plant variety protection system for the period 2013-2014.  
International Cooperation 
 
Annex II to this report provides information on international cooperation facilitated by UPOV. 
 
Annex III contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations.  IP/C/W/603/Add.4 
 
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  ANNEX I1 
UPOV'S ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION AND  
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EFFECTIVE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION SYSTEM  
FOR THE PERIOD 2013-2014 
Objectives:  
  To raise awareness of the role of plant variety protection according to the 
UPOV Convention 
 To assist States and organizations, particularly governments of developing 
countries and countries in transition to a market economy, in the 
development of legislation in accordance with the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
 To assist States and organizations in their accession to the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV Convention. 
 To assist States and organizations in implementing an effective plant 
variety protection system in accordance with the UPOV Convention. 
 
1  ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION: 
The Office provided assistance on plant variety protection legislation to the following UPOV 
members: Azerbaijan, Canada, Co lombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Singapore and South 
Africa.  The Office provided advice and assistance on  the development of plant variety protection 
legislation according to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Co nvention and/or on the procedure to accede to 
the UPOV Convention to: ARIPO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Ma laysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Pakistan, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab  Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania and 
Zimbabwe.  
2  PARTICIPATION IN UPOV AWARENESS- RAISING ACTIVITIES, OR ACTIVITIES 
INVOLVING UPOV STAFF OR UPOV TRAINERS ON BEHALF OF UPOV STAFF 
2.1  Activities organized by, or with, UPOV: 
 Plant Variety Protection System Awareness Raising Seminar, Vientiane, Lao People's -
Democratic Republic (February 2013) 
 Regional Seminar on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the UPOV 
Convention, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (July 2013) 
 National Seminar on the Examination of New Plant Varieties, Port of Spain, Trinidad and 
Tobago (July 2013) 
 Visit to the Brunei Intellectual Property  Office (BruIPO 2013), Bandar, Brunei 
Darussalam (July 2013) 
 Sixth Annual Meeting of the EAPVP Forum 2013, Kuching, Malaysia (July 2013) 
 Symposium on Plant Variety Protection "Regional Cooperation towards International 
Harmonization in Plant Variety Protection", Kuching, Malaysia (July 2013) 
 Regional Workshop on the ARIPO Draft Legal Framework for the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants, Lilongwe, Malawi (July 2013) 
 Experts Meeting concerning the Recommendations of the ARIPO Administrative Council 
on the Draft Legal Framework, Lilongwe, Malawi (July 2013) 
 USPTO/UPOV training course "Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention", 
Geneva, Switzerland (September 2013) 
 Joint Workshop on DUS Testing and Molecular Techniques, Beijing, China 
(September 2013) 
                                               
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   Seminar on Essentially Derived Varieties, Geneva, Switzerland (October 2013) 
 International Seminar on Plant Breeders' Rights and Plant Breeding, Quito, Ecuador 
(November 2013) 
 Technical Meeting on the Protection of New Varieties of Soybean, Buenos Aires, 
Argentina (November 2013) 
 XII Training Course for Ibero-American Countries on the Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants, Montevideo, Uruguay (November 2013) 
 Seminar on Plant Breeders' Rights in Peru under the UPOV Convention, Lima, Peru 
(November 2013) 
 Seminar on the Benefit of Plant Variety Protection Systems in line with the UPOV 
Convention, Peradeniya (near Kandy 2013), Sri Lanka (November 2013) 
 OEVV/CPVO/UPOV Joint training course enti tled "Armonización de los trabajos de 
distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad de nuevas variedades para los centros acreditados por la OCVV, normativa española, de la UE y de la UPOV" (Harmonizing the 
examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability for new plant varieties in Spanish 
examination offices accredited by CPVO, Spanish, European Union and UPOV regulations), San Fernando de Henares, Spain (February 2014) 
 High-Level Awareness Raising Session on th e Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
Protection System, Putrajaya, Malaysia (February 2014) 
 Study visit to UPOV headquarters for Groupement technique horticole de Genève, 
Geneva, Switzerland (February 2014) 
 ISTA/OECD/UPOV Pre-Congress Workshop on "International systems to develop an 
enabling environment to provide food se curity and economic development by 
strengthening the seed sector", Tunis, Tunisia (March 2014) 
 
2.2  Activities/meetings in which UPOV participated: 
 OECD Seed Scheme meetings, Paris, France (January 2013) 
 Twenty-third session of the WIPO IGC, Geneva, Switzerland (February 2013) 
 CPVO Administrative Council, Angers, France (February 2013) 
 Thirteenth AFSTA Annual Congress, Mauritius (March 2013) 
 Meeting of the Council for TRIPS, Geneva, Switzerland (March 2013) 
 WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Pr operty for Government Officials, Geneva, 
Switzerland (March 2013) 
 Study visit of senior officials from the Seychelles to WIPO headquarters, Geneva, 
Switzerland (March 2013) 
 Fourteenth Session of the CGRFA, Rome, Italy (April 2013) 
 Technical Working Group Meeting of the OECD Forest Seed and Plant Scheme, Verona, 
Italy (April 2013) 
 Twenty-fourth session of the WIPO IG C, Geneva, Switzerland (April 2013) 
 "Stimulating Innovation in Plant Genetic Resources – A role for the European Innovation 
Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability", organized by the European 
Technology Platform, Brussels, Belgium (April 2013) 
 TAIEX Workshop on Plant Variety Rights, Baku, Azerbaijan (May 2013) 
 Training session on plant variety protection as part of the "Genetic Resources and 
Intellectual Property Rights Course" (GRIP Course 2013), Uppsala, Sweden (May 2013) 
 World Seed Congress 2013 (ISF 2013), Athens, Greece (May 2013) 
 Consultation meeting to promote a public-private partnership in pre-breeding, Rome, 
Italy (May 2013) 
 Study visit to the Plant Variety Rights Office of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland 
(June 2013) 
 OECD Seed Scheme meetings, Paris, France (June 2013) 
 Meeting of the Council for TRIPS, Geneva, Switzerland (June 2013) 
 Thirtieth ISTA Congress, Antalya, Turkey (June 2013) 
 Sixteenth International Course on Plant Variety Protection, Wageningen, Netherlands 
(June 2013) 
 WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of In tellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 
(June 2013) 
 WIPO-University of Geneva (UNIGE 2013) Summer School on Intellectual Property, 
Geneva, Switzerland (June 2013) 
 Meeting of the ITPGRFA Platform for the Co-D evelopment and Transfer of Technologies, 
Bandung, Indonesia (June/July 2013) IP/C/W/603/Add.4 
 
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   ECOSOC side-event on "Promoting Technology Transfer for Food Security", organized by 
FAO and the Permanent Mission of Ecuador in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2013) 
 KOICA/KSVS Training Course on "Plant Vari ety Protection and DUS Testing", Seongnam 
City, Republic of Korea (July 2013) 
 Twenty-fifth session of the WIPO IGC, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2013) 
 4th Edition of the WIPO-Queensland University of Technology Master of Intellectual 
Property Law, Brisbane, Australia (July 2013) 
 VI International Symposium on the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants (ISTCP 2013 2013) 
 Meetings of the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants of 
the International Union for Biological Sciences (IUBS Commission 2013), Beijing, China (July 2013) 
 WIPO/OIPI seminar on "Intellectual Property and Innovation in Côte d'Ivoire", Abidjan, 
Côte d'Ivoire (July 2013) 
 Study visit of Parliamentarians and Senior Government Officials of Uganda to WIPO, 
Geneva, Switzerland (July 2013) 
 JICA training course on "Quality Control Sy stem of Seeds and Seedlings to Facilitate 
Distribution of High Quality Seed s", Tsukuba, Japan (August 2013) 
 4th Seed Congress of the Americas, Punta del Este, Uruguay (September 2013) 
 Fifty-First Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO, Geneva, 
Switzerland (September/October 2013) 
 Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA, Muscat, Oman (September 2013) 
 Meeting of Heads of Intellectual Property Offices for Caribbean countries, Geneva, 
Switzerland (September 2013) 
 Study visit to the Plant Variety Rights Office of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland 
(October 2013) 
 CPVO Administrative Council, Brussels, Belgium (October 2013) 
 Training session on plant variety protection as part of the "Genetic Resources and 
Intellectual Property Rights Course" (GRIP Course 2013), Uppsala, Sweden 
(October 2013) 
 Master of Laws (LL.M. 2013) in Intellectual Property (WIPO/University of Turin/ITC-
ILO 2013), Geneva, Switzerland (October 2013) 
 Meeting of the Council for TRIPS, Geneva, Switzerland (October 2013) 
 ESA 2013 Annual Meeting and General Assembly, Warsaw, Poland (October 2013) 
 WFO Workshop "International Day of Rural Women:  Investing in Rural Women to 
Achieve Sustainable Food Systems", Lusaka, Zambia (October 2013) 
 Meeting of mushroom breeders, Geneva, Switzerland (October 2013) 
 FAO meeting on "Nourishing a growing worl d with diminishing resources", Geneva, 
Switzerland (November 2013) 
 International Plant Breeding Congress,  Antalya, Turkey (November 2013) 
 Twelfth session of the WIPO Committee on  Development and Intellectual Property 
(CDIP 2013), Geneva, Switzerland (November 2013) 
 APSA Congress 2013, Kobe, Japan (November 2013) 

 IDLO "Technology Licensing for Developing  Countries: Dos and Don'ts" Course, Rome, 
Italy (November 2013) 
 14th Session of ARIPO's Council of Ministers Innovative Africa Forum, Kampala, Uganda 
(November 2013) 
 I n t e r n a t i o n a l  S e e d  W o r k s h o p  " A  l o o k  t o  t h e  S e e d  S e c t o r  i n  T u r k e y  w i t h  a  G l o b a l  
Perspective", Antalya, Turkey (December 2013) 
 17th Annual Meeting between CPVO and its Examination Offices, Angers, France 
(December 2013) 
 53rd ordinary session of OAPI's Administrative Council, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 
(December 2013) 
 OECD Seed Scheme meetings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (January 2014) 
 Twenty-sixth session of the WIPO IGC, Geneva, Switzerland (February 2014) 
 Third meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc  Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya 
Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-3), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea (February 2014) 
 Meeting of the Council for TRIPS, Geneva, Switzerland (February 2014) 
 Fourteenth Annual Congress of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA), Tunis, 
Tunisia (March 2014) 
 WTO Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement and IP-Related Matters, Port Louis, Mauritius 
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   CPVO Administrative Council, Nitra, Slovakia (March 2014) 
 Lectures at a program for a group of Phd. students from the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian 
National University of Kazakhstan, organize d by WIPO and the University of Business 
and International Studies (UBIS), Geneva, Switzerland (March 2014) 
 Twenty-seventh session of the WIPO IGC, Geneva, Switzerland (March April 2014) 
 WFO General Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentina (March 2014)  
 CIOPORA Annual General Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands (April 2014) 
 Information sessions with 24 officials of the African Intellectual Property Organization 
(OAPI), Yaoundé, Cameroun (April 2014) 
 Technical Working Group of the OECD Scheme for the Certification of Forest 
Reproductive Material Moving in International Trade, Paris, France (April 2014) 
 Fifth Edition of the WIPO-Queensland University of Technology Master of Intellectual 
Property Law, Brisbane, Australia (May 2014) 
 ISF World Seed Congress 2014, Beijing, China (May 2014) 
 Conference "On the Most Important Reserves  of Implementing the Food Program in 
Uzbekistan," Tashkent, Uzbekistan (June 2014) 
 OECD Seed Schemes Annual Meeting, Zagreb, Croatia (June 2014)  
 Meeting of the Council for TRIPS, Geneva, Switzerland (June 2014) 
 Seventeenth International Course on Plant Variety Protection, Wageningen, Netherlands 
(June 2014) 
 WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Inte llectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland (June 
2014) 
 WIPO-University of Geneva (UNIGE) Summer School on Intellectual Property, Geneva, 
Switzerland (June 2014) 
 KOICA/KSVS Training Course "Plant Variety Pr otection and DUS Testing", Seoul, Republic 
of Korea (June-July 2014) 
 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for 
Food and Agriculture Coming into Force, UN Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (July 
2014) 
 Twenty-eighth session of the WIPO IGC, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2014) 
 10K Seed Company Convening, organized by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa 
(AGRA), Kampala, Uganda (July 2014) 
 Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic 
Resources for Food and Agriculture of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for 
Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), Rome, Italy (July 2014) 
 Seventh Annual Meeting of the East Asia Pl ant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVP Forum), 
Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (August 2014) 
 JICA training course "Quality Control System of Seeds and Seedlings to Facilitate 
Distribution of High Quality Seed s", Tsukuba, Japan (August 2014) 
 "Seminario sobre Protección al Derecho de Obtentor" (Seminar on Plant Breeders' 
Rights) and "X Taller Internacional de Evaluación de la Distinción, Homogeneidad y 
Estabilidad (DHE) de Variedades Vegetales" (X International Workshop on 
DUS Examination of Plant Varieties), Mexico City, Mexico (August 2014) 
 Technical Working Group Meeting and Annual Meeting of the OECD Forest Seed and 
Plant Scheme, Paris, France (September 2014) 
 "Forum francophone de l'innovation ", organized by Organisation internationale de la 
Francophonie  (OIF), Namur, Belgium (September 2014) 
 WIPO Meeting of Heads of Intellectual Property Offices for Caribbean Countries, Geneva, 
Switzerland (September 2014) 
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  3  PARTICIPATION IN UPOV DISTANCE LEAR NING COURSE DL-205 "INTRODUCTION TO 
THE UPOV SYSTEM OF PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION UNDER THE UPOV CONVENTION" 
3.1  Countries from which there were particip ants in the UPOV dist ance learning course 
DL-205 (2013 and 2014) 
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, 
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d' Ivoire, Croatia, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, 
Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hond uras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic 
Republic of), Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Ne therlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 
Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Repu blic of Korea, Russian Federation, Serbia, 
Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lank a, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, 
Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, 
Viet Nam and Zimbabwe (total 71 countries)  
3.2  Total number of participants in the DL-205 course (2013 and 2014) 
Category Number of 
participants  
 
Government officials of members of the Union 316 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations 12 
Total: 328 
 
3.3  Special sessions of the DL-205 course "I ntroduction to the UPOV System of Plant 
Variety Protection under the UP OV Convention" (in 2013 and 2014) 
Month/Year Name of Course Number of 
participants 
July 2013 KOICA Training Course on Plant Variety Protection (Republic of Korea) 12 
July 2013 WIPO/ARIPO/Africa University Masters Degree in Intellectual Property 
(MIP) Program 42 
August 2013 JICA Training Course on "Quality Control System of Seeds and Seedlings 
to Facilitate Distribution of High Quality Seeds" (Japan) 9 
September 
2013 USPTO/UPOV Training Course on "Plant Variety Protection Under the 
UPOV Convention" (Switzerland) 7 
June 2014 Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety Protection Course 
(Netherlands) 31 
August 2014 JICA Training Course on "Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
Protection System" (Japan) 11 
June/July 
2014 KOICA Training Course on Plant Variety Protection (Republic of Korea) 12 
 
3.4  Total number of participants in the DL- 305 course "Examination of Applications for 
Plant Breeders' Rights" (in 2014) 
Participants from Number of 
participants 
Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Estoni a, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, 
New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Serb ia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United 
Kingdom and United States of America  
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  ANNEX II1 
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FACILITATED BY UPOV 
UPOV facilitates cooperation in the examination of plant varieties as follows:  
 
a. Document C/48/5 "Cooperation in Examination" contains a synopsis of offers for cooperation 
in examination made by authorities, of cooperation already established between authorities and of any envisaged cooperation.  
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/e n/details.jsp?meeting_id=33384 ) 
b. Document TC/50/4 "List of Genera and Species for which Authorities have Practical 
Experience in the Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability" provides information on plant genera and species for which authorities have practical experience in the 
examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS). 
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/e n/details.jsp?meeting_id=31703 ) 
 The following graph illustrates the development of cooperation since 2005: 
Plant Genera/Species with Cooperation Agreements, Practical Experience and 
Plant Breeder's Right Entries in Plant Variety Database 
0500100015002000250030003500
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20146401991
1997
200517502726
2589
3305
23363144 3455
3455Number of genera/species
YearCooperation Agreements
Practical Experience
Plant Breeders' Rights Entries in Plant Variety Database
 
c. UPOV has developed "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and 
Stability," or "Test Guidelines", for many individual species or other variety groupings (see http://www.upov.int/t est_guidelines/en/ ).  The purpose of these Test Guidelines is to 
provide practical guidance for the harmonized examination of DUS and, in particular, to 
identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.  In 2013, the adopted Test Guidelines covered 91% of all 
entries concerning plant variety protection in the PLUTO Plant Variety Database (217,298 of 
247,818). 
d. The GENIE database provides a dynamic source of information on the cooperation explained 
above.  (see http://www.upov.int/genie/en/ ) 
e. The PLUTO Plant Variety Database provides information concerning plant breeders' rights. 
(see http://www.upov.int/pluto/en/ )  
                                               
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  ANNEX III1 
 
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 
UPOV terms 
 
BMT Working Group on Biochemical and Molecular Techniques, and DNA-Profiling in 
Particular 
CAJ Administrative and Legal Committee  
DL-205 UPOV distance learning course "Intro duction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety 
Protection under the UPOV Convention" 
DL-305 UPOV distance learning course "Exam ination of Applications for Plant Breeders' 
Rights" 
DUS Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability 
EDV essentially derived variety Office Office of the Union 
PBR Plant Breeder's Right 
TC Technical Committee TC-EDC Enlarged Editorial Committee 
TWA Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops 
TWC Technical Working Party on Automation and Computer Programs TWF Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops TWO Technical Working Party for Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees 
TWP Technical Working Party 
TWV Technical Working Party for Vegetables  
Acronyms 
 
 
AATF African Agricultural Technology Foundation 
AECID Spanish Agency for Cooperation and Economic Development AFSTA African Seed Trade Association AIPPI International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property 
AOHE Association of European Horticultural Breeders 
APBREBES Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society APSA Asia and Pacific Seed Association 
ARIPO African Regional Intellectual Property Organization 
ASEAN Southeast Asian Nations ASTA American Seed Trade Association 
BSPB British Society of Plant Breeders 
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CDIP WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 
CIOPORA International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit 
Varieties 
CPVO Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union 
EAPVP Forum East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum 
ECO Economic Cooperation Organization ECOSA ECO Seed Association 
ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council 
EMBRAPA Brazilian Research Corporation ESA European Seed Association FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
FELAS Latin American Federation of Seed Associations 
FWCC Friends World Committee for Consultation GEVES Groupe d'étude et de contrôle des variétés et des semences  of France 
GRIP Course Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights Course 
GRUR Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblich en Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht  
                                               
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  IAOC WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee 
ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas ICNCP International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants ICNP Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on 
Access and Benefit-sharing 
IDLO International Development Law Organization IGC WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Inte llectual Property and Genetic Resources, 
Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 
IPSAS International Public Sector Accounting Standards IRRI International Rice Research Institute ISF International Seed Federation 
ISHS International Society for Horticultural Sciences 
ISTA International Seed Testing Association ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 
IUBS Commission International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants of the 
International Union for Biological Sciences 
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency 
KEPHIS Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services 
KOICA Korea International Cooperation Agency KSVS Korea Seed and Variety Service OAPI African Intellectual Property Organization 
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 
OEVV Spanish Plant Variety Office PCT WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty 
QUNO Quaker UN Office 
QUT Queensland University of Technology SAA Seed Association of the Americas 
Sida Swedish International Development Agency 
TAIEX Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument of the European Union TRIPS Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UN United Nations 
UNDP United Nations Development Programme 
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIGE University of Geneva 
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office 
WFO World Farmers' Organization WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization 
WTO World Trade Organization 
 
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