IP/C/W/644/Rev.1/Add.5  
 
19 October 2018  
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES: INFORM ATION FROM  
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS  
WORLD INTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY ORGANIZATION  (WIPO)  
Addendum  
At its meeting of 4-5 June 2018 , 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 reprod uces the information which has been received from World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO) by means of a communication dated 12 October  20181. 
 
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1.  This note has been prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), pur suant 
to the invitation of the Chair of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for TRIPS of 6  July 2018, 
to provide updated information on its technical, legal and financial cooperation programme s relevant 
to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement for the meeting of the Council for TRIPS scheduled 
for 8 and 9 November 2018.  
2.  WIPO is committed to providing Member States with the necessary advice and assistance relating 
to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  In this respect, WIPO regularly resp onds to requests 
received from developing countries, least developed countries  (LDCs) and countries in transition to 
provide such assistance.  TRIPS -related legal assistance and technical cooperation activities and 
program mes fall within the framework of t he provisions of the Agreement between WIPO and WTO 
and are complemented by two joint initiatives that were launched by the Directors General of the 
two Organizations in July 1998 and in June 2001, respectively.   
3.  For the period September 2017 to September  2018, WIPO has provided legal and technical 
assistance to Member States in support of their efforts in implementing obligations deriving from 
the TRIPS Agreement and within the context of WIPO 's Results Framework.  WIPO assisted countries 
mainly from deve loping and least developed countries  in developing and implementing strategies 
and policies aimed at creating, protecting, managing and exploiting IP for economic, social and 
cultural development. WIPO also strengthened its assistance to help these countri es in integrating 
IP into the overall national development and public policy in areas such as health, trade, education, 
research, technology transfer and competition policies, including advising countries on the 
flexibilities available under international IP treaties, and , in particular , the TRIPS Agreement.   
4.  The Annex  provides a list of the relevant activities undertaken by WIPO in the period 
September  2017 to September 2018.  
 
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1 This communication refers to activities benefiting WIPO Member States and retains its original 
nomenclature.   
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WIPO SUBMISSION TO T HE TRIPS COUNCIL ON TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL COOPERATION RELA TED TO THE IMPLEMENT ATION  
OF THE TRIPS AGREEME NT DURING THE PERIOD  SEPTEMBER  2017 TO SEPTEMBER  2018 
Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Albania  Administration of Collective Management of 
Copyright and Related  2017 12/11/2017  12/11/2017  Tirana  Collective 
Management  
Albania  Subregional Roundtable on Copyright and 
Related Rights:  Marrakesh and Beijing Treaties  2018 03/06/2018  03/07/2018  Tirana  Copyright  
Algeria  Study Visit to the Algerian Copyright Office 
(ONDA) for 2 Officials from Benin and Mali  2017 16/10/2017  18/10/2017  Algiers  Copyright  
Algeria  National Office of Copyright and Related Rights 
of Algeria (ONDA)  2017 11/05/2017  11/09/2017  Algiers  Copyright  
Algeria  PCT Workshop and ePCT Training for TISC 
Network Staff and University Users  2017 12/12/2017  15/12/2017  Oran Patents  
Algeria  Atelier sur l 'Etablissement des centres d 'appui à 
la technologie et à l 'innovation (CATI) pour la 
communauté  universitaire algérienne  et le 
réseau  des CATI, Université  d'Oran, Algérie  2017 12/12/2017  15/12/2017  Oran Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Algeria  National PCT Workshop for a Member State with 
Potential for Growt h in PCT Filings, Setif, Algeria, 
April 24 to 26, 2018  2018 24/04/2018  26/04/2018  Setif Patents  
Antigua and Barbuda  National Seminar on Patent Law: the Multilateral 
Legal Framework and its National 
Implementation,  2017 30/10/2017  11/03/2017  St. John's Patents  
Argentina  Webinar for Arbitration Programme  at 
Universidad Austral  2017 01/11/2017  01/11/2017  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
                                                
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Argentina  Signing of MoU on ADR with National Institute of 
Industrial Property (INPI)  2017 06/10/2017  06/10/2017  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Argentina  Masters Degree Programme  in IP and Innovation 
(MIPI) San Andres University  2018 04/03/2018  10/05/2018  Buenos Aires  Multiple IP Fields  
Argentina  WIPO Training Course on Patent Search and 
Examination for Latin American Countries  2018 04/09/2018  13/04/2018  Buenos Aires  Patents  
Argentina  Argentina - PCT Promotional Visit and PCT 
Seminar - Buenos Aires  2018 23/04/2018  25/04/2018  Buenos Aires  Patents  
Argentina  Inter-Governmental Committee Meeting of the 
Iberoamerican Programme  on Industrial 
Property and Development Promotion (IBEPI)  2018 28/05/2018  28/05/2018  Buenos Aires  Multiple IP Fields  
Azerbaijan  Regional Seminar on the Patent Law Treaty and 
Consultations with the State Committee on 
Accession to the  PLT 2017 28/11/2017  29/11/2017  Baku Patents  
Azerbaijan  Subregional  Seminar on Building Respect for 
Copyright and Combating Counterfeiting and 
Piracy in the Digital Environment  2017 13/12/2017  14/12/2017  Baku Industrial 
Property  
Azerbaijan  WIPO Subregional  Workshop on Building 
Respect for IP  2018 05/03/2018  05/04/2018  Baku Industrial 
Property  
Azerbaijan  Regional Seminar on Intangible Capital and 
Global Value Chains:  How can economies 
capture the benefits of innovation?  2018 06/05/2018  06/05/2018  Baku Multiple IP Fields  
Azerbaijan  Automation Project Initiation (Azerbaijan):  
-  Discussing and plannin g project deliverables 
and time -frame.  
-  Working on Actual systems a data migration 
to IPAS database   
-  Working on IP offices business rules, laws 
and regulations  2018 17/06/2018  23/06/2018  Baku Industrial 
Property   
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- 4 - Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Bahrain , Kingdom of  Participation in the Sixth Meeting of the Inter -
Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable 
Development Goal Indicators  2017 11/11/2017  15/11/2017  Manama  Multiple IP Fields  
Barbados  Subregional  Workshop on IP Management by 
SMEs  2018 24/01/2018  26/01/2018  Bridgetown  Industrial 
Property  
Belarus  Training of Technology and Innovation Support 
Center (TISC) Staff on the Patent Database 
Searches and Analysis  2018 19/06/2018  20/06/2018  Minsk  Industrial 
Property  
Belarus  Training of Technology and Innovation Support 
Center (TISC) Staff on the Patent Database 
Searches and Analysis  2017 18/10/2017  19/10/2017  Minsk  Industrial 
Property  
Belarus  National Worksho p on Building Respect for IP 
and Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the 
Digital Environment  2017 10/18/2017  19/10/2017  Minsk   
Belarus  Subregional  Seminar on IP Policies for 
Universities and Research Institutions  2018 26/04/2018  27/04/2018  Polotsk  Multiple IP Fields  
Belarus  Training of TISC Staff on the Patent Database 
Searches and Analysis  2018 19/06/2018  20/06/2018  Minsk  Industrial 
Property  
Belize  Legislative advice  2017 22/10/2017  27/10/2017  Belmopan  Patents  
Belize  WIPO Workshop on intellectual property and 
innovation  2017 23/10/2017  24/10/2017  Belmopan  Multiple IP Fields  
Belize  WIPO Workshop on Leveraging IP Tools for 
Competitiveness  2018 05/07/2018  05/09/2018  Belize City  Industrial 
Property  
Benin  WIPO Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers (TISCs) Seminar on the Development of 
the Local TISC Network in Benin  2018 25/04/2018  27/04/2018  Cotonou  Industrial 
Property  
Bolivia , Plurinatio nal State 
of Regional Seminar on the Modernization of the 
Industrial Property National Offices 
Management:  Tools targeted at Small and 
Medium -Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to foster the 
knowledge and use of Industrial Property.  From 
the idea to the Market  2017 16/10/2017  19/10/2017  Santa Cruz de la 
Sierra  Industrial  
Property   
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  National Workshop on WIPO IP Toolkit for 
Academic Institutions  2018 20/04/2018  20/04/2018  Mostar  Multiple IP Fields  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  National Workshop on Administration of 
Collective Management of Copyright and Related 
Rights – Sharing of Experiences and Good 
Practices  2018 06/05/2018  06/06/2018  Mostar  Copyright  
Botswana  WIPO CONNECT:  2 pilot deployment and 
training at COSBOTS  2017 12/05/2017  14/12/2017  Gaborone  Industrial 
Property  
Botswana  WIPO -CIPA National Workshop on Building 
Respect for Intellectual Property for Senior 
Police Officials and Public Prosecutor/ and for 
Magistrates  2018 27/06/2018  29/06/2018  Gaborone  Industrial 
Property  
Botswana  WIPO CONNECT 2 pilot deployment and training 
at COSBOTS  2017 07/12/2017  12/12/2017  Gaborone  Collective  
 Management  
Brazil  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Brazil  Mission on Automation of the IP Office  2017 10/07/2017  22/10/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Industrial 
Property  
Brazil  IBEPI Programme .  Mission of the Technical 
Secretariat to Rio de Janeiro  2017 18/10/2017  19/10/2017  Rio De Janeiro  Multiple IP Fields  
Brazil  High Level Meeting on the Madrid Protocol  2017 24/10/2017  24/10/2017  Rio De Janeiro  Industrial 
Property  
Brazil  IP Office Modernization/IPAS deployment and 
upgrade.  
Support for the implementation of Madrid 
Protocol  2017 09/10/2017  20/10/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Multiple IP fields  
Brazil  WTO Regional Workshop on Trade and Public 
Health for Latin American Countries  2017 21/11/2017  23/11/2017  Brasilia  Multiple IP Fields  
Brazil  Assessment and Training of Officials at the 
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade  Industrial 
(INPI) of Brazil, followed by participation in the 
XXXV Regional Workshop for Industrial Property 
Offices of Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 
November 29 to December 6, 2017  2017 28/11/2017  12/07/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Industrial 
Property   
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Brazil  Mission for adaption of Madrid Protocol  2017 12/02/2017  17/12/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Industrial 
Property  
Brazil  Subregional  workshop for countries of the 
Common Market of the South (MERCOSUL)  2017 12/12/2017  13/12/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Industrial 
Property  
Brazil  National Seminar on Art and Copyright  2017 12/12/2017  13/12/2017  Porto Alegre  Copyright  
Brazil  Continue to assess the feasibility of the 
implementation of IPAS in the area of Industrial 
Designs.  2017 04/12/2017  08/12/2017  Rio de Janeiro  Trademarks  
Brazil  Mission for adaption of Madrid Protocol  2018 17/03/2018  04/01/2018  Rio de Janeiro  Industrial 
Property  
Brazil  Subregional  Seminar on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) for Afro -Lusophone Countries, Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2 to 4, 2018  2018 05/02/2018  05/04/2018  Rio de Janeiro  Patents  
Brazil  CNI's II Seminar on IP, Official Meeting and Visit 
to INPI  2018 05/08/2018  05/10/2018  Sao Paulo  Copyright  
Brazil  Development of a practical methodology for 
students to enrol in scientific studies and to use 
the IP System  2018 15/06/2018  30/07/2018  Rio De Janeiro & 
Santo Domingo  Multiple IP Fields  
Brazil  WIPO -Brazil Summer School on Intellectual 
Property  2018 16/07/2018  27/07/2018  Rio De Janeiro  Multiple IP Fields  
Brunei Darussalam  IPAS Upgrade  2017 30/10/2017  04/11/2017  Bandar  Multiple IP fields  
Brunei Darussalam  Brunei: IPAS Upgrade  
WIPO File Deployment Planning Meeting  
Indonesia: IPAS, WIPO File support, and  
Madrid Module Deployment  2017 29/10/2017  11/11/2017  Bandar  Industrial 
Property  
Brunei Darussalam  Training of Trademark Examiners from the 
Brunei IP Office on TM Classifications  2017 11/06/2017  11/09/2017  Bandar Seri 
Begawan  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Brunei Darussalam  Project on Resource and Management Diagnostic 
of the Brunei IP Office (BruIPO) and Revision of 
the National IP Strategy of Brunei Darussalam  2018 03/01/2018  30/06/2018  Bandar Seri 
Begawan  Multiple IP Fields   
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Brunei Darussalam  Training Workshop on the Madrid System and 
Seminar for the Local Trademark Attorneys and 
Business Community  2018 14/05/2018  16/05/2018  Berakas  Industrial 
Property  
Bulgaria  Seminar on Creating IP Culture among Small 
and Medium -sized Enterprises  2017 17/10/2017  18/10/2017  Sofia Copyright  
Bulgaria  EPO Patent Information Conference 2017  2017 11/05/2017  11/09/2017  Sofia Patents  
Bulgaria  WIPO National Seminar on Perspectives and 
Actual Challenges of the Audio -visual  Industry in 
the Digital  2017 27/11/2017  28/11/2017  Sofia Copyright  
Bulgaria  European Observatory Public Sector 
Representatives ' Meeting and EUIPO Conference 
on IP in Education  2018 20/02/2018  22/02/2018  Sofia Copyright  
Bulgaria  International Conference:  Industrial Property 
Today and Tomorrow  2018 16/03/2018  16/03/2018  Sofia Industrial 
Property  
Burkina Faso  Elaboration du Plan National de Développement  
de la Propriété  Intellectuelle  2017 20/11/2017  29/11/2017  Ouagadougou  Multiple IP Fields  
Burkina Faso  Atelier de formation sur le droit d 'auteur dans le 
cadre du marché  "Series -Series " 2018 27/02/2018  03/01/2018  Ouagadougou  Copyright  
Burkina Faso  Atelier de validation du projet de loi portant 
révision  de la loi sur le droit d 'auteur  2018 03/05/2018  21/05/2018  Ouagadougou  Copyright  
Burkina Faso  Elaboration du Plan National de Développement  
de la Propriété  Intellectuelle  2018 04/03/2018  13/04/2018  Ouagadougou  Multiple IP Fields  
Burkina Faso  WIPO TISC Seminar on the Development of the 
local TISC Network  2018 14/05/2018  16/05/2018  Ouagadougou  Industrial 
Property  
Cabo Verde  Projet pour l 'enregistrement et la protection par 
Indication géographique du Vin de Fogo au Cap 
Vert 2018 21/01/2018  02/01/2018  Praia Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Cambodia  Project for the registration of the Brand of the 
Koh Trung Pomelo in Cambodia  2018 19/01/2018  30/10/2018  Phnom Penh  Industrial 
Property   
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Cambodia  To provide recommendations for smooth 
operation of the Appropriate Technology (AT) 
Competition and to provide input and guidance 
in the decision -making for the upcoming AT 
Competition in 2018.  2018 29/01/2018  02/02/2018  Phnom Penh  Industrial 
Property  
Cambodia  Study Visit on the Patent Cooperation Treaty 
(PCT) for two Officials from the Department of 
Industrial Property (DIP), Cambodia  2018 10/04/2018  11/04/2018  Geneva, WIPO HQ  Patents  
Cambodia  Phnom Penh Noodle - Registration and 
Commercialization as a Collective Mark  2018 02/07/2018  30/06/2018  Phnom Penh  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Cambodia  Follow -up Workflow Optimization Project at 
Cambodia  2018 19/03/2018  23/03/2018  Phnom Penh  Industrial 
Property  
Cambodia  Mission to Cambodia on the GI Project Koh Trung 
Pomelo and Training on the Implementation of 
the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement  2018 22/06/2018  21/09/2018  Phnom Penh & 
Kratie Province  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Cameroon  WIPO -OAPI-University of Yaoundé  II - Master 's 
Programme  on IP 2018 01/04/2018  29/06/2018  Yaoundé  Multiple IP Fields  
Cameroon  Ateliers sous -régionaux  de formation et du 
respect de la propriété  intellectuelle à l 'intention 
des magistrats des Etats membres de 
l'Organisation Africaine de la Propriété  
Intellectuelle (OAPI) et du Royaume du Maroc.  2018 22/01/2018  26/01/2018  Yaoundé  Multiple IP Fields  
Cameroon  Contribution de l 'OMPI à l'Atelier  de formation 
des responsables de structures nationales de 
liaison d e l'OAPI sur la manière  de mise en 
œuvre  de gestion axe sur les résultats  2018 03/05/2018  03/09/2018  Yaoundé  Multiple IP Fields  
Camero on Mission to OAPI to present the Lisbon System 
and Geneva Act  2018 08/03/2018  08/03/2018  Yaoundé  Geographical 
Indications   
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Cameroon  Study Visit on the Patent Cooperation Treaty 
(PCT) for two Patent Examiners from the African 
Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)   2018 03/10/2018  04/10/2018  Geneva, WIPO HQ  Patents  
Chile Bilateral meeting about the IT platform  for the 
PCT CSEpilot - Beijing  2017 10/09/2017  13/10/2017  Beijing  Patents  
Chile Chile.  WIPO financed speaker in National 
Workshop for Judges on Industrial Property (IP),  2017 22/11/2017  23/11/2017  Santiago  Multiple IP Fields  
Chile Study visit of Government Officials of the IP 
Office of Cuba and the Guatemala to the National 
Institute of Industrial Property of Chile (INAPI)  2017 27/11/2017  30/11/2017  Santiago De Chile  Industrial 
Property  
Chile Regional Meeting on Challenges of Industrial 
Property Offices (IPOs) for the 21st Century: 
Policies, Management, Cooperation, Registration 
and Technology Transfer  2017 13/12/2017  15/12/2017  Santiago De Chile  Industrial 
Property  
Chile  Implementation of the different components of 
the paper less project including the 
Development of procedures for the use of the 
digital signature  2017 11/12/2017  15/12/2017  Santiago  Multiple IP fields  
Chile Assessment and Work Planning Meetings in Chile 
and Uruguay  2018 29/01/2018  02/02/2018  Santiago  Multiple IP Fields  
Chile Taller de Entrenamiento de la OMPI sobre 
información  y búsqueda  de patentes y la 
prestación  de servicios de información  para el 
personal de la Red Nacional de Centros de Apoyo 
a la Tecnología  y la Innovación  (CATI) de Chile  2018 05/02/2018  05/04/2018  Santiago  Patents  
Chile PCT Roving Seminars (Santiago, Valparaiso and 
Concepcion)  2018 23/08/2018  29/08/2018  Santiago, 
Valparaiso and 
Concepcion  Patents  
China  Seminar on Industrial Design Protection  2017 24/10/2017  24/10/2017  Beijing  Designs   
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China  Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU), General 
Assembly and Associated of the ABU which will 
take place in Chengdu, China.  2017 27/10/2017  11/04/2017  Chengdu  Copyright  
China  Mission to Beijing and Hangzhou,  2017 31/10/2017  11/02/2017  Beijing & 
Hangzhou  Patents  
China  WIPO -SIPO Training Course on Management 
and Commercialization of Intellectual Property 
(IP) Assets for Asian Countries  2017 11/06/2017  11/10/2017  Chongqing  Industrial 
Property  
China  Back-to-back events in China:  1) Roundtable on 
PCT Best Practices and ePCT System and 2 ) 
Workshop  on the Effective Utilization of WIPO 
Global IP Services -the PCT and Hague Systems  2017 16/11/2017  17/11/2017  Beijing  Patents  
China  4th World Internet Confer ence (Wuzhen 
Summit)  2017 12/03/2017  12/05/2017  Wuzhen  Industrial 
Property  
China  Consultation Mission for Madrid Protocol  2017 12/05/2017  12/09/2017  Hong Kong  Industrial 
Property  
China  14th Shanghai International Intellectual 
Property Forum  2017 12/12/2017  13/12/2017  Shanghai  Multiple IP Fields  
China  Technical mission to the State Intellectual 
Property Office of the People 's Republic of China 
(SIPO); First meeting of the SIPO "WIPO 
Working Group for the accession of China to the 
1999 Act of The H ague Agreement  2018 23/01/2018  24/01/2018  Beijing  Designs  
China  Participation in the Roundtable of the Proposed 
Evaluation Project of the Outline of the National 
IP Strategy of China  2018 27/02/2018  03/05/2018  Beijing  Multiple IP Fields  
China  (1). Seminar on Intellectual Property and 
Sustainable Development; Xian, Shanxi, China; 
February 27, 2018;  2018 27/02/2018  28/02/2018  Xian, Shanxi  Multiple IP Fields  
China  Participating in the Roundtable Discussion of the 
Proposed Evaluation Project of the Outline of the 
National IP Strategy of China  2018 28/02/2018  03/09/2018  Shanghai  Multiple IP Fields   
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China  WIPO Advisory Mission on the Establishment of 
a Technology Innovation Support Center (TISC) 
Network in China  2018 03/01/2018  03/08/2018  Beijing  Industrial 
Property  
China  High-level Forum on the Cultural and Economic 
Importance of Film and the Role of Copyright  2018 19/06/2018  20/06/2018  Shanghai  Copyright  
China  Advanced PCT Roving Seminars and User Visits 
to local industries  2018 07/04/2018  07/10/2018  Beijing & Nanjing  Patents  
China  Back-to-back Workshops on IPR with Focus on 
the Madrid System for the International 
Registration of Marks   2018 20/06/2018  22/06/2018  Hangzhou & 
Ningbo  Industrial 
Property  
China  Second High -level Conference on Intellectual 
Property for Countries along the "Belt and Silk 
Road" 2018 28/08/2018  30/08/2018  Beijing  Multiple IP Fields  
Colombia  Subregional  Meeting on Intellectual Property 
(IP), Innovation and Gender Equality  2017 19/10/2017  20/10/2017  Bogota  Multiple IP Fields  
Colombia  Subregional  Seminar on the Development of 
Intellectual Property Policies for Universities and 
Research Institutions and Institutional IP Policy 
Assessment Consultations  2017 11/07/2017  11/10/2017  Bogota  Industrial 
Property  
Colombia  XVI WIPO.AECID.OEPM Regional Seminar on 
Intellectual Property (IP) for Judges and 
Prosecutors from Latin American Countries  2017 14/11/2017  17/11/2017  Cartagena de 
Indias  Industrial 
Property  
Colombia  Consultations on public policies on patents and 
their impact on the protection of Traditional 
Knowledge  2018 02/11/2018  17/02/2018  Bogotá  Patents  
Colombia  WIPO Academy Mission to Colombia for 
discussions with local authorities  2018 13/03/2018  14/03/2018  Bogota  Multiple IP  Fields  
Comoros  WIPO Subregional  PCT Workshop for Selected 
Arab PCT Contracting States, Comoros , 
November 7 -9, 2017  2017 11/07/2017  11/09/2017  Moroni  Patents   
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Comoros  WIPO Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers  (TISCs) Seminar on the Establishment 
of the Local TISC Network  2018 27/03/2018  29/03/2018  Moroni  Industrial 
Property  
Congo  Réunion  de haut niveau pour les Etats membres 
de l'OAPI sur la PI et la valorisation des GR/TK 
et TCEs et options  2018 04/10/2018  04/12/2018  Brazzaville  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Costa Rica  Signing of MoU on ADR with National Register of 
Costa Rica  2017 11/09/2017  11/09/2017  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Costa Rica  Training Workshop on Trademarks Examination 
and related specific topics  2017 16/10/2017  20/10/2017  San Jose  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Costa Rica  Outreach videoconference with Nic.CR  2018 30/05/2018  30/05/2018  Geneva  Domain Names  
Costa Rica  National Workshop and Meeting on intellectual 
property, traditional knowledge, traditional 
cultural expressions and genetic resources  2018 05/03/2018  06/03/2018  San Jose  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Costa Rica  National Workshop (Costa Rica) and Techn ical 
Meeting (Guatemala)  2018 03/05/2018  03/09/2018  San Jose  Multiple IP Fields  
Costa Rica  Costa Rica: WIPO File Kick off meeting and initial 
Deployment (Test)  
Honduras: WIPO IPAS Deployment (test and 
production)  2018 04/11/2018  28/04/2018  San Jose  Industrial 
Property  
Croatia  Subregional  Technology Transfer Offices (TTO 's) 
Meeting:  Use of Internet a Benefit or Challenge 
for Academic Intellectual Property (IP) 
Commercialization and Fact-Finding  Mission  2017 11/06/2017  11/10/2017  Zagreb  Industrial 
Property  
Croatia  Workshops on the use of ePCT Filing in 
coordination with the State Intellectual Property 
Office of Croatia in Zagreb, December 6 to 7, 
2017 2017 12/06/2017  12/07/2017  Zagreb  Patents  
Croatia  Workshops on the use of ePCT  Filing in 
coordination with the State Intellectual Property 
Office of Croatia in Zagreb  2017 12/06/2017  12/07/2017  Zagreb  Patents   
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Cuba Regional Workshop for Latin American and 
Caribbean Countries on Negotiation of 
Technological Development Collaboration 
Agreements  2017 11/06/2017  11/10/2017  Havana  Multiple IP Fields  
Cuba  Upgrade of IPAS  2017 27/11/2017  01/12/2017  La Havana  Multiple IP fields  
Cuba Mission on Automation of the IP Office  2017 25/11/2017  12/03/2017  La Havana  Industrial 
Property  
Cuba WIPO contribution to the International Event 
Seminario Internacional: Innovación, de sarrollo 
y propiedad industrial  2018 24/04/2018  26/04/2018  Havana  Industrial 
Property  
Cuba Cuba - PCT Seminars for Universities â Havana 
(June 13, 2018) and Santa Clara (June 15, 
2018)  2018 13/06/2018  15/06/2018  Havana  Patents  
Czech Republic  Study Visit of Officials from Ministry of Republic 
of Lebanon to IP Office of Czech Republic  2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Prague  Multiple IP Fields  
Djibouti  WIPO Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers (TISCs) Seminar on the 
Operationalization of the National Network  2017 05/12/2017  07/12/2017  Djibouti  Industrial 
Property  
Djibouti  Study Visit for the Director General of the 
Comorian IP Office to Djibouti  2018 15/01/2018  17/01/2018  Djibouti  Multiple IP Fields  
Dominican Republic  1) National Seminar on Copyright and Related 
Rights 2) Consultation Meeting with National 
Authorities  2017 30/10/2017  11/01/2017  Santo Domingo  Copyright  
Dominican Republic  Seminar on Mediation for Copyright -related 
Disputes  2017 11/01/2017  11/01/2017  Santo Domingo  Copyright  
Dominican Republic  PCT Seminar and National Workshop, Havana 
and Santo Domingo  2017 11/06/2017  17/11/2017  Santo Domingo  Patents  
Dominican Republic  Training session on the Lisbon Agreement  2017 12/07/2017  12/08/2017  Santo Domingo  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Dominican Republic  Signing of MoU with National Copyright Office of 
the Dominican Republic (ONDA)  2017 01/11/2017  01/11/2017  Santo Domingo  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Dominican Republic  WIPO -ONDA Seminar on Mediation for 
Copyright -related Disputes  2017 01/11/2017  01/11/2017  Santo Domingo  Mediation and 
Arbitration   
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Dominican Republic  Participation to the WTO Seminar on Patents and 
Medicines (via videoconference)  2018 25/04/2018  25/04/2018  Santo 
Domingo/Geneva  Patents  
Dominican Republic  WIPO Subregional  Meeting for Central American 
Countries and Dominican Republic on the Beijing 
Treaty  2018 06/05/2018  06/06/2018  Punta Cana  Industrial 
Property  
Ecuador  Back-to-Back Missions:  Seminar on Patents and 
Innovation and Launch of the Inventor 
Assistance Programme  (IAP) and WTO Regional 
Workshop on Trade and Public Health  2017 20/11/2017  23/11/2017  Quito  Patents  
Ecuador  WIPO National Patent Drafting Workshop  2017 21/11/2017  24/11/2017  Quito  Patents  
Ecuador  Back-to-back mission on IP and Training on 
Trademarks at IEPI  2018 25/03/2018  28/03/2018  Guayaquil/ Quito  Trademarks  
Egypt  Training Workshop on Patent Database Searches 
and Development of Technology and Innovation 
Support Centers (TISCs) in Egypt  2018 13/08/2018  15/08/2018  Cairo Industrial 
Property  
Egypt  WIPO Subregional  PCT Workshop for 
Universities and SMEs in Selected Arab PCT 
Contracting States, Cairo, Egypt,  2017 24/10/2017  26/10/2017  Cairo Patents  
Egypt  Regional Workshop on IP and TK and TCEs  2017 27/11/2017  29/11/2017  Cairo Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Egypt  Eighth Regional Coordination Meeting for the 
Heads of Industrial Property Offices in the Arab 
Region  2018 04/10/2018  04/12/2018  Cairo Multiple IP Fields  
Egypt  League of Arab States Regional event on 
(Empowering Change: Women in Innovation and 
Creati vity), World IP Day  2018 23/04/2018  24/04/2018  Cairo Multiple IP Fields   
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Egypt  WIPO expert mission to the Egyptian 
Trademarks Office  2018 02/07/2018  07/07/2018  Cairo Trademarks  
El Salvador  Workshop on the Beijing Treaty  
San Salvador (El Salvador), January  30 and 31, 
2018 
 
Legislative advice at Kingstown (Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines), February 2 and 5, 2018  2018 29/01/2018  02/07/2018  San Salvador  Industrial 
Property  
El Salvador  Expert for the Workshop on the Beijing Treaty  2018 30/01/2018  31/01/2018  San Salvador  Industrial 
Property  
El Salvador  National Workshop on Patents, the PCT and 
Technical Information, San Salvador, July 30 
and 31, 2018  2018 30/07/2018  31/07/2018  San Salvador  Industrial 
Property  
Ethiopia  Assessment and Training of Officials at the 
Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) and 
Meeting with Stakeholders  2017 15/11/2017  17/11/2017  Addis Ababa  Industrial 
Property  
Ethiopia  Partnership for Innovation and Technological 
Capacity Building in the least developed 
countries  (LDCs) of Africa, Addis Ababa, 
November 20 to 21, 2017  2017 20/11/2017  23/11/2017  Addis Ababa  Multiple IP Fields  
Ethiopia  National Expert Group Meeting on the 
Implementation of the WIPO Development 
Agenda Project Phase II on Appropriate 
Technology in Eth iopia 2018 03/05/2018  03/07/2018  Addis Ababa  Industrial 
Property  
France  Roving Seminars on WIPO Services and 
Initiatives and Brainstorming Meeting at the 
INPI 2018 05/06/2018  06/06/2018  Bordeaux and 
Paris Multiple IP Fields  
The Gambia  Finalization of National IP Policy:  National Multi -
Stakeholder Validation Meeting, Banjul, 
November 7 to 9, 2017  2017 12/04/2017  15/12/2017  Banjul  Multiple IP Fields  
The Gambia  Development of a National Intellectual Property 
Policy and Strategy for the Republic of The 
Gambia  2018 28/01/2018  02/10/2018  Banjul  Multiple IP Fields  
The Gambia  WIPO TISCs Workshop on the Establishment of 
the Local TISC Network.  2018 26/06/2018  28/06/2018  Banjul  Industrial 
Property   
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Georgia  International Seminar on Intellectual Property 
(IP) and Education  2018 18/06/2018  21/06/2018  Tbilisi  Multiple IP Fields  
Georgia  WIPO -SAKPATENT Training Course on 
Geographical Indications  2017 18/09/2017  22/09/2017  Tbilisi  Geographical 
Indications  
Georgia  National Seminar on the Effective Use of the 
Madrid System and Bilateral Meetings with 
SAKPATENTI  2017 18/10/2017  19/10/2017  Tbilisi  Industrial 
Property  
Georgia  WIPO National Workshop on IP Enforcement for 
Law Enforcement Officials  2017 12/12/2017  13/12/2017  Tbilisi  Industrial 
Property  
Georgia  Seminar on the Effective Use of the Madrid 
System  2018 27/02/2018  28/02/2018  Tbilisi  Industrial 
Property  
Georgia  Training of Trainers of the Georgian Intellectual 
Property (IP) Academy – Module 4: Training on 
Trademarks and Trademark Enforcement  2018 05/03/2018  07/03/2018  Tbilisi  Trademarks, 
Enforcement  
Georgia  Study visit to the Georgian National IP Training 
Center  2018 20/06/2018  23/06/2018  Tbilisi  Multiple IP Fields  
Georgia  Participation to the WTO National Workshop 
regarding the Implementation of Georgia 's 
Amended Patent Law  2018 13/06/2018  14/06/2018  Tbilisi  Patents  
Georgia  International Conference on Georgia Against 
Counterfeiting and Piracy  2018 12/07/2018  13/07/2018  Batumi  Industrial 
Property  
Ghana  Workshop on Intellectual Property and 
Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural 
Expressions:  Development of an Action Plan in 
Ghana  2018 25/04/2018  27/04/2018  Accra  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Ghana  Multi-stakeholder Consultation Workshop  2018 25/04/2018  26/04/2018  Accra  Multiple IP Fields  
Ghana  Business and Technical Support to the Ghana 
Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)  2018 06/10/2018  17/06/2018  Accra  Copyright  
Guatemala  Subregional Seminar  Workshop on Intellectual 
Property Management by  SMEs in the Agrofood 
Sector  2017 22/09/2017  22/09/2017  Guatemala City  Industrial 
Property   
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Guatemala  XIII Reunión  Regional OMPI/OEPM/OEP de 
especialistas en tecnología s de la información  y 
la gestión  de información  de patentes, de 
Oficinas de Propiedad Industrial de América  
Latina, en el marco del Proyecto LATIPAT  2018 20/03/2018  22/03/2018  Antigua  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Guatemala  Subregional  Workshop on Copyright and Related 
Rights for Decision Makers  2018 16/04/2018  20/04/2018  Guatemala City  Copyright  
Guatemala  Conference on the Economic Relevance and 
Potential of Creative Industries:  Learning 
Experiences and Good Practices from the Privat e 
and Public Sector  2018 17/04/2018  18/04/2018  Guatemala City  Copyright  
Guinea -Bissau  Prendre part à la Mission d 'experts pour 
l'élaboration de la Stratégie nationale de la 
propriété intellectuelle en Guinée -Bissau . 2017 25/11/2017  12/03/2017  Bissau  Multiple IP Fields  
Guinea -Bissau  Mission d 'experts pour l 'élaboration de la 
stratégie nationale de la propriété  intellectuelle 
en Guinée -Bissau  2017 27/11/2017  12/01/2017  Bissau  Multiple IP Fields  
Guinea -Bissau  Réunion de validation du document de Stratégie 
nationale de propriété  intellectuelle de la 
République de Guinée -Bissau  2018 23/07/2018  25/07/2018  Bissau  Multiple IP Fields  
Haiti  Technical Support and Capacity Building Mission 
at the  Bureau Haïtien  du Droit d 'Auteur (BHDA)  2017 23/10/2017  07/11/2017  Port-au-Prince  Collective  
 Management  
Haiti Forum national sur la propriété  intellectuelle et 
sonne le stratégique dans les politiques 
publiques et le développement  économique, 
technologique, social et culturel à l'intention  des 
institutions nationales haïtiennes  2017 19/10/2017  20/10/2017  Port-au-Prince  Industrial 
Property  
Haiti Technical Support and Capacity Building Mission 
at the Bureau Haitian  du Droit d 'Auteur  (BHDA)  2017 27/10/2017  11/07/2017  Port-au-Prince  Industrial 
Property  
Haiti Training of CMO Staff & National Seminar on 
Copyright, Haiti  2017 30/10/2017  11/07/2017  Port-of-Prince  Copyright   
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Haiti National Training for Judges and Magistrates  2018 23/04/2018  27/04/2018  Port au Prince  Industrial 
Property  
Honduras  Roving National Workshops on Enhancing the 
Competiveness of Small and Medium -sized 
Enterprises by Effective Management of 
Intellectual Property Assets  2017 13/11/2017  22/11/2017  Tegucigalpa  And 
San Pedro Sula  Industrial 
Property  
Honduras  a) National Seminar on Copyright and Related 
Rights b) Consultation Meeting with National 
Authorities  2017 12/05/2017  12/07/2017  Tegucigalpa  Copyright  
Honduras  a) National Seminar on Copyright and Related 
Rights b) Consultation Meetings with National 
Authorities  2018 05/07/2018  05/09/2018  Tegucigalpa  Copyright  
India 12th Annual Conference of Knowledge Forum  2017 11/10/2017  11/12/2017  New Delhi  Multiple IP Fields  
India National Judicial Conference for High  Court 
Justices on Intellectual Property Rights  2017 17/11/2017  19/11/2017  Bhopal  Industrial 
Property  
India  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
India Workshops on Access to Technology for 
Innovation and Establishing Technology and 
Innovation Support Center (TISC) Networks  2017 12/04/2017  12/08/2017  Chandigarh  Industrial 
Property  
India IPAS 4.0 Project meetings training: 
Development and Testing at Offshore India  2018 19/02/2018  27/02/2018  New Delhi  Industrial 
Property  
India Workshops on Access to Technology for 
Innovation and Establishing Technology and 
Innovation Support Center (TISC) Networks  2018 02/07/2018  06/07/2018  Jaipur & 
Vishakhaputnam  Industrial 
Property  
India WIPO Roving Seminars on the PCT in India,  2018 03/11/2018  21/03/2018  Mumbai  Patents  
Indonesia  IPAS, WIPO File support and Madrid Module 
Deployment  2017 06/11/2017  10/11/2017  Jakarta  Multiple IP fields  
Indonesia  National workshop for patent examiners on 
work-sharing in the PCT national phase  2017 16/10/2017  20/10/2017  Jakarta  Patents   
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Indonesia  WIPO File 2.0 UAT Mission  2017 04/09/2017  15/09/2017  Jakarta  Multiple IP fields  
Indonesia  WIPO -ASEAN Information Technology (IT) 
Workshop on the Digital Transformation of 
Industrial Property (IP) Office Business Services 
and ASEAN Patent  Scope Coordinator Meeting  2017 18/09/2017  22/09/2017  Senggigi, Lombok  Patents  
Indonesia  Review of Accession Mission to the Directorate 
General of Intellectual Property (DGIP), 
Indonesia and Assessment Mission to the 
Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia 
(MyIPO)  2017 11/07/2017  15/11/2017  Jakarta  Industrial 
Property  
Indonesia  Project Progress Review and Meeting with DG of 
DGIP:  
1. Review of the data cleaning project at DGIP 
and discuss about the challenges, issues and 
different approaches to finalize the work of the 
project  
2. Meeting with the DG of DGIP to report on the 
issues and challenges on the project 
implementation and find out the sol utions to 
conclude the project  
3. Discuss future cooperation activities with 
DGIP 2017 12/11/2017  15/12/2017  Jakarta  Industrial 
Property  
Indonesia  Follow -up mission on cooperation activity:  
IPAS and WIPO File support  2017 17/12/2017  23/12/2017  Jakarta  Industrial 
Property  
Indonesia  Follow -up mission on IPAS Madrid module 
deployment  2017 18/12/2017  22/12/2017  Jakarta  Multiple IP fields  
Indonesia  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 
Centralized Access to Search and Examination 
(CASE) National Workshop to Improve Quality of 
Patent Searching and Examination  2018 26/02/2018  27/02/2018  Jakarta  Industrial 
Property   
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Iran  National PCT Workshop and ePCT Training for IP 
Office Staff for a Member State with Potential for 
Growth in PCT Filings  2017 27/11/2017  30/11/2017  Tehran  Industrial 
Property  
Iran  National Workshop on Technology Transfer 
Office and IP Management in the framework of 
the EIE Project (Organization Phase) + Visits to 
participating Universities and R&D Institutions 
(2) National  Forum on the Global Inno vation 
Index (GII)  2017 12/09/2017  13/12/2017  Tehran  Industrial 
Property  
Iran  National Workshop on IP Licensing and Valuation 
for Universitie s and Research Instit utions  2017 12/11/2017  12/12/2017  Tehran  Industrial 
Property  
Iran  National PCT Workshop and PCT Training for IP 
Office Staff for a Member State with Potential for 
Growth in PCT Filings, Tehran, Iran, February 24 
to 28, 2018  2018 24/02/2018  28/02/2018  Tehran  Patents  
Israel  Seminar on Effective Dispute Resolution in 
Research and Development, co -organized by the 
Israel Patent Office (ILPO), the Israel Chamber 
of Commerce and WIPO  2017 11/09/2017  11/09/2017  Tel Aviv  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Italy  Joint meeting EPO WIPO on automation 
activities  2017 19/09/2018  20/09/2018  San Marino  Multiple IP fields  
Italy Conference on the Protection of Intellectual 
Property and Fair Trading in the Food Sector  2018 25/05/2018  25/05/2018  Alessandria  Multiple IP Fields  
Jamaica  WIPO -JIPO Workshop on IP, TK, TCEs and GRs  2017 25/10/2017  26/10/2017  Kingston  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Jamaica  National Intellectual Property Audit and Strategy 
for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  2018 15/03/2018  13/11/2018  Kingston  Multiple IP Fields   
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Japan  Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for  Heads of 
Copyright Offices  2017 23/10/2017  26/10/2017  Tokyo  Copyright  
Japan  Special Workshop on the Protection of Copyright 
and Related Rights in Tokyo  2018 26/02/2018  09/03/2018  Tokyo  Copyright  
Japan (venue)  
(beneficiary countries) 
Brazil, India, Malaysia, 
Mexico, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand and 
Viet Nam  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Jordan  Regional Information Technology Workshop on 
WIPO Industrial Property Administration System 
(IPAS) and Related Modules  2017 18/09/2017  21/09/2017  Amman  Multiple IP fields  
Jordan  On-site Training and support mission on IPAS for 
TM, Patents and Designs  2017 10/09/2017  14/09/2017  Amman  Multiple IP fields  
Jordan  WIPO Subregional  Patent Drafting Course (i) 
face-to-face session, (ii) Follow -up session  2017 24/10/2017  25/10/2017  Amman  Patents  
Jordan  WIPO Regional Meeting of the Technology and 
Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in the Arab 
Region  2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Amman  Industrial 
Property  
Jordan  Training Workshop on Patent Database Searches 
and Development of Technology and Innovation 
Support Centers (TISCs).  2017 15/11/2017  16/11/2017  Amman  Patents  
Jordan  Seminar on the Madrid System and Workshop 
for Consultations with Representatives of Local 
Businesses and Industry  2017 13/12/2017  14/12/2017  Amman  Industrial 
Property   
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Jordan  Seminar on the Madrid System for the 
International Registration of Marks for local 
trademark professionals and Workshop for Local 
Industry and Businesses  2018 03/12/2018  13/03/2018  Amman  Industrial 
Property  
Jordan  Information Technology Training Workshop on 
the Administration of WIPO Industrial Property 
Administration System (IPAS) and Related 
Modules  2018 15/04/2018  19/04/2018  Amman  Industrial 
Property  
Kazakhstan  National Seminar on the Use of the Madrid 
System for International Registration of Marks 
and National Seminar on Provision of Legal 
Protection to Unregistered Industrial  2017 13/09/2017  14/09/2017  Astana  Industrial 
Property  
Kazakhstan  Subregional  seminar on the System of Collective 
Management of Property Rights on a Collective 
Basis in the Field of Copyright:  Experience, 
Prospect, Problems  2018 19/04/2018  20/04/2018  Astana  Collective 
Management  
Kenya  Events on the promotion of the understanding of 
the Budapest Treaty on the International 
Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for 
the Purposes of Patent Procedure  2017 29/11/2017  12/02/2017  Nairobi  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Kenya  EVENT 1 > Follow up copyright training 
workshop on Achieving better profita bility of 
copyright; EVENT 2 > Participation in the policy 
roundtable and other meetings, Kailasha 
International TV and Film Market.  2018 23/03/2018  29/03/2018  Nairobi  Copyright  
Kenya  Workshop for Lawyers on Entertainment 
Disputes.  Time- and Cost -Efficient Alternative 
Dispute Resolution of Film and Media Disputes, 
co-organized by WIPO and Kenya Copyright 
Board (KECOBO)  2018 26/03/2018  26/03/2018  Nairobi  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Kenya  Participation in the policy roundtable and other 
related meetings, Kailasha International TV and 
Film 2018 27/03/2018  29/03/2018  Nairobi  Copyright  
Kenya  Workshop on Improving Competitiveness of 
Small and Medium -Sized Enterprises in Kenya 
Through Effective  Use of IP System  2018 14/05/2018  22/05/2018  Kisumu  Industrial 
Property   
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Kenya  Training on PCT Procedures in Eldoret, Kisumu 
and Mombasa, Kenya, August 27 to 31, 2018  2018 27/08/2018  31/08/2018  Eldoret  Patents  
Kosovo  Automation Follow -up  2017 02/10/2017  06/10/2017  Pristina  Multiple IP fields  
Kuwait , the State of  IPAS Training and Support mission  2017 26/11/2017  30/11/2017  Kuwait  Industrial 
Property  
Kuwait, the State of  WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for 
Intellectual Property (IP) for Members  of the 
Judiciary, Kuwait, November 27 to 29,  2017 27/11/2017  29/11/2017  Kuwait  Industrial 
Property  
Kuwait, the State of  Training Center  on Intellectual Property of the 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the 
Gulf (GCC) Conference on Intellectual Property 
Rights and Disputes  2017 03/12/2017  03/12/2017  Kuwait City  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Korea , Republic of  Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on Open Source  2017 17/10/2017  18/10/2017  Seoul  Industrial 
Property  
Korea, Republic of  Expert Advisory mission to Republic of Korea - 
RoK-ASEAN Cooperation project  2017 21/10/2017  27/10/2017  Cheju Island  Multiple IP Fields  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KCC Seminar on Copyright Mediation, 
Seoul, November 2, 2017;  2017 27/10/2017  11/03/2017  Seoul  Copyright  
Korea, Republic of  Study Visit to the Copyright Related 
Organizations in Korea  2017 30/10/2017  11/03/2017  Seoul  Copyright  
Korea, Republic of  Signing of MoU on ADR with Ministry of Justice 
of the Republic of Korea  2018 29/03/2018  29/03/2018  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Korea, Republic of  KOCCA 2017 International Forum on Content 
Dispute Resolution, November 9  2017 11/06/2017  11/10/2017  Seoul  Industrial 
Property  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO-KAIST -KIPA Advanced International 
Certificate Course (AICC)  2017 11/07/2017  11/10/2017  Seoul  Copyright  
Korea, Republic of  Presentation on WIPO ADR at European 
Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) 2017  
Korea -EU IPR Conference  2017 31/10/2017  31/10/2017  Seoul  Mediation and 
Arbitration   
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Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Joint International Conference on 
the Madrid System  2017 21/11/2017  22/11/2017  Seoul  Industrial 
Property  
Korea, Republic of  Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and 
Content Dispute Resolution Commission 
International Forum on Content Dispute 
Resolution  2017 09/11/2017  09/11/2017  Seoul  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KCC Seminar on Copyright Mediation  2017 02/11/2017  02/11/2017  Seoul  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Korea, Republic of  The Seed Project: International Education 
Programme  of Ideas, Invention, Innovation and 
Intellectual Property, from March 2 to 9, 2018, 
Seoul, Republic of Korea  2018 03/02/2018  03/09/2018  Seoul  Multiple IP Fields  
Korea, Republic of  Collective Management - Cambodia, Myanmar 
and Mongolia - Study Visit to Korea  2018 19/03/2018  23/03/2018  Seoul  Collective 
Management  
Korea, Republic of  Signing of MoU on ADR with Ministry of Justice 
of the Republic of Korea  2018 29/03/2018  29/03/2018  Geneva  Mediation and 
arbitration  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Training Course on Patent Law and 
Examination  2018 16/04/2018  27/04/2018  Daejeon  Patents  
Korea, Republic of  Study Visit of a delegation from Organisation 
Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle  (OAPI) 
and WIPO Member States, April 27 to May 4, 
2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea  2018 27/04/2018  05/04/2018  Seoul  Multiple IP Fields  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -MCST -KCOPA Interregional Workshop on 
Copyright Enforcement  2018 30/04/2018  05/04/2018  Seoul  Copyright  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Seminar – Mediation and Arbitration 
of Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes  2018 04/05/2018  04/05/2018  Seoul  Mediation and 
Arbitration   
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Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Workshop – Mediation of Intellectual 
Property Disputes  2018 03/05/2018  03/05/2018  Seoul  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Workshop - Mediation of Intellectual 
Property Disputes; WIPO -KIPO Seminar, 
Mediation and Arbitration of Intellectual Property 
and Technology Disputes, Seoul, Republic of 
Korea  2018 05/03/2018  05/04/2018  Seoul  Industrial 
Property  
Korea, Republic of  Regional Workshop for Patent Examiner Training 
Tools for Competency -based Learning 
Management - IIPTI 2018 05/09/2018  05/11/2018  Daejeon  Patents  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO -KIPO Training Course on Designs  2018 28/05/2018  06/01/2018  Daejeon  Designs  
Korea, Republic of  Korea International Women Invention 
Exposition, WIPO -KIPO-KWIA International 
Women Invention Forum and the WIPO -KIPO-
KWIA International Workshop for Inventors and 
Entrepreneurs  2018 28/06/2018  07/03/2018  Seoul  Multiple IP Fields  
Korea, Republic of  Study Visit for the Representatives of the 
Intellectual Property Agency of Armenia to the 
Korea Invention Promotion Association  2018 19/06/2018  21/06/2018  Seoul  Industrial 
Property  
Korea, Republic of  WIPO - Korea Summer School on Intellectual 
Property  2018 07/09/2018  20/07/2018  Daejon  Multiple IP Fields  
Kyrgyz Republic  Subregional  and National Seminars on IP Policies 
in Universities and Research Institutions  2018 12/06/2018  14/06/2018  Bishkek  Multiple IP Fields  
Kyrgyz Republic  Subregional  Seminar on IP Policies in 
Universities and Research Institutions and 
Consultations at the National IP Office  2017 14/11/2017  16/11/2017  Bishkek  Multiple IP Fields  
Kyrgyz Republic  Subregional  and National Seminars on IP Policies 
in Universities and Research Institutions  2018 12/06/2018  14/06/2018  Bishkek  Multiple IP Fields  
Kyrgyz Republic  National Seminar and Consultations with the IP 
Office of Kyrgyzstan on the Marrakesh Treaty  2018 23/04/2018  24/04/2018  Bishkek  Copyright   
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Latvia  Baltic States Pilot Project on Development of the 
Pool of Regional IP Commercialization Experts:  
Successful Technology Licensing (STL) and IP 
Valuation  2017 17/10/2017  20/10/2017  Riga Industrial 
Property  
Latvia  National Seminar on Intellectual Property 
Rights: Protection and Enforcement, and Award 
Ceremony o f the Annual Competition Trademark  2018 26/04/2018  26/04/2018  Riga Industrial 
Property  
Latvia  Regional Seminar on the Development and 
Implementation of National IP Strategies  2018 05/09/2018  05/10/2018  Riga Multiple IP Fields  
Latvia  National Annual Training for Judges in the Field 
of Intellectual Property  2017 27/09/2017  28/09/2017  Liepaja  Multiple IP Fields  
Lebanon  Subregional  Workshop on Policy Mechanism for 
Supporting Small and Medium -Sized Enterprises 
Use the Intellectual Property System in their 
Competitive Strategy, Beirut, March 27 and 28, 
2018 2018 27/03/2018  28/03/2018  Beirut  Industrial 
Property  
Lebanon  Train the Trainers Programme  for the Judiciary 
in Lebanon  2018 07/02/2018  07/04/2018  Beirut  Multiple IP Fields  
Liberia  Review and Update of the National Intellectual 
Property Development Plan for the Republic of 
Liberia  2017 12/04/2017  15/12/2017  Monrovia  Multiple IP Fields  
Lithuania  (1) Consultation meeting with members of the 
Commission for Copyright and Related Rights of 
Lithuania (the Commission) regarding mediation 
of copyright disputes; (2), National Workshop on 
Mediation of Copyright Disput es. 2017 12/05/2017  12/06/2017  Vilnius  Copyright  
Lithuania  Advanced Level National Training for Patent and 
Trademark Attorneys on the PCT, Madrid and 
The Hague  System  2018 24/04/2018  27/04/2018  Vilnius  Multiple IP Fields  
Lithuania  Signing of MoU on ADR with Ministry of Culture 
of the Republic of Lithuania  2017 26/10/2017  26/10/2017  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration   
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Lithuania  National Workshop on Mediation of Copyright 
Disputes, in cooperation with the Ministry of 
Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the 
Commission for Copyright and Related Rights of 
Lithuania  2017 06/12/2017  06/12/2017  Vilnius  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Macedonia  Automation Deployment SOIP  2017 12/11/2017  15/12/2017  Skopje  Industrial 
Property  
Macedonia  National Seminar on the Latest Developments of 
the Madrid System of the International 
Registration of Marks for Stakeholders and 
technical discussions with SOIP  2017 12/12/2017  13/12/2017  Skopje  Industrial 
Property  
Macedonia  Automation Deployment SOIP  2017 11/12/2017  15/12/2017  Skopje  Multiple IP fields  
Madagascar  Réunion nationale relative à  la mise en œuvre  de 
la politique et stratégie nationale d'innovation  en 
matière de propriété intellectuelle de 
Madagascar et Atelier de renforcement (CATI)  2017 13/11/2017  16/11/2017  Antananarivo  Industrial 
Property  
Malawi  1/4 Malawi (North) Workshop for Magistrates  2017 10/10/2017  10/10/2017  Mzuzu  Copyright  
Malawi  2/4 Malawi (Centre) Workshop for Magistrates  2017 20/10/2017  20/10/2017  Lilongwe  Copyright  
Malawi  Mission to participate in the 2017 High -level 
Meeting on Promoting Policy Coherence on 
Health Technology Innovation and Access in the 
ARIPO Region  2017 30/10/2017  11/05/2017  Lilongwe  Copyright  
Malawi  3/4 Malawi (South) Workshop for Magistrates  2017 11/10/2017  11/10/2017  Blantyre  Copyright  
Malawi  Participation in the Forty -First Session of the 
Administrative Council and the Sixteenth 
Session of the Council of Ministers of the African 
Regional Intellectual Property Organization 
(ARIPO)  2017 20/11/2017  24/11/2017  Lilongwe  Multiple I P Fields  
Malawi  Technical Support Mission to the Copyright 
Society of Malawi (COSOMA)  2017 04/09/2017  08/09/2017  Lilongwe  Collective  
Management  
Malawi  ARIPO Council meeting and Council of Ministers  2017 20/11/2017  24/11/2017  Lilongwe  Multiple IP Fields   
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Malawi  4/4 Malawi Workshop for Managers & Financial 
Controllers  2017 20/11/2017  20/11/2017  Blantyre  Copyright  
Malawi  National Seminar on Patent Law and 
consultations  2017 12/07/2017  12/07/2017  Blantyre  Multiple IP Fields  
Malawi  Joint WIPO -Sida Follow -up to the Training and 
Advisory Programme  on Intellectual Property 
Rights in the Global Economy for the least 
developed countries  (LDCs ); Copyright  for 
Development  2018 18/03/2018  23/03/2018  Lilongwe  Industrial 
Property  
Malawi  WIPO TISC Workshop on the Development of the 
Local TISC Network  2018 12/06/2018  14/06/2018  Blantyre  Industrial 
Property  
Malawi  Workshop on Enhancing the Competitiveness of 
Small and Medium -sized Enterprises (SMEs) 
Through Effective use of the Intellectua l 
Property System  2018 05/09/2018  05/11/2018  Lilongwe  Industrial 
Property  
Malaysia  WIPO CASE National Workshop  2017 01/11/2017  02/11/2017  Kula Lumpur  Industrial 
Property  
Malaysia  WIPO National Workshops on Patent Analytics  2017 14/11/2017  17/11/2017  Kuala Lumpur  Patents  
Malaysia  Regional Workshop on Tools for Competency -
based Learning Management on Patent 
Examination and Consultations on ASPEC 
Examiner Training Project IPET  2017 27/11/2017  30/11/2017  Kuala Lumpur  Patents  
Malaysia  Regional Workshop on Tools for Competency -
based Learning Management on Patent 
Examination and Consultations on ASPEC 
Examiner Training Project IPET  2017 27/11/2017  30/11/2017  Kuala Lumpur  Patents  
Malaysia  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Malaysia  WIPO / Intellectual Property Corporation of 
Malaysia (MyIPO) National Project on Bridging 
the Gap Between National Academic Institutions 
and Industry in Malaysia: Consultancy Meeting  2017 12/05/2017  12/06/2017  Kuala Lumpur  Multiple IP Fields   
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Malaysia  Joint WIPO -Sida Follow -up to the Advanced 
Training and Advisory Programme  on IP Rights 
for the LDCs, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 
December 10 to 15, 2017  2017 12/10/2017  15/12/2017  Kuala Lumpur  Industrial 
Property  
Malaysia  National Advanced Patent Drafting Course to 
contribute to the training provided for effective 
innovation support services  2018 26/02/2018  03/02/2018  Kuala Lumpur  Patents  
Malaysia  National Workshop on Technology Transfer 
Office and IP Management in the framework of 
the Enabling IP Environment Project  2018 16/04/2018  20/04/2018  Kuala Lumpur  Industrial 
Property  
Mali Atelier national sur l 'importance des identifiants 
commerciaux dans la valorisation des produits et 
des services  2017 14/12/2017  15/12/2017  Bamako  Industrial 
Property  
Mauritania  WIPO Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers (TISCs) Seminar on the Effectiveness of 
the National Network  2017 21/11/2017  23/11/2017  Nouakchott  Industrial 
Property  
Mauritius  Subregional  seminar: Branding Strategies for 
Origin -Based Products  2017 25/10/2017  27/10/2017  Port-Louis Industrial 
Property  
Mauritius  National Workshop on Branding Strategies for 
Quality Products Linked to Origin  2018 03/12/2018  23/03/2018  Port Louis  Industrial 
Property  
Mexico  XI International Symposia  on Generic Resources 
for the Americas and the Caribbean  2017 16/10/2017  21/10/2017  Guadalajara  Patents  
Mexico  VI Congress of the Mexican Network of Offices of 
Transfer of Knowledge (RED OTT)  2017 11/05/2017  11/08/2017  Puebla  Industrial 
Property  
Mexico  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Mexico  Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) 
Management of Origin -Linked Products in the 
Agro-Export  Sector  2017 28/11/2017  30/11/2017  Leon, State of 
Guanajuato  Multiple IP Fields   
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Mexico  PCT Workshop for Caribbean countries  2017 29/11/2017  12/01/2017  Ciudad del Carmen  Patents  
Mexico  Workshop on the Production of Accessible 
Content  2017 12/05/2017  12/08/2017  Mexico City  Multiple IP Fields  
Mexico  Evaluation of LAC Bureau - country case studies  2018 15/01/2018  20/01/2018  Mexico City  Multiple IP Fields  
Mexico  Participation in Inter -Agency Task Team on STI 
preparatory meeting, Mexico City, April 26-27, 
2018 2018 25/04/2018  28/04/2018  Mexico City  Copyright  
Mexico  Regional Seminar and Workshops on The Hague 
Agreement and the Madrid Systems  2018 14/05/2018  16/05/2018  Guadalajara  Designs  
Moldova , Republic of  WIPO Regional Conference on Collective 
Management of Copyright and Related Rights  2017 09/07/2017  09/08/2017  Chisinau  Copyright  
Moldova , Republic of  3rd International Innovation Conference on 
Intellectual Property - Innovations - Quality of 
Life 2017 15/11/2017  18/11/2017  Chisinau  Multiple IP Fields  
Moldova , Republic of  WIPO Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property 
Rights Enforcement  2018 06/06/2018  06/07/2018  Chisinau  Industrial 
Property  
Mongolia  Workflow Optimization Project  2017 25/10/2017  27/10/2017  Ulaanbaatar  Multiple IP fields  
Mongolia  Follow -up mission on cooperation activity IPAS 
Deployment for Patents, Utility Models, and 
Industrial Designs registries  2017 19/11/2017  12/02/2017  Ulaanbaatar  Industrial 
Property  
Mongolia  IP Office Modernization/IPAS deployment and 
upgrading  2017 20/11/2017  01/12/2017  Ulaanbaatar 
bazaar  Multiple IP fields  
Mongolia  Inaugural meeting of the International Think 
Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries 
(LLDCs) and Consultations on IP  2018 06/11/2018  14/06/2018  Ulaanbaatar  Multiple IP Fields  
Montenegro  WIPO Subregional  Seminar on Patent 
Information and Databases  2017 20/12/2017  20/12/2017  Podgorica  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE   
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Montenegro  WIPO Subregional  Seminar on Copyright and 
Related Rights, back -to-back to and Expert 
Mission on Colle ctive Management  2018 24/04/2018  26/04/2018  Podgorica  Industrial 
Property  
Montenegro  Tenth Anniversary of the Intellectual Property 
Office of Montenegro (IPOM)  2018 28/05/2018  28/05/2018  Podgorica  Multiple IP Fields  
Montenegro  Automation Project Follow -up to Montenegro  2018 25/06/2018  29/06/2018  Podgorica  Industrial 
Property  
Montenegro  Development of a National Intellectual Property 
Strategy à Montenegro  2018 28/06/2018  29/06/2018  Podgorica  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  National Seminar on the Development of 
Intellectual Property Policies for Universities  2017 13/09/2017  14/09/2017  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Technical Support Mission to the Bureau 
Marocain du Droit d 'Auteur (BMDA)  2017 25/09/2017  03/10/2017  Rabat  Collective  
Management  
Morocco  Mission request on the Innovation and 
Intellectual Property as Engines for Competitive 
Agribusiness  2017 17/10/2017  19/10/2017  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for 
IP for Members of the Judiciary  2017 19/10/2017  20/10/2017  Casablanca  Industrial 
Property  
Morocco  Programme de formation Certificat d 'Animateur 
Propriété  Industrielle (CAPI) CAPI 2017 -2018 
Casablanca., Maroc du 16 octobre 2017 au 18 
mai 2018  2017 30/10/2017  31/12/2017  Casablanca  Industrial 
Property  
Morocco  IP and Competitiveness of Agro food related 
SMEs & Innovation and IP as Engines for 
Competitive Agribusiness  2017 14/11/2017  17/11/2017  Casablanca  Industrial 
Property  
Morocco  Mission Request:  Innovation and Intellectual 
Property as Engines for Competitive 
Agribusiness:  Empowering Women Researchers 
and Entrepreneurs in Africa, Casablanca , 
Morocco,  2017 15/11/2017  17/11/2017  CASABLANCA  Multiple IP Fields   
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Morocco  Innovation and  IP as Engines for Competitive 
Agribusiness:  Empowering Women Researchers 
and Entrepreneurs in Africa  2017 15/11/2017  17/11/2017  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Ateliers sous -régionaux  de formation et du 
respect de la propriété intellectuelle à l'intention  
des magistrats des États membres de 
l'Organisation Africaine de la Propriété  
Intellectuelle (OAPI) et du Royaume du Maroc.  2017 20/11/2017  24/11/2017  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Programme  on Mediation and Arbitration for 
Intellectual Property Disputes for the Office 
Marocain  de la Propriété  Industrielle et 
Commerciale (OMPIC).  2017 22/11/2017  25/11/2017  Casablanca  Industrial 
Property  
Morocco  Programme  on Mediation and Arbitration for 
Intellectual Property Disputes for the Office 
Marocain de la Propriété  Industrielle  et 
Commerciale (OMPIC).  2017 23/11/2017  24/11/2017  Casablanca  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Morocco  Programme de formation Certificat d 'Anima teur 
Propriété  Industrielle (CAPI) CAPI 2017 -2018 
Casablanca., Maroc du 16 octobre 2017 au 18 
mai 2018  2018 01/08/2018  18/05/2018  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Capacity Building Workshop on Collective 
management of audio -visual  rights (CDIP 
Project 17.7)  2018 01/09/2018  01/10/2018  Casablanca  Collective 
Management  
Morocco  Ateliers sous -régionaux  de formation et du 
respect de la propriété  intellectuelle à l'intention  
des magistrats des Etats membres de 
l'Organisation Africaine de la Propriété  
Intellectuelle (OAPI) et du Royaume du Maroc.  2018 22/01/2018  26/01/2018  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Study Visit on TISC for Two Officials from 
Mauritania to OMPIC  2018 03/06/2018  03/07/2018  Casablanca  Industrial 
Property  
Morocco  Workshop on Examination in the PCT National 
Phase for Examiners of the Moroccan Office of 
Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC)  2018 19/03/2018  21/03/2018  Casablanca  Patents   
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Morocco  Atelier régional de renforcement des capacités 
technologues à l'intention  des pays les moins 
avancés  (PMA)  2018 28/03/2018  29/03/2018  Casablanca  Multiple IP Fields  
Morocco  Training Programme  on IP -related matters for 
two patents and two trademarks examine rs from 
the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of 
Kuwait at OMPIC  2018 26/06/2018  29/06/2018  Casablanca  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Morocco  WIPO -INPI-OMPIC Training Course on 
Trademarks, Casablanca  2018 07/02/2018  13/07/2018  Casablanca  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Mozambique  Projet pour la protection par l 'indication 
géographique de la viande de "Cabri de Tete " en 
République du Mozambique  2017 28/11/2017  12/07/2017  Maputo, Tete  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Mozambique  1) National Seminar on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) at the Center of the International 
Patent System (April 23 to 25)  2018 23/04/2018  25/04/2018  Maputo  Copyright  
Mozambique  Projet pour la protection par l 'indication 
géographique de la viande de "Cabri de Tete " en 
République du Mozambique - Phase III: 
Développement  de l'indication géographique  
(IG), Maputo & Tete  2018 21/05/2018  31/05/2018  Tete Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Myanmar  Legislative Advice Myanmar  2017 10/08/2017  10/12/2017  Nay Pyi Taw  Industrial 
Property  
Myanmar  Technology and Innovation Support Centers 
(TISCs) Training Seminar on Patent Search  2017 12/09/2017  12/09/2017  Nay Pyi Taw  Industrial 
Property  
Myanmar  WIPO Regional Meeting on Developing the 
Regional Technology Innovation Support Center 
(TISC) Network  2017 13/09/2017  13/09/2017  Nay Pyi Taw  Industrial 
Property  
Myanmar  WIPO Regional Meeting on Establishing a Search 
Mentoring Framework within the Regional 
Technology Innovation Support Center (TISC) 
Network of ASEAN Member States  2017 14/09/2017  15/09/2017  Nay Pyi Taw  Industrial 
Property  
Myanmar  Follow -up to the Training and Advisory 
Programme  on IPRs for LDCs  2017 22/10/2017  27/10/2017  Nay Pyi Taw  Multiple  IP Fields   
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Myanmar  Preparatory Visit - Establishing or Strengthening 
Copyright Management Organizations  2017 12/01/2017  12/06/2017  Yangon  Copyright  
Myanmar  Consultation Meetings on the Establishment of a 
New IP Office in Myanmar back -to-back with 
Consultation Meetings on the Formulation of a 
National IP Strategy for Malaysia  2018 07/09/2018  18/07/2018  Naypyidaw & 
Kuala Lumpur  Multiple IP Fields  
Namibia  Africa Region: Study Visit to the Namibian 
Society of Composer and Authors of Music for six 
(6) African Countries, November 20 to 24, 2017  2017 20/11/2017  24/11/2017  Windhoek  Copyright  
Namibia  WIPO Technology and Innovation Support 
Centers  (TISCs) Workshop on the Establishment 
of the Local TISC Network  2018 20/02/2018  22/02/2018  Windhoek  Industrial 
Property  
Namibia  WIPO/BIPA Workshops, IP Day Celebration  2018 23/04/2018  27/04/2018  Windhoek  Multiple IP Fields  
Nicaragua  PCT National Seminar  2017 18/10/2017  20/10/2017  Managua  Patents  
Nicaragua  Meetings on the Marrakesh and Beijing Treaties 
(Nicaragua) 23 to 24  
Legislative advice (St. Kitts and Nevis), 27 and 
28, 2017  2017 22/11/2017  30/11/2017  Managua  Copyright  
Nicaragua  Meeting on the Marrakesh Treaty  2017 23/11/2017  24/11/2017  Managua  Copyright  
Niger  WIPO National Patent Drafting Workshop  2017 11/06/2017  11/08/2017  Niamey  Patents  
Niger  Mission to attend 'la 57éme session ordinaire du 
Conseil d 'Administration de l 'Organisation 
Africaine de la Propriété  Intellectuelle (OAPI).  2017 12/10/2017  12/12/2017  Niamey  Multiple IP Fields  
Nigeria  IPAS upgrading   2017 30/10/2017  03/11/2017  Abuja  Multiple IP fields  
Nigeria  IPAS Office digitization  2017 28/10/2017  11/04/2017  Abuja  Industrial 
Property  
Oman  IPAS training mission  2017 05/11/2017  09/11/2017  Muscat  Industrial 
Property   
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Oman  IPAS training mission  2017 05/11/2017  09/11/2017  Muscat  Multiple IP fields  
Oman  National PCT Workshop and PCT Training for IP 
Office Staff for a Member State with Potential for 
Growth in PCT Filings, Muscat, Sultanate of 
Oman, March 18 to 20, 2018  2018 18/03/2018  20/03/2018  Muscat  Patents  
Oman  Consultative Meetings & Signature Ceremony for 
the Partnership Agreement on the National IP 
Education and Training Plan of Oman  2018 25/04/2018  26/04/2018  Muscat  Multiple IP Fields  
Pakistan  WIPO Training Workshop on Patent Database 
Searches and Development of TISC Centers in 
Pakistan  2018 13/03/2018  15/03/2018  Islamabad  Patents  
Pakistan  Patent Examiner Workshop on Utilization of 
Examination Work Products from other National 
Phases, Patent Office of Pakistan  2018 30/06/2018  07/07/2018  Karachi  Patents  
Panama  ASIPI Meeting, presentation on UDRP and WIPO 
ccTLD Programme  2017 26/11/2017  29/11/2017  Panama City  Domain Names  
Panama  PCT Roving Seminar  2018 20/02/2018  22/02/2018  Panama City  
Chiriquí  Patents  
Panama  Regional Seminar on STLT  2018 04/09/2018  05/09/2018  Panama City  Trademarks  
Panama  Inter-American Association of Intellectual 
Property (ASIPI), XX Jornadas de Trabajo y 
Consejo de Administración , Panama City, 
Panama  2017 26/11/2017  30/11/2017  Panama City  Multiple IP Fields  
Papua New Guinea  National Workshop for Patent Examiners on 
Work-sharing in the PCT National Phase, 
Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea  2018 04/09/2018  13/04/2018  Port Moresby  Patents  
Paraguay  IPAS preparation for Production stage  2017 30/10/2017  03/11/2017  Asuncion  Multiple IP fields   
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Paraguay  IPAS preparation for Production stage in 
Asuncion  2017 28/10/2017  11/05/2017  Asuncion  Industrial 
Property  
Paraguay  WIPO -DINAPI National Workshop on IP 
Enforcement  2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Asuncion  Industrial 
Property  
Peru Ibero -American Programme  on Industrial 
Property and Development Promotion (IBEPI), 
Ibero -American Workshop on Enforcement  2017 11/09/2017  11/10/2017  Lima Industrial 
Property  
Peru IV Annual National Patent and Inventions 
Convention  2017 19/11/2017  23/11/2017  Lima Patents  
Peru Taller de Entrenamiento de la OMPI sobre 
información  y búsqueda  de patentes y la 
prestación  de servicios de información  para el 
personal de CATI  2018 04/10/2018  04/12/2018  Lima Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Peru WIPO Programming and Assessment Mission for 
the design of a National IP Strategy  2018 05/10/2018  05/11/2018  Lima Multiple IP Fields  
Peru WIPO participation in the Subregional  Symposia  
on the Legal Protection of Country Names  2018 14/05/2018  15/05/2018  Lima Industrial 
Property  
Peru Regional Workshop for Patent Examiners  2018 16/05/2018  18/05/2018  Lima Patents  
Peru Subregional  Seminar on Cross -Border GRs and 
Associated TK  2018 30/07/2018  08/03/2018  Lima Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Peru  Subregional  Seminar on Cross -Border Genetic 
Resources and Associated Traditional 
Knowledge:  Joint Work to Prevent Undue Patent 
Grants  2018 31/07/2018  02/08/2018  Lima  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Philippines  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Philippines  WIPO National Workshops on Patent Analytics  2017 11/07/2017  11/10/2017  Manila  Patents  
Philippines  Australia National Project on Bridging the Gap 
Between National Academic Institutions and 
Industry in the Philippines: National Workshop  2017 20/09/2017  21/09/2017  Manila  Multiple IP Fields  
Philippines  Practical Workshop on IP, TK and TCEs  2017 20/11/2017  23/11/2017  Makati City  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications   
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Philippines  Practical Workshop on Intellectual Property, 
Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultu ral 
Expressions  2017 20/11/2017  23/11/2017  Makati City  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Philippines  Subregional  Workshop on Making a Living from 
Copyright in the Creative Industries  2017 28/11/2017  29/11/2017  Manila  Copyright  
Philippines  AWGIPC Meeting to discuss Management and 
Support of ASEAN Patent Scope Services  2017 14/11/2017  14/11/2017  Boracay  Patents  
Philippines  Follow -up Consultation Meetings on Resource 
and Management Diagnostic of the IP Office of 
the Philippines  2018 24/01/2018  26/01/2018  Manila  Multiple IP Fields  
Philippines  National Workshop on IP -Based Innovation and 
University -Industry Collaboration in the 
framework of the Enabling IP Environment 
Project, from April 2 to 6, 2018, Manila, 
Philippines  2018 04/10/2018  13/04/2018  Manila  Multiple IP Fields  
Philippines  On-the-job Training for 2 Patent Examiners of 
DIP Bhutan at the Intellectual Property Office of 
the Philippines (IPOPHL)  2018 05/07/2018  18/05/2018  Manila  Patents  
Philippines  Seminar on Protecting your Trademarks, 
Inventions and Designs Overseas:  WIPO 
Services and Initiatives for Filipino Businesses  2018 06/06/2018  06/07/2018  Manila and Cebu Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Philippines  WIPO - Philippines Summer School on 
Intellectual Property  2018 18/06/2018  29/06/2018  Taguig City, Metro 
Manila  Multiple IP Fields  
Philippines  Two-day c onsultation workshop and Univers ity 
Visits  2018 21/06/2018  28/06/2018  Cebu, Dumaguete 
City, Davao City  Multiple IP Fields  
Poland  Roving Seminars on WIPO Services and 
Initiatives  2018 23/01/2018  25/01/2018  Krakow, Katowice 
and Wroclaw  Multiple IP Fields  
Poland  Signing of MOU with Jagiellonian University, 
Poland  2018 03/07/2018  03/07/2018  Krakow  Multiple IP Fields   
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Poland  11th International Conference on Innovation 
and Creativity for Economy:  Sustainable Design 
in an Innovation Driven Economy  2018 15/03/2018  16/03/2018  Warsaw  Designs  
Poland  WIPO Workshop on Mediation of Trademark 
Disputes, Warsaw, April 25, 2018; International  
Conference - 100th Anniversary of the Patent 
Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, April 
26, 2018  2018 25/04/2018  26/04/2018  Warsaw  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications  
Poland  Workshop on Mediation in the Context of 
Trademark Opposition Proceedings Before the 
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PPO)  2018 25/04/2018  25/04/2018  Warsaw  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Poland  Presentation on WIPO ADR at international 
conference celebrating 100th Anniversary of the 
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PPO)  2018 26/04/2018  26/04/2018  Warsaw  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Poland  Signing of MoU on ADR with Patent Office of t he 
Republic of Poland (PPO)  2017 25/04/2018  25/04/2018  Warsaw  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Poland  Presentation on WIPO ADR at 36th  Seminar for 
Patent Attorneys from Universities  2017 18/09/2017  22/09/2017  Cedzyna  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Poland  36th Annual  Patent Attorney Training  2017 18/09/2017  22/09/2017  Cedzyna  Industrial 
Property  
Poland  Presentation at XIIIth  International Symposia  
on Industrial Property in Innovative Economy – 
Start-ups and What Next?  2017 07/09/2017  08/09/2017  Krakow  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Poland  International Symposia  on Industrial Property in 
Innovative Economy - Start-ups and What Next?  2017 09/07/2017  09/08/2017  Krakow  Industrial 
Property  
Qatar  IPAS and WIPO Publish deployment and support 
mission  2018 18/03/2018  29/03/2018  Doha Industrial 
Property  
Qatar  National PCT Workshop and PCT Training for IP 
Office Staff for a Member State with Potential for 
Growth in PCT Filings, Doha, Qatar, May 8 to 10, 
2018 2018 05/08/2018  05/10/2018  Doha Patents   
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Romania  Regional Conference on IP in the Digital 
Economy for SMEs  2017 21/09/2017  22/09/2017  Bucharest  Industrial 
Property  
Romania  Automation Assessment Mission  2017 27/11/2017  29/11/2017  Bucharest  Industrial 
Property  
Romania  Consultation Meeting Regarding Arbitration and 
Mediation in Romania, back -to-back to WIPO 
National Seminar on Arbitration and Mediation  2018 25/04/2018  26/04/2018  Bucharest  Industrial 
Property  
Romania  Consultation Meeting Regarding Arbitration and 
Mediation in Romania, back -to-back to WIPO 
National Seminar on Arbitration and Mediation, 
with Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA)  2018 25/04/2018  26/04/2018  Bucharest  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Romania  Signing of MoU on ADR with Romanian Copyright 
Office (ORDA)  2017 25/04/2018  25/04/2018  Bucharest  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Russian Federation  National Seminars on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) System Developments (Sept. 7, 11 
to 14; 19 to 21, 2017)  2017 07/09/2017  21/09/2017  Tver and Nizhniy 
Novgorod  Patents  
Russian Federation  International Scientific and Practical Conference  
XXI Century Youth of Intellect  2017 18/10/2017  19/10/2017  Sochi  Multiple IP Fields  
Russian Federation  National Seminar on the Madrid and Hague 
Systems  2017 24/10/2017  25/10/2017  Kaliningrad  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  Training of Trainers on Drafting IP Policies for 
Universities and Research Institutions and 
Conference on IP Management Models at 
Universities and Research Institutions  2017 25/10/2017  27/10/2017  Moscow  Patents  
Russian Federation  Conference on Key Issues of the Obligational 
Relationships in the Field of Intellectual Property 
and Technology Transfer  2017 31/10/2017  11/01/2017  Kazan  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  Signing of MoU on ADR with Federal Service for 
Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation 
(ROSPATENT)  2017 04/10/2017  04/10/2017  NA Mediation and 
Arbitration   
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- 40 - Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Russian Federation  III International Symposia  Intellectual Property 
and Innovations: the best practices  2017 11/12/2017  15/11/2017  Saint-Petersburg  Multiple IP Fields  
Russian Federation  WIPO National Seminar on IP Policy for Small 
and Medium -sized Enterprises  2017 14/11/2017  15/11/2017  Krasnodar  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  Regional Roundtable on the Value of the 
Marrakesh  and Beijing Treaties and 
Consultations with the Secretariat of the IPA CIS  2017 16/11/2017  17/11/2017  St. Petersburg  Copyright  
Russian Federation  Subregional Roundtable on Copyright and 
Related Rights: Marrakesh and Beijing Treaties  2017 09/11/2017  09/12/2017  Moscow  Copyright  
Russian Federation  World Trade Center Roundtable on IP Mediation  2017 07/12/2017  08/12/2017  Moscow  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Russian Federation  Working Group meeting on the development of 
the Eurasian system for legal protection of 
industrial designs organized by EAPO, Moscow, 
January 30 and 31, 2018  2018 29/01/2018  02/01/2018  Moscow  Designs  
Russian Federation  International Conference:  Intellectual Property 
in the New Technological Order  2018 02/01/2018  02/02/2018  Moscow  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  National Seminar on the Madrid and The Hague  
Systems, April 3 -4; Post -Accession Seminar on 
The Hague  System, April 5; Master Classes at 
the RGAIS, April 5 -6 2018 04/03/2018  04/06/2018  Saransk  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  International Conference on IP Mediation Master 
Class for Russian State Academy of Intellectual 
Property  2018 25/04/2018  25/04/2018  Moscow  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Russian Federation  Presentation on WIPO ADR at International IP 
Forum - Technology Transfer Session  2018 24/04/2018  24/08/2018  Moscow  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Russian Federation  Subregional  Seminar on IP Policies at 
Universities and Research Institutions  2018 04/06/2018  04/09/2018  Moscow  Multiple IP Fields  
Russian Federation  National Seminars on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) System Developments, 
Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation June 14 and 
15, 2018  2018 14/06/2108  15/06/2018  Petrozavodsk  Patents   
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Russian Federation  WIPO National Seminar on IP Policy for Small 
and Medium -sized Enterprises  2018 04/10/2018  04/11/2018  Khanty -Mansyisk  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  International Conference on Creation, Legal 
Protection and Management of IP on the Basis of 
Blockchain Technology  2018 16/04/2018  17/04/2018  Moscow  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  1. Technology Transfer Session, International IP 
Forum,  April 24, 2018 and 2. International 
Conference on IP Mediation Master Class for the 
Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property, 
April 25, 2018 2018 24/04/2018  25/04/2018  Moscow  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  Conference Means of Individualization: Issues of 
Juridical Protection  2018 24/05/2018  24/05/2018  Irkutsk  Industrial 
Property  
Russian Federation  WIPO - Russia Summer School on Intellectual 
Property  2018 07/02/2018  13/07/2018  Sochi  Multiple IP Fields  
Rwanda  Multi-Stakeholders Validation Workshop of the 
National Intellectual Property Strategy Plan 
(NIPOS)  2017 13/12/2017  15/12/2017  Kigali  Multiple IP Fields  
Rwanda  Multi-Stakeholder 's Workshop Validation of the 
National Intellectual Property Strategy Plan 
(NIPS) for the Republic of Rwanda  2018 18/01/2018  20/01/2018  Kigali  Multiple IP Fields  
Rwanda  Fostering Innovation and Developing the 
Technology and Innovation Support Center 
(TISC) Network  2018 26/06/2018  28/06/2018  Kigali  Industrial 
Property  
Rwanda  National patent Drafting Workshop  2018 27/08/2018  31/08/2018  Kigali  Patents  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  Information Technology Training Workshop on 
the Customization and the Deployment of WIPO 
IPAS and Related IP Automation Tools.  2018 23/04/2018  27/04/2018  Basse Terre  Industrial 
Property  
Saint Lucia  Caribbean:  Planning mission for Copyright and 
Collective Management to Saint Lucia, 
November 1 -3, 2017  2017 29/10/2017  11/04/2017  Saint Lucia  Copyright   
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- 42 - Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Saint Lucia  WIPO Meeting of Heads of Intellectual Property 
Offices and Ministerial -Level Meeting on 
Intellectual Property for Caribbean Countries  2018 24/07/2018  26/07/2018  Gros Islet  Multiple IP Fields  
Samoa  Assessment of the Registries of Companies and 
Intellectual Property Division (RCIP), Apia, 
Samoa, July 23 to 26, 2018  2018 17/07/2018  28/07/2018  Apia Multiple IP Fields  
San Marino  Automation Follow -up to USBM (San Marino)  2018 04/09/2018  13/04/2018  San Marino  Industrial 
Property  
Sao Tome and Principe  WIPO Meeting on Recent Developments in the 
Field of Copyright and Related Rights for 
Lusophone Countries in Africa  2017 30/11/2017  12/01/2017  Sao Tome  Copyright  
Sao Tome and Principe  Needs Assessment missions to Sao Tome and 
Cape Verde for the Deployment of WIPO 
Automation solutions including the Industrial 
Property Automation System (IPAS)  2018 03/05/2018  03/09/2018  Sao Tome  Industrial 
Property  
Saudi Arabia , Kingdom of  Study Visit for Five Officials from Jordan to the 
Saudi Patent Office  2017 29/10/2017  11/02/2017  Riyadh  Patents  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  WIPO Publish deployment and support mission  2017 17/12/2017  28/12/2017  Riyadh  Industrial 
Property  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  Training Workshop on Patent Examination Using 
Work Products from other National Phases for 
examiners of the GCC Patent Office, January 28 
to February 1, 2018  2018 27/01/2018  02/02/2018  Riyadh  Patents  
Senegal  Subregional  Seminar on the Protection of Quality 
Products linked to Origin  2017 20/11/2017  24/11/2017  Cap Skirring  Industrial 
Property  
Senegal  Training Workshop for Public prosecutors and 
lawyers on General principles of copyright law 
and audio -visual  contracts and case law.  2017 15/12/2017  17/12/2017  Saly Copyright  
Serbia  International Conference on Innovation and 
Intellectual Property  2017 13/10/2017  13/10/2017  Novi Sad  Industrial 
Property  
Serbia  WIPO Subregional  Workshop on How to Create 
and Manage a Start -Up 2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Belgrade  Multiple IP Fields   
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Serbia  Signing of MoU on ADR with Intellectual Property 
Office of the Republic of Serbia  2017 15/11/2017  15/11/2017  Belgrade  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Singapore  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Singapore  Subregional  Meeting for ASEAN countries on the 
Marrakesh Treaty and the production and 
exchange of accessible books  2017 11/01/2017  11/03/2017  Singapore  Copyright  
Singapore  In-House Counsel Seminar IP Contracts and 
Disputes in Life Sciences Problems and 
Solutions,  
November 22, 2017;  2017 19/11/2017  23/11/2017  Singapore  Industrial 
Property  
Singapore  WIPO Connect Introduction meeting +  Meeting 
with CMOs  2017 27/11/2017  29/11/2017  Singapore  Industrial 
Property  
Singapore  WIPO In -House Counsel Seminar  IP Contracts 
and Disputes in Life Sciences – Problems and 
Solutions  2017 22/11/2017  22/11/2017  Singapore  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Singapore  WIPO Connect Introduction meeting + Meeting 
with CMOs  2017 28/11/2017  29/11/2017  Singapore  Collective  
 Management  
Singapore  Information Technology Training Workshop on 
the WIPO Industrial Property Automation 
System (IPAS), WIPO Publish and WIPO  File 2018 19/02/2018  23/02/2018  Singapore  Industrial 
Property  
Singapore  WIPO Work Sharing Seminar on WIPO 
Subregional  Workshop on the Improvement of 
Quality of Patent and Office Actions through 
Utilization of WIPO Centralized Access to Search 
and Examination (CASE) System, ASPEC Task 
Force Meeting and the Community of Pr  2018 03/05/2018  03/09/2018  Singapore  Copyright   
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- 44 - Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Singapore  Regional Workshop on 40 Years of PCT (23 -24 
May 2018) and Regional Seminar on Trade 
Secrets and Innovation  2018 23/05/2018  25/05/2018  Singapore  Multiple IP Fields  
Singapore  WIPO Regional Seminar on the International 
Legal Framework and Multilateral Agenda in the 
Field of Patents  2018 25/05/2018  25/05/2018  Singapore  Patents  
Singapore  Roundtable for the Executives of National and 
Regional IP Associations in ASEAN  2018 30/07/2018  30/07/2018  Singapore  Multiple IP Fields  
Slovenia  Workshops on the use of ePCT Filing in 
coordination with the Slovenian Intellectual 
Property Office of the Republic of Slovenia  2017 17/10/2017  18/10/2017  Ljubljana  Patents  
Slovenia  Roving Seminar on WIPO Serv ices and 
Initiatives, March 27, 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia  2018 27/03/2018  27/03/2018  Ljubljana  Designs  
South Africa  Workshop to discuss the Draft IP Policy of South 
Africa; Pretoria, South Africa  2017 23/10/2017  29/10/2017  Pretoria  Multiple IP Fields  
South Africa  WIPO/CIPC Workshop on the South African IP 
Training Manual on Investigation and 
Prosecution of IP Crime for Senior Law 
Enforcement Officials  2017 30/10/2017  11/01/2017  Johannesburg & 
Pretoria  Multiple IP Fields  
South Africa  WIPO National Patent Drafting Workshop  2017 13/11/2017  17/11/2017  Pretoria  Patents  
South Africa  Launch of the Inventor Assistance Programme  
(IAP) in Pretoria, South Africa  2017 16/11/2017  16/11/2017  Pretoria  Multiple IP Fields  
South Africa  WIPO -South Africa Summer School on 
Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology  2017 27/11/2017  12/08/2017  Cape Town  Multiple IP Fields  
South Africa  Technical Consultations with Officials at the 
Companies and Intellectual Property 
Commission (CIPC), Pretoria, South Africa  2018 21/02/20 18 28/02/2018  Pretoria  Multiple IP Fields  
South Africa  Task Force Meeting Project on IP and SMEs & 
Discussions with SMEs Associations on needs 
assessment tool  2018 24/04/2018  26/04/2018  Pretoria  Industrial 
Property   
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South Africa  WIPO -NIPMO Workshop on IP Innovation Policy  2018 05/07/2018  05/11/2018  Johannesburg  Industrial 
Property  
Sri Lanka  National Workshop on Technology Transfer 
Office & IP Management in the framework of the 
Enabling IP Environment Project  2017 10/03/2017  11/03/2017  Colombo  Industrial 
Property  
Sri Lanka  High-level Subregional  Workshop on 
Empowering Creativity for Sustainable 
Development and the Role of Copyright for 
Policy Makers of South Asian Countries  2018 26/04/2018  27/04/2018  Colombo  Copyright  
Sri Lanka  Two-day consultation works hop and University  
Visits  2018 18/06/2018  19/06/2018  Colombo  Multiple IP Fields  
Sudan  IPAS upgrade mission  2017 04/12/2017  14/12/2017  Khartoum  Multiple IP  
fields 
Tajikistan  Subregional  Seminar on Building Respect for IP  2017 24/10/2017  25/10/2017  Dushanbe  Industrial 
Property  
Tajikistan  National Seminar on the Madrid System  2018 05/02/2018  05/03/2018  Dushanbe  Industrial 
Property  
Tajikistan  National event:  Forum of Inventors of Tajikistan 
on the occasion of  the 25th Anniversary of the 
Patent Office of Tajikistan  2018 26/04/2018  27/04/2018  Dushanbe  Industrial 
Property  
Tanzania  Zanzibar: 1. to launch the Data Capture Project  
2. to assess the conditions for project 
implementation  2017 21/10/2017  11/06/2017  Zanzibar  Industrial 
Property  
Tanzania  Consultation Mission to Zanzibar - 
Implementation of the WIPO Dev. Agenda 
Project Phase II on Appropriate Technology for 
Tanzania  2017 23/10/2017  25/10/2017  Zanzibar  Multiple IP Fields  
Tanzania  a) National Seminar on Copyright and the 
Impact of the Digital Environment b) Review of 
Copyright legislation c) Review of Collective 
Management Structure  2017 27/11/2017  12/07/2017  Dar-es-Salaam  Copyright  
Tanzania  National Expert Group Meeting on the 
Appropriate Technology Project for Tanzania  2018 18/04/2018  20/04/2018  Zanzibar  Multiple IP Fields  
Tanzania  Launch the Data Capture Project  2017 23/10/2017  27/10/2017  Zanzibar  Multiple IP fields   
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Tanzania  Follow -up and assessment of the level of use and 
integration of Industrial Property Administration 
System (IPAS) and its constituent modules  2017 30/10/2017  03/11/2017  Dar es Salaam  Multiple IP fields  
Thailand  National Patent Drafting Course to contribute to 
the training provided for effective innovation 
support servi ces, Thailand  2017 10/02/2017  10/06/2017  Chiang Mai  Patents  
Thailand  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Thailand  University visits in Thailand in the context of 
creating an Enabling Intellectual Property 
Environment to Increase the Capacity of 
countries for Technology development, 
management and commercialization  2017 11/06/2017  14/11/2017  Bangkok  Multiple IP Fields  
Thailand  Partnership for Innovation and Technological 
Capacity Building in the least developed 
countries  (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific, 
Bangkok November 6 to 8, 2017:  2017 11/06/2017  11/09/2017  Bangkok  Industrial 
Property  
Thailand  WIPO CASE National Training for New Examiners 
on Global Patent Searching and Examination  2017 21/11/2017  25/11/2017  Bangkok  Patents  
Thailand  Advisory Mission for providing legislative 
assistance on Internet Service  Providers Liability  2017 12/04/2017  12/06/2017  Bangkok  Multiple IP Fields  
Thailand  High-level Seminar on the Creative Economy 
and Copyright as Pathways to Sustainable 
Development  2017 12/06/2017  12/08/2017  Bangkok  Copyright  
Thailand  WIPO National Workshop on Basic Patent 
Analytics  2018 29/01/2018  31/01/2018  Bangkok  Patents  
Thailand  Three -day consultation workshop in the context 
of creating an Enabling Intellectual Property 
Environment to Increase the Capacity of 
countries for Technology development, 
management and commercialization, from 
March 19 to 21, 2018  2018 19/03/2018  21/03/2018  Khon Kaen  Multiple IP Fields   
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Thailand  National Workshop on Biodiversity, Cultural and 
Culinary Heritage related Intellectual Property 
Protection  2018 23/04/2018  23/04/2018  Bangkok  Traditional 
Knowledge, GR 
and TCE  
Thailand  On-the-job Training for 3 Patent Examiners of 
DIP Lao at DIP Thailand  2018 14/05/2018  25/05/2018  Bangkok  Patents  
Thailand  Expert mission to the Department of Intellectual 
Property (DIP) of Thailand  2018 18/05/2018  26/05/2018  Bangkok  Patents  
Thailand  Signing of Joint Statement on WIPO ADR with 
Central Intellectual Property and International 
Trade Court of Thailand (CIPITC)  2018 26/06/2018  26/06/2018  Geneva  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
Trinidad and Tobago  WIPO/IDB REACH/UWI Workshop on Lean 
Commercialization of Intellectual Property (IP) 
and Research:  An Evidence Based 
Entrepreneurial Bootcamp  2017 13/11/2017  17/11/2017  St. Augustine  Multiple IP Fields  
Trinidad and Tobago  WIPO Roving Seminars on the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for Caribbean  2018 29/05/2018  06/04/2018  Trinidad and 
Tobago  Patents  
Tunisia  WIPO National Patent Drafting Workshop  2017 16/10/2017  20/10/2017  Tunis  Patents  
Tunisia  Automation Follow -up Mission to INNORPI:  
-Prepare for the Deployment of WIPO -File 
-Check with IP Office for Documents Electronic 
Signature  
-Test the Platform being prepared by the IP 
Office  
-Meet with a selected group of IP Agents, 
Inform, Trainer  2018 01/07/2018  13/01/2018  Tunis  Industrial 
Property  
Tunisia  Awareness -raising Seminar + Workshops on 
Resale Right and Reprography  2018 03/05/2018  03/07/2018  Tunis  Copyright  
Tunisia  IP for Commercializing Science, Technology and 
Innovation for Sustainable Development  2018 04/03/2018  04/03/2018  Tunis  Industrial 
Property  
Turkey  WIPO Subregional  Conference on GIs  2017 12/09/2017  13/09/2017  Trabzon  Geographical 
Indications   
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Turkey  The Seventh Edition of the Annual IP Conference 
entitled Success Stories: From the Lab to the 
Market  2017 10/12/2017  13/10/2017  Istanbul  Industrial 
Property  
Turkmenistan  National Seminar on Intellectual Property 
Policies in Universities and Research Institutions  2017 18/10/2017  19/10/2017  Ashgabat  Multiple IP Fields  
Turkmenistan  Subregional  Workshop on IP Enforcement for 
Customs Officials  2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Ashgabat  Industrial 
Property  
Turkmenistan  National Seminar and Workshop on the Madrid 
System for International Registration of Marks  2018 15/05/2018  16/05/2018  Ashgabat  Multiple IP Fields  
Uganda  Second Workshop of the Study on Innovation in 
the Agro -Based Industry in Uganda: An 
Empirical Study of Agricultural Innovation in a 
Least Developed Country  2017 15/12/2017  15/12/2017  Kampala  Multiple IP Fields  
Ukraine  Participate in a WHO Technical Workshop on 
Access to Medicines and Intellectual Property for 
participants from  Ukraine and Moldova, Kiev, 
Ukraine, October 26 and 27, 2017  2017 25/10/2017  28/10/2017  Kiev Multiple IP Fields  
Ukraine  PCT Roving Seminars in Kyiv, November 7, 
2017, and Lviv, November 9, 2017, Ukraine  2017 11/07/2017  11/09/2017  Kyiv Patents  
Ukraine  IV International Conference Current Challenges 
and Issues of Intellectual Property Law in 
Ukraine and Europe, to be held in Kyiv, on 
December 20 and 21, 2017  2017 19/12/2017  22/12/2017  Kyiv Industrial 
Property  
Ukraine  Training Workshop on Patent Database Searches 
and Development of TISCs  2018 23/04/2018  25/04/2018  Kiev Patents  
Ukraine  WIPO National Patent Drafting Workshop  2018 06/04/2018  06/08/2018  Kyiv Industrial 
Property  
Ukraine  National Seminar on Collective Management of 
Copyright and Related Rights:  Discussion 
Roundtable  2018 23/05/2018  24/05/2018  Kyiv Collective 
Management  
Ukraine  International Workshop on the Current Issues in 
Intellectual Property Rights  2018 21/05/2018  23/05/2018  Kyiv Multiple IP Fields  
Ukraine  National patent Drafting Workshop  2018 04/06/2018  08/06/2018  Kyiv Patents   
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Ukraine  WIPO -  Ukraine Summer School on Intellectual 
Property  2018 16/07/2018  27/07/2018  Kyiv Multiple IP Fields  
United Arab Emirates  National Workshop on Arbitration of Intellectual 
Property Disputes  2017 13/11/2017  14/11/2017  Dubai  Mediation and 
Arbitration  
United Arab Emirates  Revised WIPO National Workshop on Building 
Respect for IP for Members of the Judiciary  2017 21/11/2017  23/11/2017  Sharjah  Industrial 
Property  
United Arab Emirates  National Workshop on Intellectual Property 
Policies for Universities and Research 
Institutions  2017 22/11/2017  23/11/2017  Dubai  Multiple IP Fields  
United Arab Emirates  WIPO -KIPO-KIPA IP Impact Certificate Course 
(IPCC)  2017 12/05/2017  12/07/2017  Abu Dhabi  Multiple  IP Fields  
United Arab Emirates  a) Subregional  Roundtable on the Marrakech 
Treaty b ) Bilateral Meeting with the Ministry of 
Economy of the UAE  2018 26/02/2018  27/02/2018  Dubai  Copyright  
United Arab Emirates  IPAS and WIPO Publish upgrade and deployment 
mission  2018 18/03/2018  29/03/2018  Abu Dhabi  Industrial 
Property  
Uruguay  10th Conference on Model -based Evidence on 
Innovation and Development (MEIDE)  2017 16/11/2017  17/11/2017  Montevideo  Multiple IP Fields  
Uzbekistan  Discussions with IPA automation project  2017 12/09/2017  13/09/2017  Tashkent  Multiple IP fields  
Uzbekistan  Regional Seminar for SMEs on the Role of 
Trademarks, Collective Marks and Certification 
Marks in Business Development  2017 22/11/2017  23/11/2017  Tashkent  Industrial 
Property  
Uzbekistan  National Workshop on IP Valuation and 
Commercialization  2018 23/05/2018  24/05/2018  Tashkent  Industrial 
Property  
Vanuatu  Treaties promotion and legislative advice and 
Subregional  workshop on Copyright  2018 05/10/2018  25/05/2018  Port Vila  Copyright  
Viet Nam  Australia National Workshop on Advanced 
Successful Technology Licensing (STL)  2017 25/09/2017  29/09/2017  Ho Chi Min City  Industrial 
Property  
Viet Nam  Seminar on Protecting your Trademarks, 
Inventions and Designs Overseas:  WIPO 
Services for Vietnamese Businesses  2017 24/10/2017  24/10/2017  Hanoi  Trademarks, 
Geographical 
Indications   
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Viet Nam  Regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management  2017 27/06/2017  29/06/2017  Tokyo  Patents  
Viet Nam  Promotion of Internet Treaties and Legislative 
Advice . 2017 12/06/2017  12/07/2017  Hanoi  Copyright  
Viet Nam  Project Assessment and Planning at Vietnam  2018 01/09/2018  01/12/2018  Hanoi  Multiple IP Fields  
Viet Nam  Workflow Optimization Project  2018 16/04/2018  31/07/2018  Hanoi  Industrial 
Property  
Viet Nam  Workflow Optimization Project to Viet Nam  2018 09/03/2018  11/02/2018  Hanoi  Industrial 
Property  
Zimbabwe  IPAS Madrid Module Training & Follow -up on 
Digitization Project/ARIPO  2017 21/09/2017  22/09/2017  Harare  Multiple IP fields  
Zimbabwe  WIPO -ARIPO -JPO Subregional  Multi-
Stakeholders  Validation Workshop:  Guidelines 
on IP Policy and Strategy for Effective use of the 
IP System by Universities and R&D Institutions 
in Africa  2017 30/10/2017  31/10/2017  Harare  Multiple IP Fields  
Zimbabwe  Workshop on Enhancing the Competitiveness of 
Small and Medium -sized Enterprises (SMEs) 
Through Effective Use of the Intellectual 
Property System  2017 11/01/2017  11/03/2017  Harare  Industrial 
Property  
Zimbabwe  WIPO -ARIPO Regional Workshop: Harnessing 
Africa 's effective use and exploitation of 
Copyright in the Digital Environment.  2017 12/06/2017  12/07/2017  Harare  Copyright  
Zimbabwe  WIPO Regional Patent Drafting Course for Patent 
Agents from the ARIPO Member Sta tes and 
Observer States  2017 04/09/2017  08/09/2017  Harare  Patents  
Zimbabwe  WIPO -ARIPO Subregional  Meeting on the 
Development of a Subregional  Technology and 
Innovation Support Center (TISC) Network  2018 28/08/2018  29/08/2018  Harare  Industrial 
Property   
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- 51 - Country  Activity Title  Activity Year  Start Date  End Date  City IP Field  
Zimbabwe  African Regional Intellectual Property 
Organization (ARIPO) Annual Symposia  on 
Copyright & Related Rights  2018 06/12/2018  13/06/2018  Harare  Copyright  
Zimbabwe  WIPO Regional Seminar for ARIPO Members on 
Implementation and Use of Patent Related 
Flexibilities  2018 08/01/2018  08/03/2018  Harare  Patents  
  
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