WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/495/Add.1 
2 October 2007 
 
 (07-4168) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM 
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS 
 
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION  
OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS (UPOV) 
 
Addendum  
 
 
 At its meeting of 5 June 2007, the Council fo r TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update th e information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the impl ementation of the TRIPS Agreement.   
  The present document reproduces the inform ation which has been received from the 
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by means of a 
communication dated 28 September 2007.   
 
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 I. INTRODUCTION 
1. The membership of UPOV has continued to  increase with two new members which are 
developing countries (Dominican Republic and Viet Nam) acceding to the 1991 Act of the 
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention), since our 
last report.  As of  30 September 2007, the number of UPOV members was 64.  Moreover, 18 countries and one regional inte rgovernmental organization
1 have initiated with the Council of UPOV 
the procedure for becoming members of the Union.  There are also 46 other countries2 which have 
been in contact with the Office of the Union with a view to developing legislation in line with the 
1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
                                                      
1 Armenia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala,  Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, 
Montenegro, Philippines, Serbia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Venezuela, 
Zimbabwe, as well as the African Intellectual Prop erty Organization (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 
Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, 
Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo (16). 
2 Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo (Democratic 
Republic of), Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic 
Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Lao People’s Democratic Re public, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sr i Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, 
Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan , Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of 
Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia.   
 
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2. Accordingly, there has been an increase in the number of requests received from developing 
countries and countries in transition to a market economy for legal and technical assistance in the 
preparation and implementation of plant variety prot ection legislation.  In light of their emerging 
needs, UPOV places great importance on legal and te chnical assistance activities, subject to available 
financial and human resources.   
3. There is a demand-driven need to assist UPOV members that have acceded to the Union in 
the more recent past in the implementation of their UPOV-based system of plant variety protection.  The aim is to enable them to fully enjoy the bene fits and economic incentives the system is able to 
generate.  In the UPOV Program and Budget for the 2006-2007 Biennium, the Council of UPOV 
approved a sub-program in relation to services to members of the Union, with the following 
objectives: 
• To maintain and improve the quality of protection provided by the UPOV system. 
 
• To provide and develop the legal and techni cal basis for international cooperation in a 
harmonized approach to plant variety protection according to the 1991 Act of the Convention.  
 
4. UPOV, as the leading international institution in matters of plant variety protection, has the 
obligation to provide assistance and advice to tho se countries having decided to become members of 
UPOV.  For this purpose, in the UPOV Program and Budget for the 2006-2007 Biennium, the Council of UPOV also approved a sub-program to assist possible future members of the Union with the 
following objectives: 
• To assist governments in implementing an effective plant variety rights system. 
 
• To assist governments, particularly governme nts of developing countries and countries in 
transition to a market economy, in the preparation and enactment of legislation conforming with the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
 
5. UPOV has organized several assi stance activities, some of them in cooperation with UPOV 
members and other international organizations, particularly the World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO).  Those have been carried out  for the benefit of developing countries as well as 
other countries, since the policy is that assistance  should be provided where it is most needed to 
implement plant variety protection effectively.  UP OV now organizes various forms of workshops, in 
conjunction with its Technical Working Party sessions, in order to give additional training 
opportunities to new and possible future members of UPOV. 
II. PROVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AND TECHNICAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION  
6. UPOV provided advice to States and certain intergovernmental organizations on plant variety 
protection laws, commented on draft texts and, on re quest, assisted in preparing drafts of national 
laws and regulations.  During recent years, it h as provided assistance or advice on these matters to 
numerous developing countries. 
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  7. From 1 January 2006 to 30 September 2007, the Office of the Union provided information, 
advice or assistance and, in some cases, organi zed advisory missions, to  the following States and 
intergovernmental organizations: 
African/Arab 
 Asia/Pacific Latin America/ 
Caribbean Countries in 
Transition to a 
Market Economy 
Bahrain Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Albania 
Burundi Bangladesh Argentina Armenia 
Cameroon Brunei Darussalam Bolivia Azerbaijan 
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Cambodia Brazil Bulgaria 
Egypt China Chile Georgia 
Ghana India Colombia Kazakhstan 
Iraq Indonesia Costa Rica Kyrgyzstan 
Jordan Iran (Islamic Republic 
of)  Cuba Lithuania 
Kenya Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic Dominican Republic Montenegro 
Libyan Arab 
Jamahiriya Malaysia Ecuador Moldova 
Mauritius Mongolia El Salvador Romania 
Oman Myanmar Grenada Russian Federation 
Saudi Arabia Nepal Guatemala Serbia 
Senegal Pakistan Honduras Tajikistan 
Sudan Philippines Jamaica  Turkmenistan 
Syrian Arab 
Republic Singapore Mexico Uzbekistan 
Uganda Sri Lanka Nicaragua  
United Arab 
Emirates Thailand Panama  
Zimbabwe Turkey  Paraguay  
OAPI (African 
Intellectual Property Organization) Viet Nam Peru  
SADC (Southern 
African Development Community)  Trinidad and Tobago  
  Uruguay  
  Venezuela  
 
III. SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING COURSES  
8. UPOV organized and cooperated in the organi zation of a number of national seminars on 
plant variety protection.  UPOV has also organized  international seminars and extended courses for 
developing countries on subjects related to plant variety protection. 
9. UPOV has provided speakers and lecturers for seminars, workshops and training courses 
organized by other organizations or governments to assist with national efforts in the preparation and IP/C/W/495/Add.1 
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  implementation of plant variety protection legisla tion and to promote intern ational understanding of 
plant variety protection. 
10. UPOV has launched a distance learning program with the aim of providing a clear 
understanding of plant breeders’ rights under the UPOV Convention.   
11. UPOV members continued to cooperate with the Office of the Union in the organization of 
practical training for indivi duals or courses for groups. 
12. Seminars, workshops and training courses orga nized by UPOV or supported by UPOV, from 
1 January 2006 to 30 September 2007, are summarized in  the Annex to this document.  Part (c) of the 
Annex provides the number of students who we re provided with training free of charge.  
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Seminars, Workshops and Training Courses Organized or Supported by UPOV  
from 1 January 2006 to 30 September 2007  
 
Date  Venue  Co-organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
(a) Meetings organized/ co-organized by UPOV   
2006      
17 March  Brasilia, Brazil Minist ry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Supply National Seminar on the Impact and 
Developments of Plant Variety Protection 
under the UPOV Convention 50 participants from 
administration, research and 
breeding sectors in Brazil  
8 May  Bangkok, 
Thailand Department of Agriculture (DOA) 
of Thailand, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) National Workshop on the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants under the UPOV 
Convention 50 participants from the DOA, 
Dept. of Intellectual Property 
of the Ministry of Commerce, 
lawyers, researchers 
12 May  Jakarta, 
Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture of 
Indonesia Meeting with plant variety protection  officials 20 participants from the 
Government of Indonesia 
11 June Guanajuato, 
Mexico  Preparatory Workshop to Technical Working 
Party for Vegetables (TWV/40) 47 participants from Brazil, 
China, European Community, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, 
Netherlands, South Africa 
18 June  Nairobi, Kenya  Preparatory Workshop to Technical Working 
Party on Automation and Computer Programs (TWC/24) 11 participants from Japan, 
Kenya, Romania, Russian Federation, 
United Kingdom 
2 July  Beijing, China  Prepar atory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Agricultural Crops 
(TWA/35) 23 participants from 
Argentina, Bulgaria, China, 
Japan, Poland,  
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Republic of Korea, Spain, 
United Kingdom 
20 August  Salvador, Bahia 
State, Brazil  Preparatory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF/37) 12 participants from Brazil, 
China, Japan, Mexico, Poland, 
Republic of Korea  
27 August  Fortaleza, Ceará 
State, Brazil  Preparatory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees (TWO/39) 16 participants from Brazil, 
Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands  
15 to 18 September  Dushanbe, 
Tajikistan 
 Ministry of Agriculture of the 
Republic of Tajikistan, the Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Agen cy (SIDA) and 
the MAFF of Japan Second West and Central Asian Regional 
Workshop on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention 50 participants from 
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, 
Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan 
21 and 22 September  Bishkek, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic State Agency of Intellectual 
Property of the Kyrgyz Republic, 
the Swedish International 
Development Cooperation Agency 
(SIDA) and the MAFF of Japan National Workshop on Plant Variety 
Protection under the UPOV Convention Some 100 participants from 
governmental agencies of 
Kyrgyzstan including the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Water 
and Processing Industry and Kyrgyzpatent as well as from 
seed-growing companies, 
breeders’ circle, National Academy of Science and 
Botanical Gardens 
6 to 11 November  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia Department of Agriculture (DOA) 
of Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(MAFF) of Japan Seventh Asian Regional Technical Meeting 
for Plant Variety Protection 80 officials from 14 Asian 
countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, 
Malaysia,  Myanmar, Nepal, 
Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, 
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam  
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12 November  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia Asian and Pacific Seed Association 
(APSA) APSA-UPOV Workshop on Plant Variety 
Protection in the Asia and Pacific Region 60 participants from the seed 
industry and government 
officials from among others Cambodia, China, India, 
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, 
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam 
15 to 17 November  Tokyo, Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Workshop on the enforcement of plant 
breeder’s right under the UPOV Convention 144 participants from Albania, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, 
Kenya, Mexico, Republic of 
Korea, United States of America, Viet Nam  
20 and 21 November  Tbilisi, Georgia National Intellectual Property 
Center (Sakpatenti) 
 National Workshop on Plant Variety 
Protection under the UPOV Convention 30 participants, including 
members of Parliament, 
scientists, breeders and representatives of the 
intellectual property sector 
20 November  Seoul, Republic 
of Korea National Seed Management Office 
(NSMO) of the Republic of Korea 
 Preparatory Workshop for the Tenth Session 
of the Working Group on Biochemical and 
Molecular Techniques and DNA Profiling in 
Particular (BMT) and Technical Workshop on the Use of Molecular Techniques in Plant 
Variety Protection  Some 30 participants from 
Argentina, Canada, China, 
European Community, France, 
Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, South 
Africa, United Kingdom, 
United States of America 
24 November  Seoul, Republic 
of Korea Korean Society for Seed Science 
and Industry (KOSID), National 
Seed Management Office (NSMO) Symposium on the Application of  Molecular 
Techniques for Plant Br eeding and in Plant 
Variety Protection Some 200 participants, from 
Argentina, Canada, China, 
European Community, France, 
Germany, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, 
South Africa, Spain, 
United Kingdom, United States of America  
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20 to 24 November  Sta. Cruz de la 
Sierra, Bolivia Instituto Nacional de Investigación 
y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria  
(INIA), Oficina Española de 
Variedades Vegetales  (OEVV), la 
Agencia Española de Cooperación 
Internacional (AECI), and World 
Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) Fifth Training Course for Ibero-American 
Countries on the Protection of New Varieties 
of Plants 30 participants from 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay 
Total     17 activities with approximately 900 participants  
2007      
20 January  Islamabad, 
Pakistan Ministry of Food, Agriculture and 
Livestock of the Islamic Republic 
of Pakistan National Workshop on Plant Variety 
Protection under the UPOV Convention 80 participants 
6 March  Livingstone, 
Zambia African Seed Trade Association 
(AFSTA) UPOV Workshop on Plant Variety Protection 
– A key to economic development 100 participants from 
Cameroon, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, 
Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, 
Netherlands, Niger, Senegal, 
South Africa, Tanzania, 
Tunisia, Uganda, USA, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  
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27 May  Budapest, 
Hungary  Preparatory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Agricultural Crops 
(TWA/36) 26 participants from Bulgaria, 
China, Croatia, Czech 
Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Poland, 
Romania, Tanzania 
5 to 8 June Nairobi, Kenya Ke nya Plant Health Inspectorate 
Services (KEPHIS),the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) Regional Seminar on Plant Variety Protection 
under the UPOV Convention and Workshop on DUS Examination and Data Management 46 participants from Benin, 
Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern 
African Development 
Community (SADC), Kenya Industrial Property Institute  
10 June Nairobi, Kenya  Preparat ory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Vegetables (TWV/41) 18 participants from Brazil, 
Bulgaria, China, France, 
Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Republic 
of Korea, South Africa, Spain, 
United Kingdom 
22 June Bangkok, 
Thailand Department of Intellectual Property, 
Ministry of Commerce, Thailand Briefing session on plant variety protection 
according to the UPOV Convention 40 participants including 
Government officials, NGOs 
25 to 29 June Chiang Mai, 
Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and 
Cooperatives of the Kingdom of 
Thailand, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(MAFF) of Japan 
 Eighth Asian Regional Technical Meeting for 
Plant Variety Protection 
 81 officials from  Bangladesh, 
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, 
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, 
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam  
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1 July Kunming, China  Preparatory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Ornamental Plants and 
Forest Trees (TWO/40) 78 participants from Canada, 
China, Hungary, Japan, 
Kenya, Republic of Korea 
8 July  Jeju, 
Republic of 
Korea  Preparatory Workshop for the Technical 
Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF/38) 35 participants from Germany, 
Japan, Mexico, Republic of 
Korea, South Africa 
9 to 13 July Sta. Cruz de la 
Sierra, Bolivia Instituto Nacional de Investigación 
y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria  
(INIA), Oficina Española de 
Variedades Vegetales  (OEVV), la 
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI), and World 
Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) Sixth Training Course for Ibero-American 
Countries on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 30 participants from 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay 
2 September  Sibiu, Romania  Preparatory Workshop to Technical Working 
Party on Automation and Computer Programs 
(TWC/25) 13 participants from Australia, 
China, Japan, Mexico, 
Moldova, Romania, United 
Kingdom 
11 to 14 September Cholponata, 
Kyrgyzstan State Patent Service of the Kyrgyz 
Republic (Kyrgyzpatent), Ministry 
of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan and Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA)  Third West and Central Asian Regional 
Workshop on plant variety protection under 
the UPOV Convention 60 participants from 
Azerbaijan, Japan, 
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, 
Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan 
Total     12 activities with approximately 600 participants   
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Date  Venue  Organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
(b) Meetings for which UPOV provided speakers  
2006      
9 and 10 May Bangkok, 
Thailand Asia and Pacific Seed Association 
(APSA) Seventh National Seed Association Meeting 30 members of the Seed 
Association Meetings of 
APSA 
15 to 19 May Lusaka, Zambia Southern African Development 
Community (SADC); 
Iowa State University; 
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
(ICRISAT) II SADC Regional Workshop on Plant 
Breeders’ Rights Under the 
UPOV Convention 30 participants from the 
SADC Member States 
11 July Geneva, 
Switzerland  Conference in the In tellectual Property 
Summer School of the WIPO Academy Participants from 32 countries 
31 July  to 4 August  Maputo, 
Mozambique Southern African Development 
Community (SADC); 
Iowa State University; 
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
(ICRISAT) III SADC Regional Workshop on Plant 
Breeders’ Rights Under the 
UPOV Convention 30 participants from the 
SADC Member States 
29 August 29 to 1 Sept  Tokyo, Japan Japan International Cooperation 
Agency (JICA) Training Course on the Protection of Plant 
Breeders’ Rights 8 participants from Brazil, 
China, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Senegal, Thailand 
6 to 8 November Rio de Janeiro World Intellectual Property  
Organization (WIPO) Seminar for Small and Medium-Scale 
Innovators and Users of Genetic Resources on 
Managing Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Genetic Resources 100 Government officials, 
breeders, representatives of 
breeding institutes from the private and public sectors  
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13 to 17 November Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia The Asia and Pacific Seed 
Association(APSA)  APSA Annual Congress, Asian Seed 2006, 
Standing Committee on Intellectual Property 
Rights 100 participants from the 
Asian Pacific region and other 
regions (Europe, Africa and the Americas) 
28 and 29 November Bogotá, 
Colombia Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y 
Turismo, República  de Colombia  Seminar on La protección a las obtenciones 
vegetales en el marco del Acta de 1991 del 
Convenio de la UPOV  100 participants from the 
private breeding sector, 
judicial sector, public breeding sector and Government 
officials from the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Ministry of Environment 
Total     10 activities with approximately 500 participants  
 
 
2007  
 
Date  Venue  Organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
17 and 18 January Islamabad, 
Pakistan Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations (FAO), Economic Cooperation 
Organization (ECO) Workshop on Regional Seed Regulation 
Harmonization” 50  participants from 9 ECO 
member States: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic 
of Iran, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan 
23 March Geneva, 
Switzerland Groupement national 
interprofessionnel des semences et 
plants (GNIS) Conference on the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants and Related Matters in the 
Context of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement 30 participants from African 
countries 
25 and 26 April Cuernavaca, 
Mexico International Community of 
Breeders of Asexually Reproduced 
Ornamental and Fruit-Tree 
Varieties (CIOPORA)  CIOPORA Plant Breeders’ Rights Conference 
of the Americas 115 participants from  
CIOPORA members, local 
private and public breeding 
sectors and Government 
officials 
9 May Svalöf, Sweden Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA) Training program on Genetic resources and 
Interllectual Property Rights 28 participants from 
developing countries  
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4-15 June 
(UPOV participation 
4–8 June) Wageningen, 
Netherlands Centre for Genetic Resources 
(CGN) International Course on Plant Variety 
Protection 25 participants from Belarus, 
China, Croatia, Cyprus, India, 
Japan, Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, Viet Nam 
9 June Geneva, 
Switzerland World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO), African 
Regional Intellectual Property (ARIPO) Inter-regional seminar Participants from 77 countries 
14 July Geneva, 
Switzerland  Conference in the In tellectual Property 
Summer School of the WIPO Academy 54 students from Albania, 
Australia, Austria, 
Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, 
China, Colombia, Egypt, 
France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, 
India, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, 
Norway, Peru, Philippines, 
Poland, Republic of Korea, 
Russian Federation, Sweden, 
Turkey, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela, 
Zimbabwe 
23 and 24 August 2007 Seoul Korean International Cooperation 
Agency (KOICA) Training Course on Plant Variety Protection, 
August 20 to September 15 12 participants from 
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Laos, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam 
Total     8 activities with approximately 350 participants  
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  (c) Countries/Organizations and number of stude nts who received free training in the 
UPOV Distance Learning Program in th e sessions February 2006, September 2006, 
April 2007 and September 2007.  
 
 
Country  
Session  
Session  
Session  
Session 
 Feb-06 
 Sep-06 April-07 Sept 07 
Albania     
Algeria   1  
Argentina  1 6 2 
Australia    2 
Austria  1   
Bangladesh   1  
Belarus 2   1 
Belgium    1 
Bolivia  11 15  
Bulgaria 1    
Brazil  12 6 4 
Cambodia  2 2  
Canada   2 2 
CGIAR  1   
Chile  4 2 3 
China  7 11 3 
Colombia  7 4 1 
Congo  1   
Costa Rica  1 2  
Côte d'Ivoire  1  1 
Croatia 3  4  
Cuba  1 1  
Czech Republic 4   11 
Denmark  1  2 
Dominican Republic  1 1  
Ecuador 1 5  1 
Egypt 1    
El Salvador    1 
Estonia 3  2 1 
European Community  2 1  
France  6 2 3 
Gabon   1  
Georgia  1   
Germany  1  2 
Greece 1  1 1 
Guatemala  2 1 1 
Honduras  1  1 
Hungary  1 3 3 
India  2  1 
Indonesia 1 3 2  
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  1 2 1 
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Country  
Session  
Session  
Session  
Session 
 Feb-06 
 Sep-06 April-07 Sept 07 
Italy  1 1 2 
Jamaica     
Japan   10 37 
Kazakhstan  1   
Kenya   5 3 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  1 1  
Malta 1    
Malaysia   2  
Mauritius 1  1  
Mexico  12 51 27 
Myanmar  2 3  
Morocco   3 1 
Nepal  1   
Netherlands 2 3 2 4 
New Zealand     
Nicaragua  3 6  
Pakistan   4  
Panama 1 2   
Paraguay  2 1  
Peru  1 1 1 
Philippines  2 2  
Poland 2  5 8 
Portugal 1    
Republic of Korea 10  8  
Moldova  4 4  
Republic of Tanzania    1 
Romania 1 1  1 
Russian Federation 1  1  
Saudi Arabia     
Serbia and Montenegro     
Serbia    1 
Singapore  2   
Slovenia  1 1  
South Africa 4  2 5 
Spain 5 3 23 11 
Sri Lanka  1 1  
Switzerland  1 3 5 
Tajikistan  2   
Thailand  5 35  
Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 3 3 
Tunisia  3  1 
Turkey   3  
Ukraine    2 
United Kingdom 1 6 2 3 
United States of America    6 IP/C/W/495/Add.1 
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Country  
Session  
Session  
Session  
Session 
 Feb-06 
 Sep-06 April-07 Sept 07 
Uruguay 1 2   
Uzbekistan  2 3 3 
Viet Nam  4 3 10 
WIPO  1   
WTO   1  
     
Totals 51 147 265 185 
 
 
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