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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓN  
FACILITADA POR LOS MIEMBROS  
CANADÁ  
Addendum  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 18 de octubre de 2018, se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
del Canadá . 
 
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1  BREVE EXPOSICIÓN SOBRE LA COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA DURANTE EL AÑO OBJETO DEL  
INFORME  
1.  De conformidad con el artículo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  (Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC), el Consejo de los ADPIC pide a 
los países desarrollados Miembros que le informen sobre sus programas de cooperación técnica y 
financiera a favor de los países en desarrollo y menos adelantados Miembros . El presente documento 
contiene información actualizada sobre las actividades de cooperación técnica y financiera del 
Canadá en la esfera de la propiedad intelectual en favor de los países en desarrollo y los países 
menos adelantados Miembros durante el período 2017 -2018. 
2.  El Canadá  ha emprendido una serie de actividades de cooperación técnica a nivel multilateral, 
plurilateral y bilateral . A nivel multilateral, el Canadá colabora estrechamente con la  Organización 
Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) y el Foro de Cooperación Económica de Asia y el  Pacífico 
(IPEG -APEC), donde participa en las deliberaciones que mantiene la organización cada dos años para 
compartir información y dar a conocer las mejores prácticas en materia de derechos de propiedad 
intelectual.  
3.  El siguiente res umen contiene información actualizada sobre estas actividades, que son 
administradas principalmente por la Oficina de la Propiedad Intelectual del Canadá (CIPO), Global 
Affairs Canada (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Comercio y Desarrollo del Canadá) , el Centro 
Internacional de Investigación para el Desarrollo (IDRC) y la Real Policía Montada del Canadá 
(RCMP) . Otras instituciones canadienses  que reciben financiación del Gobierno del Canadá , como el 
Centro de Política y Derecho Comerciales (CTPL) y la Uni versidad de Ottawa, participan también en 
las actividades de cooperación técnica internacional.  
4.  Las actividades de cooperación técnica aparecen detalladas en el anexo . 
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ANEXO1 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 TO 31  AUGUST 2018  
Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
WIPO Program of 
International 
Cooperation in the 
Search and Examination 
of Inventions (ICSEI)  Between 1 
September 2017 and 
31 August 2018  3 requests from 
Madagascar and 
8 requests from 
Djibouti  CIPO provides search and examination reports of patent applications, 
upon request from other WIPO Member States.  -- 
CIPO-WIPO Executive 
Workshop on 
Management 
Techniques in the 
Delivery of IP Services 
for senior officials from 
developing countries  Between 4 June and 
8 June 2018  Participants were 
from Tunisia, 
Algeria, 
Cameroon, Benin, 
Guinea, Guinea -
Bissau, Mali, 
Madagascar,  Togo, 
Haiti, Belarus, and 
the Organisation  
Africaine  de la  
Propriété 
Intellectuelle  CIPO hosts and delivers an annual CIPO -WIPO Executive Workshop 
on management techniques in the delivery of IP services, for senior 
officials from developing countries.  
 
The objectives of the one -week workshop are to:  
• Enhance knowledge and skills in the area of management 
techniques in the delivery  of IP services;  
• Improve the capacity of IP officials;  
• Provide participants with first -hand experience of the nature 
and scope of Canada's IP expertise, products and services;  
• Provide a forum to exchange ideas and experiences with 
officials from other IP o ffices.  -- 
Pre-recorded webinars 
on IP and patents on 
the website of TFO 
Canada  Available 
throughout  2017 Downloaded 
approx. 140 times.  These webinars, which were recorded in 2016 through CIPO 
collaboration with TFO Canada, are available in English on the  TFO 
Canada website for embassies, consulates and businesses from 
developing and emerging countries.  
 
Topics covered : Basics of Canadian IP, Registering  patents in 
Canada, Registering trademarks in Canada, IP Foundations for 
women entrepreneurs, Overview of IP - trademarks for SMEs.  -- 
                                                
1 En inglés solamente.    
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
National Legislative 
Development project  Between 20 October 
2009 and 28 
September 2018  Viet Nam  The objective of the project is to strengthen the legal foundations for 
economic growth through an integrated program of reforms to the 
Vietnamese legislative development process. It addresses several 
priorities of the Government of Vietnam's legal reform agenda, 
including: the development of laws that are clear and more easily 
implemented; improved review of legislation to ensure that it is 
consistent internally and with other legislation; and more effective 
public participation in the lawmaking process. T he project addresses 
these concerns through an integrated work program addressing all 
points of the legislative development process, with attention to 
legislation that supports economic growth and development.  -- 
Pervasive Technologies: 
Access to Knowledg e 
(A2K) in the 
Marketplace  Between 18 February 
2011 and 18 October 
2017 India This IDRC -funded project explores the interplay between IP and the 
production and deployment of pervasive networked technologies and 
seeks to provide a supply -side picture of how  IP plays a role in the 
proliferation of access to technologies.  The resulting body of research 
sheds light on how to better promote access to knowledge in Asia, 
influencing IP laws and practices.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/pervasive -technologies -
access -knowledge -a2kin -marketplace   
Copyright and 
Innovation in the 
Developing World  Between 27 February 
2015 and 27 
November 2017  India, Colombia, 
Brazil,  and Chile  This IDRC -funded project provides evidence to support governments 
grappling with IP questions as they are key for facilitating economic 
growth and innovation in the digital economy. By exploring the 
difference copyright law makes to economic, social, and c ultural 
outcomes, this project will inform policies that support innovation 
and entrepreneurship in developing countries. This project is building 
a transnational index of changes in copyrights law in 15 countries, 
studying the impact of copyright laws on the behavior of firms, and 
is developing sector -specific case studies. Finally, the project is 
looking into new forms of payment and reward for developing 
country -creators who wish to distribute their content.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/copyright -and-
innovation -developing -world -0    
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Open African Innovation 
Research Network 
(Open AIR)  -- Africa and Ottawa  Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of researchers spread 
across Africa and Canada. Their research aims to ease tensions 
between IP and access to knowledge, and to understand how 
knowledge -based businesses can take advantage of global 
opportunities, while sharing the benefits of innovation throughout 
society. Open AIR is funded by Canada’s International Development 
Research Centre (IDRC) and is in year three of a seven -year 
Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research 
Council (SSHRC). They recently w ere also selected for the 
Queen  Elizabeth Scholars - Advanced Scholars program.  
 
The network has published over 15 working papers and presented at 
numerous conferences concerning research on IP in Africa, including 
traditional cultural expressions and traditional knowledge. The 
network is si milarly engaging as advisors to the Africa Group 
Negotiating Bloc on negotiation s toward a new WIPO IGC treaty.  http://www.openair.org.za   
Expert Deployment 
Mechanism for Trade 
and Development 
(EDM)  Between 2018 
and 2025 Global  EDM is designed to reduce poverty by deploying, on demand, 
Canadian and international technical experts to assist developing 
countries negotiate, implement, adapt to and benefit from bilateral 
or regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Fo reign Investment 
Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) with Canada. Experts 
can be deployed while FTA/FIPA exploratory talks are underway, 
during formal negotiations, or following the conclusion and 
ratification of an agreement. There is a significan t roster of experts 
relating to IP, including Trade Facilitation Office Canada 
(TFO Canada).  -- 
Centre for Trade Policy 
and Law (CT PL) - 
guidance, support, 
knowledge and tools  -- -- Canada -based CTPL is a Canadian institution that provides 
developing and transition economies with guidance and support to 
sustain them in the short -term and with the knowledge and tools to 
ensure their full participation in international trade agreements, 
including specific traini ng on IP law and policy issues.  --   
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
African Ins titute for 
Mathematical Sciences 
(AIMS)  Between 1 January 
2011 and 31 March 
2022 AIMS centres are 
located in 
Tanzania, South 
Africa, Sene gal, 
Ghana, Cameroon 
and Rwanda  Through IDRC, Canada contributed $20 million to establish the proof -
of-concept for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) 
- a network of Pan -African Centres of Excellence, which provides 
rigorous mathematics training to post -graduate African students. 
Mathematical sciences are the backbone of a modern economy. 
Solutions to co mplex challenges in health, agriculture, and finance, 
for example, all require advanced mat hematical modelling skills. 
The Initiative supported Africa’s top students to enrol in a rigorous 
10-month graduate -level course that lead to a master's degree in 
mathematical science.  
 
In 2016, Canada announced an additional CA$22.6 million over five 
years to train African mathematical scientists to develop climate 
change adaptation and mitigation solutions through AIMS, with a 
strong gender equality component. This new Mathematical Sciences 
for Climate Change Resilience (MS4CR) project is now underway and 
will end in March 2022. The climate change stream is being 
introduced for the current academic year in Rwanda, with the first 
cohort expected to graduate in June 20 19. The specialized climate 
change curriculum will then be migrated to the other centers of 
excellence within the AIMS Pan -African network.  
 
Following a call for proposals from the Partnerships and Development 
Innovation Branch in Skills for Employment within the Francophonie, 
MINE approved in December 2015 $6.4 million over five  years 
(2016 -2021) to AIMS -Canada for the implementation of project 
"Skills for Employment - Panafrican Institute of Mathematical 
Sciences". The project strengthens the capacity of AIMS Senegal to 
deliver skills -for-employment through demand -driven work 
placements in the science and technology sectors with a focus on 
integrating women scientists and deepening sustainable linkages 
with the private sector in Senegal and other Franco phonie countries.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/mathematical -sciences -
climate -change -resilience -ms4cr     
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
ARIA VIII & CFTA  Fall 2017  Egypt, Kenya and 
South  Africa  The UN Economic Commission for Africa invited the project 
researchers to participate actively in policy discussions on regional 
integration and trade, and specifically to write the framework think 
piece for IP, science, tech, and innovation policy in African 
international trade agreements, which they presented in Addis in 
Fall 2017.  http://www.openair.org.za   
Scoping Study for Cyber 
Policy Capacity B uilding 
in Developing Countries   Global  This IDRC -funded scoping project developed the conceptual 
background needed to achieve well -crafted cyber policies. The goal 
is to foster open, secure, and reliable information systems and 
communications infrastructure to support international trade and 
commerce. It aimed to explore the balance between sound, 
intelligent security while protecting free expression and innovation. 
The project team strove for multifaceted discussions of the 
challenges that exist where security, human development, and civil 
liberties intersect. The funds were used to commission two scoping 
and background paper s, and also to hold a workshop.  
 
The project has led to a fuller understanding of the cyber policy 
issues in the developing world. Pursuant to this project, the next 
phase is currently under way: IDRC has released a global call for 
institutions operating in the cyber policy space to receive further 
funding and capacity building in a pilot phase. The final selection of 
institutions has been completed, and funding has begun.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/content/call -expressions -
interest -strengthening -cyber -policy -centres -global -south    
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Canadian International 
Food Security Research 
Fund (CIFSRF)  Launched in 2009  Sub-Saharan 
Africa, South 
Africa, Kenya, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, Tanzania, 
Sri Lanka and 
India Partnerships between Canadian and developing country researchers 
is one way that IDRC helps support technology transfer. CIFSRF, 
funded by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, supports research in 
agricultural innovation and fosters collaboration between developing -
country researchers and Canadian experts.  Now in its second phase, 
CIFSRF is buil ding on earlier results to reduce post -harvest losses 
and co mmercialize livestock vaccines:  
• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), a highly 
contagious respiratory disease of cattle, has serious economic 
and trade consequences for sub -Saharan Africa. Res earchers 
from Kenya and Canada are now testing a highly efficient 
vaccine.  
• Researchers from South Africa and Canada have developed a 
novel vaccine that protects livestock from multiple deadly 
diseases in a single dose. Collaboration with regulatory bodies,  
agricultural ministries, professional associations, and vaccine 
producers has begun, and is expected to bring this 
much -needed innovation to farming families in South Africa, 
Kenya, and beyond.  
• Researchers from Canada have developed a natural compound 
known as hexanal to delay the ripening of mangoes and 
decrease spoilage. Spraying mangoes with hexanal earned 
farmers up to 15% more by allowing them to get more, better 
quality fruit to market later in the season. The researchers are 
partnering with insti tutions in India and Sri Lanka to further 
develop and commercialize technologies to extend the shelf -life 
of fruit. Several products, including sprays and specialized 
packaging, have been developed and are being tested.  
 
This program is also scaling techno logies:  
• Researchers from Canada and Ghana are scaling up ICT -based 
agricultural information services and platforms that will reach 
300,000 small -scale farmers with information on how to adopt 
a small number of tested effective agricultural technologies and  
methods, and better price information to improve market 
access for key local commodities and products.  
• Canadian and Indian researchers have developed and tested a 
cost-effective, double -fortified salt formulation that delivers 
both iodine and iron. The te chnology has been transferred from 
Canada to India, where it is being scaled using existing 
manufacturing and distribution capabilities, ensuring 
sustainability and adherence to quality standards beyond the 
project period. This will improve the diets of up  to 15 million 
rural poor in the state of Uttar Pradesh. By the end of 
28 months, the new salt product will be supplied in 10 districts 
in Uttar Pradesh through fair price shops under the public 
distribution system.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/initiative/canadian -international -
food-security -research -fund    
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Collaborative 
Adaptation Research 
Initiative in Africa and 
Asia (CARIAA)  Between 2014 
and 2019 Africa and Asia This initiative, funded jointly by IDRC and the UK’s Department for 
International Development,  supports four research consortia with a 
range of regional, scientific and socio -economic development 
expertise to explore the physical, social, economic and  political 
dimensions of vulnerability and adaptation options in the climate 
change hotspots of deltas, semi -arid lands, and glacier -dependent 
basins.  
• In addition to exploring proactive, longer -term approaches 
to climate change adaptation while supporting the 
management of current risks in 14 countries across Africa 
and Central and South Asia, researchers working with 
Adaptation at Scale in Semi -Arid Regions (ASSR), have also 
held training programs on regional climate modelling, 
regional integrated assessme nt tools.  
• As part of their large -scale project in the Deltas, 
Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation 
(DECCMA) program, researchers are exploring the potential 
for stakeholder engagement at the technical assistance 
level in Bangladesh an d Ghana.  
 
Researchers in the Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience 
(HI-Aware) consortium are developing short - and long -term climate 
adaptation strategies, resulting in up -scaling and out -scaling of 
institutional and local adaptation innovations. Pilot projects have 
been developed for climate resilient agriculture, flood resi lient 
housing, floods, and addressing heat stress. Findings informed new 
support for Nepal from Global Environment Facility.  http://cariaa.net   
Supplying free copies of 
Canadian patent 
documents for 
developing countries  Upon request from 
WIPO  -- --  -- 
International IP Crime 
Training Seminars 
hosted by Interpol  -- -- The RCMP has contributed to the seminars each year.  The seminars 
have been given to participants from developed and least developed 
countries, facilitating the exchange of best practices and techniques, 
and networking.  -- 
Permanent Forum on 
International 
Pharmaceutical Crime 
(PFIPC)   -- -- The RCMP and Health Canada are also  members of the forum. It 
gathers 17 developed countries and members from the private  
sector,  allowing for the exchange of best practices, information on 
trends and enforcement initiatives and networking.   -- 
 
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