WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/541/Add.3 
10 December 2009 
 
 (09-6399) 
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 8-9 June 2009, 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 16 November 2009.  
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I. INTRODUCTION 
1. The purpose of this report is to provide info rmation on the technical assistance programme of 
the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) for the benefit of 
developing countries covering the period fro m 1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009. 
2. As of 30 September 2009, the number of UPOV members was 67.
1  The membership of 
UPOV increased with the accession of Georgia on 29 November 2008, and Costa Rica on 12 January 2009, since our last report.  Moreover,  18 countries and one regional intergovernmental 
organization
2 have initiated with the Council of UPOV the procedure for becoming members of 
UPOV.  There are also 45 other countries3 and one regional intergovern mental organization which 
                                                      
1 After the period covered by this report, on 22 October 2009, Oman deposited its instrument of 
accession to the UPOV Convention.  On 22 November 2009, Oman will b ecome the 68th member of UPOV. 
2 Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Guatem ala, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,  
Mauritius, Montenegro, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, 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)). 
3 Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, 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, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia , Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab 
Republic, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United  Arab Emirates, United Republ ic of Tanzania, Yemen, 
Zambia, as well as the Southe rn African Development Community. IP/C/W/541/Add.3 
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  have been in contact with the Office of UPOV with a view to developing legislation in line with the 
1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
3. Accordingly, there have been a number of re quests from developing countries and countries 
in transition to a market economy for legal a nd technical assistance in the preparation and 
implementation of plant variety protection legislation (see Section II).  In light of their emerging 
needs, UPOV places great importance on legal and te chnical assistance activities, subject to available 
financial and human resources.   
4. There is a demand-driven need to assist UPOV members that have acceded to the 
UPOV Convention 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 benefits and economic 
incentives the system is able to generate.  In the UPOV Program and Budget for the 2008-2009 
Biennium, the Council of UPOV approved a sub- programme in relation to services to UPOV 
members, 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 pr otection according to the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV Convention.  
 
5. UPOV, as the leading international institution in matters of plant variety protection, has the 
obligation to provide assistance and advice to thos e countries and organizations having decided to 
become members of UPOV.  For this purpose,  in the UPOV Programme and Budget for the 
2008-2009 Biennium, the Council of UPOV also approve d a sub-programme to assist possible future 
members of UPOV with the following objectives: 
Objectives
: 
 
• To assist States and certain organizations, par ticularly governments of developing countries 
and countries in transition to a market ec onomy, in the preparation and enactment of 
legislation conforming with the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
 
• To assist States and certain organizations in the accession to the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV Convention. 
 
• To assist States and certain organizations in implementing an effective plant variety rights 
system in line with the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 
 
6. 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.  IP/C/W/541/Add.3 
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  II. PROVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AND TECHNICAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION  
7. UPOV provided advice to States and certain intergovernmental organizations on plant variety 
protection laws, commented on draft texts and, on request, assisted in preparing drafts of laws.  
During recent years, it has provided assistance or advice on these matters to numerous developing countries. 
8. From 1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009, 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 
Algeria Bahrain Argentina Armenia 
Bahrain Bhutan Bolivia Azerbaijan 
Cameroon Cambodia Brazil Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Egypt China Chile Georgia 
Ghana India Colombia Kazakhstan 
Irak Indonesia Costa Rica Kyrgyzstan 
Kenya Iran (Islamic Republic of) Cuba Montenegro 
Kuwait Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic Dominican Republic Republic of Moldova 
Mauritius Malaysia Ecuador Serbia 
Mozambique Mongolia El Salvador Tajikistan 
Oman Myanmar Grenada Uzbekistan 
Qatar Pakistan Guatemal a The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 
Saudi Arabia Philippines Honduras  
Senegal Singapore Jamaica  
Sudan Sri Lanka Mexico  
Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Nicaragua  
Uganda Turkey  Panama  
United Arab Emirates Viet Nam Paraguay  
United Republic of 
Tanzania  Peru  
Zimbabwe  Trinidad and Tobago  
OAPI (African 
Intellectual Property 
Organization)  Uruguay  
SADC (Southern 
African Development 
Community)    
ARIPO (African 
Regional Intellectual 
Property Organization)    
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  III. SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING COURSES  
9. 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. 
10. 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 
implementation of plant variety protection legisla tion and to promote intern ational understanding of 
plant variety protection. 
11. UPOV offers a distance learning programme w ith the aim of providing a clear understanding 
of plant breeders’ rights under the UPOV Convention.   
12. UPOV members continued to cooperate with the Office of UPOV in the organization of 
practical training for indivi duals or courses for groups. 
13. UPOV, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Seed 
Federation (ISF) and the International Seed Testi ng Association (ISTA) jointly organized the Second 
World Seed Conference “Responding to the challenges of a changing world:  The role of new plant 
varieties and high quality seed in agriculture” from 8 to 10 September 2009, in Rome. 
14. Seminars, workshops and training courses orga nized by UPOV or supported by UPOV, from 
1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009, are summarized in Parts (a) and (b) respectively of the Annex 
to this document.  Part (c) of the Annex provide s the number of students who were provided with 
training through UPOV Distance Learning. 
 
[Annex follows]  
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Seminars, Workshops and Training Courses Organized or Supported by UPOV  
from 1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009  
  
Date  Venue  Co-organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
(a) Meetings organized/co-organized by UPOV    
2008 
 
February 11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy 
(MIME) of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan National Workshop on the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the 
UPOV Convention 63 participants from Cambodia  
February 14 Vientiane, Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic Department of Intellectual Property, 
Standardization and Metrology of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) 
of Japan National Workshop on the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the 
UPOV Convention 
 35 participants from Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic  
February 18 Hanoi, Viet Nam  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Viet Nam, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) 
of Japan National Workshop on the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the 
UPOV Convention 
 125 participants from Viet Nam 
February 21 Singapore  Intellectual Property Office of 
Singapore(IPOS), Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) 
of Japan National Workshop on the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the 
UPOV Convention 33 participants from Singapore  
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February 25-29 Alexandria, Virginia, 
United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) “Train the Trainer” Course 27 participants from Argentina, Belgium, 
Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, 
Germany, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Slovakia, 
Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United 
States of America, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe 
March 12 Baku, Azerbaijan State Agency on Standardization, Metrology 
and Patents, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Azerbaijan, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Consultation Meeting on the 
Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants under the UPOV 
Convention 6 participants from Azerbaijan 
March 13 and 14 Astana, Kazakhstan Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, Ministry 
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan National Workshop on the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants under the UPOV 
Convention 50 participants from Kazakhstan 
June 1 Lisbon, Portugal  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF/39) 26 participants from Bulgaria, China, Japan, 
Mexico, Poland, Portug al, Rep. of Korea, 
Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain 
June 3 to 5 Skopje, the former 
Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia Government of the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia with the assistance 
of the European Community Meetings to provide assistance 
in drafting legislation on plant 
variety protection 12 participants from the Government of the 
former Yugoslav Repu blic of Macedonia 
June 8 Wageningen, Netherlands  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees (TWO/41) 44 participants from Australia, Brazil, 
China, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, 
Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea 
June 15 to 21 Geneva, Bern, 
Switzerland, Angers, 
France Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
andFisheries (MAFF) of Japan Study tour on plant variety 
protection in Europe 6 participants from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine 
June 22 Krakow, Poland  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Vegetables (TWV/42) 36 participants from Belarus, Bulgaria, 
China, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, 
Republic of Moldova, Poland, Republic of 
Korea, Romania,  South Africa, 
United Kingdom  
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June 24 to 27 Tunis, Tunisia Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic 
Resources of Tunisia; United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) Regional Seminar on Plant 
Variety Protection under the 
UPOV Convention and Workshop on the Examination 
of New Varieties of Plants 26 participants from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, 
Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey 
July 9 to 11 Johannesburg United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) Regional Training Course on 
Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention 30 participants from Angola, Botswana, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of 
Tanzania, United States of America, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe 
July 13 Nelspruit, South Africa  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Agricultural Crops (TWA/37) 26 participants from Argentina, Australia, 
Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Finland, 
Germany, Japan,  
South Africa, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of 
America, Zambia 
August 29 and 30 Jeju, Republic of Ko rea Korea Seed and Variety Service (K SVS) Workshop on Trial Design and 
Data Handling 40 participants from Australia, China, 
France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, United 
Kingdom 
September 1 Jeju, Republic of Korea  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party on 
Automation and Computer 
Programs 11 participants from China, Japan, Republic 
of Korea, United Kingdom 
September 15 Madrid, Spain   Preparatory Workshop for the 
Working Group on Biochemical 
and Molecular Techniques, and 
DNA-Profiling in Particular (BMT) 67 participants from Albania, Argentina, 
Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, 
Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, 
Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States of America 
October 6 to 9 Antalya, Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of 
Turkey, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Fourth West and Central Asian 
Regional Workshop on Plant 
Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention 60 participants from Azerbaijan, France, 
Germany, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
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October 20 and 21 Bogotá, Colombia Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), 
Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de 
la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Colciencias) and Corporación Red Especializada de Centros 
de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico 
del Sector Agropecuario de Colombia (CENIRED) Seminar on Plant Breeders’ 
Rights – Intellectual Property 
Network of the Agricultural Sector 23 participants from Colombia 
November 9 Hyderabad, India Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) Joint Workshop on Plant 
Variety Protection 50 participants 
November 17 to 21 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 
Bolivia Spanish Plant Variety Office (OEVV), 
Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), 
World Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) Seventh Training Course for 
Ibero-American Countries on the Protection of New Varieties 
of Plants 37 participants from Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay 
Total 2008 22 activities with approximately 830 participants 
 
2009 
January 14 to 16 Sarajevo, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina Meetings to provide assistance 
in drafting legislation on plant 
variety protection 10 participants from Bosnia and 
Herzegovina 
January 26 to 29 Port of Spain, Trinidad and 
Tobago Government of the Republic of Trinidad and 
Tobago , Intellectual Property Office of the 
Ministry of Legal Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Regional Seminar on New Plant 
Variety Protection under the 
UPOV Convention 54 participants from Antigua and Barbuda, 
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and 
Tobago 
April 19 Beijing, China  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for Vegetables (TWV/43) 17 participants from Australia, China, 
Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Slovakia  
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April 22 to 24 Beijing, China Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), State 
Forestry Administration (SFA), State 
Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(MAFF) of Japan, Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Second Meeting of the East 
Asia Plant Variety Protection 
Forum/International Seminar on Plant Variety Protection 70 participants from Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao 
People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam 
April 26 to 28 Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Government of the Sultanate of Oman, 
World Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) Sub-regional Workshop on 
Geographical Indications and 
Plant Variety Protection for the 
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries   40 participants from Bahrain, Kuwait, 
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab 
Emirates 
May 18 to 22 Washington D.C., United 
States of America Global Intellectual Property Academy, 
United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) Plant Variety Protection under 
the UPOV Convention 23 participants from Argentina, Cameroon, 
China, Germany, Japan, Morocco, 
Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, 
Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United 
States of America 
June 9 to 11 Chisinau, Republic of 
Moldova State Agency on In tellectual Property 
(AGEPI), State Commission for Crops 
Variety Testing and Registration, United 
States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Regional Training on Plant 
Variety Protection under the 
UPOV Convention for Certain 
Countries in the Eurasian 
Region 80 participants from Armenia, Belarus, 
Estonia, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Republic of Moldova, 
Russian Federation, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Ukraine, United States of America, 
Uzbekistan 
June 15 Alexandria, VA, United 
States of America  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party on 
Automation and Computer 
Programs (TWC/27) 12 participants from Australia, Brazil, Italy, 
Netherlands, Republic of Korea, United 
States of America 
July 14 to 16 Harare, Zimbabwe Afri can Regional Intellectual Property 
Organization (ARIPO), World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO) Regional Seminar on Plant 
Varieties and Breeders’ Rights 22 participants from Botswana, Ghana, 
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, 
Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  
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August 30 Seoul, Republic of Korea  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Agricultural Crops (TWA/38) 35 participants from Argentina, Australia, 
Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Kenya, 
New Zealand, Republic of Korea, South Africa 
September 13 Angers, France  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees (TWO/42) 26 participants from Australia, Canada, 
China, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, 
Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, South Africa, United Kingdom 
September 20 Angers, France  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for 
Fruit Crops (TWF/40) 9 participants from Canada, France, Poland, 
Republic of Korea, Slovakia 
Total 2009 (up to  September 30)  12 activities with approximately 400 participants  
 
 
 
Date  Venue  Co-organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
(b) Meetings for which UPOV provided speakers    
 
2008 
 
April 4 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO Study visit to WIPO 
Headquarters by Senior 
Officials from the Republic of 
Sudan 5 participants from Sudan 
May 13 Svalöf, Sweden Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA) Training programme on Genetic 
Resources and Intellectual Property (GRIP Course) 26 participants from Argentina, Armenia, 
Bangladesh, Chile, China, Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, 
Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Morocco, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Philippines, South 
Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Viet Nam, 
Zambia  
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June 17 Wageningen, Netherlands 
(June 16 -27) Centre for Genetic Resources (CGR), 
Netherlands International Course on Plant 
Variety Protection 19 participants from Croatia, Ethiopia, 
Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Pakistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Turkey, the former Yu goslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
June 19 and 20 Seoul, Republic of Korea 
(June 16 to July 12) Korea Seed and Variety Service (KSVS) and 
Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Training Course on Plant 
Variety Protection 17 participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, 
Egypt, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Sudan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, 
Viet Nam 
July 28 Bangkok, Thailand Department of Agriculture of Thailand Meeting on Plant Variety 
Protection 40 participants from Thailand 
August 26 to 29 Tsukuba, Japan Japan International Cooperation Agency 
(JICA) Training Course on the 
Protection of Plant Breeders’ 
Rights 10 participants from Cambodia, China, 
Kenya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab 
Republic, Viet Nam 
September 22 Svalöv, Sweden Sida Advanced International Training 
Programme on Plant Breeding and Seed 
Production Presentation on the Protection 
of New Varieties of Plants 
under the UPOV Convention 27 participants from China, Costa Rica, 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 
Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, 
Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mozambique, 
Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, 
Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, 
Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet 
Nam and Zambia 
September 30 Chisinau, Republic of 
Moldova State Agency on In tellectual Property 
(AGEPI), Republic of Moldova National Seminar on Legal 
Protection of Plant Varieties 40 participants from Republic of Moldova 
October 12 Santiago, Chile National Association of Seed Producers 
(ANPROS), Chile Fifth International Seminar 
“Nueva Ley de Propiedad 
Intelectual Vegetal: Impacto 
para la Innovación Tecnológica” 80 participants from Chile  
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October 14 to 17 Cartagena de Indias, 
Colombia Latin American Seed Federation (FELAS) XXI Pan-American Seed 
Seminar 250 participants from Argentina, Brazil, 
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, 
Venezuela 
November 7 Jakarta, Indonesia Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC), Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan International Seminar on Plant 
Variety Protection 100 participants from Australia, Cambodia, 
China, Japan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, 
Viet Nam 
November 24 and 
25 Quito, Ecuador Instituto Ecuatoriano de la Propiedad 
Intelectual (IEPI) International Seminar on the 
Enforcement of Plant Breeders’ Rights 80 local participants, lawyers, breeders and 
government officials 
Total 2008  
 12 activities with approximately 690 participants   
2009      
March 2 to 6 Cape Town, South Africa African Seed Trad e Association (AFSTA) Annual Congress of the African 
Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) 300 participants 
May 6 Alnarp, Sweden Swedish Development Cooperation Agency 
(Sida) Genetic Resources and 
Intellectual Property (GRIP 
Course) 25 participants 
May 12 Meknes, Morocco Office marocai n de la propriété industrielle 
et commerciale, University Moulay Ismail 
Meknès, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Marine Fisheries, French 
National Institute for Agricultural Research 
(INRA) La protection des variétés 
végétales – un élément clé de 
l’innovation dans les secteurs agricole et agroalimentaire 50 participants  
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June 16 Wageningen, Netherlands 
(June 15-26) Centre for Genetic Resources (CGR), 
Netherlands International Course on Plant 
Variety Protection 28 participants from Brazil, China, Egypt, 
Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, 
Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Sudan, the former Yugoslav Repu blic of Macedonia, 
Turkey, United Republic of Tanzania, 
Viet Nam, Zimbabwe 
June 22 and 23 Seoul, Republic of Kor ea Korea Seed & Variety Service (KSVS), 
Korean International Cooperation Agency 
(KOICA) Training Course on Plant 
Variety Protection 14 participants from Bangladesh, Egypt, 
Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, 
United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zambia 
August 28 Seoul, Republic of Korea Korea Seed & Variety Service (KSVS) International Symposium on 
Impact of Plant Variety 
Protection 99 participants from Argentina, Australia, 
Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, 
Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, New 
Zealand, Poland, Repub lic of Korea, Spain, 
Thailand 
August 31 to September 2 Tsukuba, Japan Japan International Cooperation Agency 
(JICA) Training Course on the 
Protection of Plant Breeders’ 
Rights 12 participants from China, Indonesia, Lao 
People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam 
September 15 Alnarp, Sweden Swedish Development Cooperation Agency 
(Sida) Sida training programme on 
Plant Breeding and Seed 
Production 27 participants from African and Asian 
countries 
September 28 and 29 Sao Paolo, Brazil American Seed Orga nization (SAA) Second Congress of the 
American Seed Organization (SAA) 200 participants from the seed industry from 
the Americas and government officials 
Total 2009 (up to  September 30)  9 activities with approximately 760 participants   
 
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(c) States/Organizations and number of students who received free training in the UPOV Distance Learning Programme in th e sessions from 2005 to 2009.  
 
States/Organizations  Session 
Sep-05 Session
Feb-06Session
Sep-06Session 
April-07Session
Sept 07Session 
April08 Session 
Oct-08 Session
May 09
Albania 2        
Algeria    1     
Argentina 3  1 6 2 6  1 
Armenia        1 
Australia     2  3  
Austria   1     4 
Azerbaijan       1  
Bangladesh    1     
Belarus 1 2   1    
Belgium     1    
Bolivia 1  11 15     
Bulgaria 2 1      1 
Brazil 4  12 6 4  1 3 
Cambodia 1  2 2   1  
Canada    2 2 1 1  
CGIAR   1      
Chile 1  4 2 3   1 
China 4  7 11 3  11 4 
Colombia   7 4 1  1 8 
Congo   1      
Costa Rica   1 2   4 4 
Côte d'Ivoire   1  1    
Croatia  3  4     
Cuba   1 1   1  
Czech Republic  4   11 3 1 3 
Denmark   1  2 1 1  
Dominican Republic   1 1     
Ecuador  1 5  1 4 3 1 
Egypt  1      1 
El Salvador     1  1  
Estonia  3  2 1 1   
Ethiopia        3 
European Community 2  2 1  1   
France   6 2 3 1 2 1 
Georgia   1     1 
Germany   1  2 1 6  
Ghana       1 1 
Greece  1  1 1    
Guatemala   2 1 1    
Honduras   1  1    
Hungary   1 3 3 3   
India   2  1  2  
Indonesia 2 1 3 2    1 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   1 2 1 1 2  
Israel  1  1 1 1 3 2 
Italy   1 1 2     IP/C/W/541/Add.3 
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  States/Organizations  Session 
Sep-05 Session
Feb-06Session
Sep-06Session 
April-07Session
Sept 07Session 
April08 Session 
Oct-08 Session
May 09
Jamaica 1        
Japan    10 37 35 25  
Kazakhstan   1    2  
Kyrgyzstan   1    2  
Kenya 2   5 3 7 7 9 
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic   1 1     
Malta  1       
Malaysia    2   1  
Mauritius  1  1     
Mexico 2  12 51 27 35 87 74 
Myanmar   2 3   1  
Moldova   4 4   1  
Republic of Moldova       1  
Morocco    3 1 3   
Nepal   1      
Netherlands 2 2 3 2 4 2 3  
New Zealand 1      2  
Nicaragua   3 6   3  
Nigeria        1 
Pakistan    4   2  
Panama  1 2      
Paraguay   2 1     
Peru   1 1 1 1   
Philippines   2 2   1  
Poland 2 2  5 8 5 5 4 
Portugal  1     1  
Republic of Korea  10  8  9 15 7 
Romania  1 1  1 1  1 
Russian Federation  1  1  1   
Saudi Arabia 1        
Serbia and Montenegro1 1        
Serbia     1 2 2  
Singapore   2      
Slovakia      1 3  
Slovenia   1 1     
South Africa 1 4  2 5 3 6 3 
Spain  5 3 23 11 10 10 3 
Sri Lanka   1 1   1  
Switzerland   1 3 5 3 2  
Sudan        1 
Syrian Arab Republic       2  
Tajikistan   2    3  
Thailand   5 35   1 1 
The former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia        1 
Trinidad and Tobago  2 1 3 3 1   
                                                      
 1 From June 3, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro are two independent States. IP/C/W/541/Add.3 
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Sep-06Session 
April-07Session
Sept 07Session 
April08 Session 
Oct-08 Session
May 09
Tunisia   3  1   2 
Turkey    3   1  
Ukraine 4    2    
United Kingdom  1 6 2 3 3 6 1 
United Republic of Tanzania     1  1 1 
United States of America     6 10 2  
Uruguay  1 2    1 1 
Uzbekistan 1  2 3 3 1   
Viet Nam   4 3 10 3 3 1 
Zambia      2   
Zimbabwe        2 
WIPO   1    4  
W T O     1      
CGIAR (CAS-IP)       1  
Croplife International      1   
OAPI      1 1  
         
Totals 41 51 147 265 185 164 254 154 
 
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