. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
IP/C/W/579 
10 October 2012 
 (12-5497) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
COMPLEMENTARY REPORT ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES 
FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
 
CANADA 
 
  The following communication, dated 15 June 2012,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada.  It presents  Canada's initiatives concerning t echnical and financial cooperation 
in the area of intellectual property in favour of least developed country Members that have submitted 
their needs assessment reports. 
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I. CANADA'S TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMMES 
1. Canada's technical and fina ncial cooperation programmes in  favour of LDC Members are 
reported in its annual report on the topic, pursuant to Article 67 of the Agreement on Trade-Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the TRIPS Council's request that developed 
country Members report on such technical and fi nancial cooperation progra mmes.  Canada's 2011 
report covering the 2010-2011 period was issu ed on 6 October 2011 (IP/C/W/560/Add.4). 
II. MULTILATERAL PROGRAMMES 
2. Regarding the process of priority needs as sessment from LDCs, including to identify and 
respond to priority needs of least developed countri es, a multilateral approach is most effective in 
Canada's view.  
3. As such, in addition to the programmes liste d in Canada's 2011 report, Canada has made 
contributions to two multilateral assistance f unds.  Canada has contributed approximately 
CAN$500,000 annually to the WTO Doha Deve lopment Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) 
which has financed a number of technical assistan ce activities related to the TRIPS Agreement, and 
will be contributing CAN$2.5 million for the pe riod 2009-2010 through 2013-2014.  Canada also 
contributed approximately CAN$7.7 million fulfilling its 2007 engagement to provide 
CAN$19.2 million over five years to the Enhanced In tegrated Framework (EIF) which aims to further 
enable LDCs to build their productive capacities such that they can take adva ntage of emerging global 
market opportunities. 
III. BILATERAL PROGRAMMES 
4. On a bilateral basis, Canada's development assistance is managed by the Canadian 
International Development Agency (CIDA).  Of the six countries that have submitted their priority 
needs assessment to the TRIPS Council to date, three are CIDA priority countries of focus 
(Bangladesh, Senegal, and Tanzania).  IP/C/W/579 
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  A. B
ANGLADESH  
5. CIDA's programme for Bangladesh is directly aligned with the Government of Bangladesh's 
National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction for 2009-2011 .  
B. SENEGAL  
6. In 2009, as part of Canada's new aid effectiven ess agenda, Senegal was selected by CIDA as a 
country of focus.  CIDA's objective in Senegal is to contribute to reducing household poverty by 
50 per cent by 2015.  This objective is aligned directly with Senegal's Poverty Reduction Strategy 
Paper (PRSP II) for 2006-2010 .  
C. TANZANIA  
7. CIDA supports the achievement of the deve lopment outcomes outlined in Tanzania's Poverty 
Reduction Strategy Paper for 2005-2010  with which CIDA themes closely align.  
8. As such Canada would encourage Bangladesh, Tanzania and Senegal to pursue any requests 
for support in IPRs through official channels set up by CIDA for priority countries of focus.  
D. RWANDA , SIERRA LEONE , UGANDA  
9. Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda are not CIDA priority countries of focus.  However, 
CIDA's regional programmes in Africa currently pr ovide support, through the International Trade 
Centre (ITC), to the Program for Building African Capacity for Trade (PACT II) , the Export Impact 
for Good (ENACT)  and to the African Trade Policy Ce ntre of the United Nations Economic 
Commission for Africa (UNECA).  These three programmes are implemented with several African Regional Economic Communities.  All three programm es are thus expected to benefit many African 
countries. 
10. In the meantime, countries with individual b ilateral requests for trade-related technical 
assistance are encouraged to address them to th e relevant CIDA bilateral country programme. 
11. More information on technical and financia l cooperation programmes will be provided in 
Canada's 2012 report pursuant to Artic le 67 of the TRIPS Agreement.   
 
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