IP/C/W/647/Add.4  
25 octobre  2018 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété  
intellectuelle  qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE:  
RENSEIGNEMENTS COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR LES MEMBRES  
CANADA  
Addendum  
La communication ci -après, datée du 18 octobre  2018, est distribuée à la demande de la délégation 
du Canada.  
 
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1  BREF APERÇU DE LA COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE AU COURS DE L'ANNÉE CONSIDÉRÉE  
1.  Conformément à l'article 67 de l'Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui 
touchent au commerce (ADPIC), le Conseil des ADPIC demande aux pays développés Membres de 
faire rapport sur leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en faveur des pays en 
développement et des pays les moins avancés Membres . Le présent document donne des 
renseignements actualisés sur le s activités du Canada concernant la coopération technique et 
financière dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle en faveur des pays en développement et 
des pays les moins avancés Membres pour la période 2017-2018. 
2.  Le Canada a mené plusieurs activités  de coopération technique aux niveaux multilatéral, 
plurilatéral et bilatéral . Au niveau multilatéral, il travaille en étroite collaboration avec l'Organisation 
mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) et le Groupe d'experts des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle de la Coopération économique Asie -Pacifique (APEC -IPEG), où il participe aux 
délibérations semestrielles de l'organisation axées sur l'échange de renseignements et des 
meilleures pratiques dans le domaine des droits de propriété intellectuell e. 
3.  Le résumé ci -après donne des renseignements actualisés sur les activités, qui sont exécutées 
principalement par l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC), Affaires mondiales 
Canada, le Centre de recherches pour le développement internatio nal (CRDI ) et la Gendarmerie 
royale du Canada (GRC) . D'autres institutions canadiennes  qui reçoivent un financement du 
gouvernement du Canada , comme le Centre de droit et de politique commerciale (CDPC) et 
l'Université d'Ottawa, participent également aux activités de coopération technique internationale . 
4.  Des renseignements détaillés sur les activités de coopération  technique  sont donnés dans 
l'annexe.  
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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 
C ooperation 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  C IPO provides search and examination reports of patent 
applications, upon request from other WIPO Member States.  -- 
C IPO -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, 
A lgeria, 
C ameroon, Benin, 
Guinea, Guinea -
Bissau, Mali, 
Madagascar 
Togo, Haiti, 
Belarus, and the 
O rganisation 
A fricaine de la 
Propriété 
Intellectuelle  C IPO hosts and delivers an annual C IPO -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 C anada's IP expertise, products and 
services;  
• Provide a forum to exchange ideas and experiences with 
officials from other IP of fices. 
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Pre-recorded webinars 
on IP and patents on 
the website of TFO 
C anada  
 A vailable 
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 C anadian  IP, Registering patents in 
C anada, Registering trademarks in Canada, IP Foundations for 
women entrepreneurs, Overview of IP – trademarks for SMEs.  
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1 En anglais seulement .  
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National Legislative 
Development project  Between 20 
O ctober 2009 and 
28 September 2018  
 V iet Nam The objective of the project is to strengthen the legal foundations 
for economic growth through an integrated program of reforms 
to the V ietnamese legislative development process. It addresses 
several priorities of the Government of V ietnam's legal reform 
agen da, 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. 
The p roject 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 Knowledge (A 2K) 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   
C opyright and 
Innovation in the 
Developing World  
 Between 27 
February 2015 and 
27 November 2017  India, C olombia, 
Brazi l, 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 cultural 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 copyr ight 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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O pen African 
Innovation Research 
Network (Open AIR)  -- A frica and Ottawa  O pen 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 (S SHRC). They 
recently were also selected for the Queen Elizabeth Scholars – 
A dvanced Scholars program.  
The network has published over 15 working papers and 
presented at numerous conferences concerning research on IP 
in A frica, including traditional cultura l expressions and 
traditional knowledge. The network is similarly engaging as 
advisors to the Africa Group Negotiating Bloc on negotiations 
toward a new WIPO IGC treaty.   http://www.openair.org.za   
Expert Deploym ent 
Mechanism for Trade 
and Development 
(EDM)  Between 2018 and 
2025  Global  EDM is designed to reduce poverty by deploying, on demand, 
C anadian and international technical experts to assist developing 
countries negotiate, implement, adapt to and benefit from 
bilateral or regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Foreign 
Investment Promot ion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) with 
C anada. 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 significant 
roster of experts rel ating to IP, including Trade Facilitation Office 
C anada (TFO Canada).  
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C entre for Trade Policy 
and Law (CPTL) – 
guidance, support, 
knowledge and tools  -- -- C anada -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 training on IP law and policy 
issues.   --  
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- 5 - Activity  Date  Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
A frican Institute for 
Mathemat ical Sciences 
(A IMS)  Between 1 January 
2011 and 31 March 
2022  A IMS centres are 
located in 
Tanzania, South 
A frica, Senegal, 
Ghana, 
C ameroon and 
Rwanda   
 Through IDRC, Canada contributed $20 million to establish the 
proof -of-concept for the A frican 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 complex ch allenges 
in health, agriculture, and finance, for example, all require 
advanced mathematical modelling skills. The Initiative supported 
A frica’s top students to enrol in a rigorous 10 -month graduate -
level course that lead to a master's degree in mathematic al 
science.  
 
In 2016, Canada announced an additional CA$22.6 million over 
five years to train A frican mathematical scientists to develop 
climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions through 
A IMS, with a strong gender equality component. This new 
Math ematical 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 
2019. The specialized climate change curriculum will then be 
migrated to the other centers of excellence within the AIMS Pan -
A frican 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 A IMS -Canada for the 
implementation of project "Skills for Employment - Panafrican 
Institute of Mathematical Sciences". The project strengthens the 
capacity of A IMS Sen egal 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 Francophonie coun tries. 
 https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/mathematical -
sciences -climate -change -resilience -ms4cr    
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A RIA VIII & CFTA  Fall 2017  Egypt, Kenya and 
South Africa  The UN Economic C ommission for A frica 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 A fric an international trade agreements, which they presented 
in A ddis in Fall 2017.  
 http://www.openair.org.za   
Scoping Study for 
C yber Policy Capacity 
Building in Developing 
C ountries    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 co mmerce. 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 libe rties intersect. The funds were used 
to commission two scoping and background papers, 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 i s currently underway: 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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- 7 - Activity  Date  Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
C anadian International 
Food Security 
Research Fund 
(C IFSRF)  Launched in 2009  
 Sub-Saharan 
A frica, South 
A frica, Kenya, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, 
Tanzania, S ri 
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 develo ping-country researchers and 
C anadian experts.  Now in its second phase, CIFSRF is building 
on earlier results to reduce post -harvest losses and 
commercialize livestock vaccines:  
• C ontagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), a highly 
contagious respiratory di sease of cattle, has serious 
economic and trade consequences for sub -Saharan Africa. 
Researchers from Kenya and Canada are now testing a 
highly efficient vaccine.  
• Researchers from South Africa and Canada have developed 
a novel vaccine that protects livesto ck 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 
A frica, Kenya, and beyond.  
• Researchers from C anada 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 q uality fruit to market later in the 
season. The researchers are partnering with institutions in 
India and Sri Lanka to further develop and commercialize 
technologies to extend the shelf -life of fruit. Several 
products, including sprays and specialized pack aging, have 
been developed and are being tested.  
 
This program is also scaling technologies:  
 Researchers from C anada 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.  
 C anadian and Indian researchers have developed and 
tested a cost -effective, double -fortified salt formulation 
that delivers both iodine and iron. The technolog y 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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C ollaborative 
A daptation Research 
Initiative in Africa and 
A sia (CARIAA)  Between 2014 and 
2019  A frica 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 politica l 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 manag ement of current risks in 14 
countries across Africa and Central and South Asia, 
researchers working with Adaptation at Scale in Semi -
A rid Regions (ASSR), have also held training programs 
on regional climate modelling, regional integrated 
assessment tools.  
• A s part of their large -scale project in the Deltas, 
V ulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and 
A daptation (DECCMA) program, researchers are 
exploring the potential for stakeholder engagement at 
the technical assistance level in Bangladesh and 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 
project s have been developed for climate resilient agriculture, 
flood resilient housing, floods, and addressing heat stress. 
Findings informed new support for Nepal from Global 
Environment Facility.  http://cariaa.net   
Supplying  free copies 
of C anadian 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 t he 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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