WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
21 October 2008 
 
 (08-5065) 
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 17 June 2008, 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 im plementation 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 10 October 2008. 
 
 
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 I. INTRODUCTION 
1. The membership of UPOV increased with th e accession of Turkey on 18 November, 2007, 
since our last report.  As of 30 September, 2008, the number of UPOV members was 65.  Moreover, 17 countries and one regional in tergovernmental organization
1 have initiated with the Council of 
UPOV the procedure for becoming members of UPOV.  There are also 46 other countries2 which 
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. 
2. 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 
                                                      
1 Armenia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, 
Montenegro, Philippines, Serbia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, 
as well as the African Intellectual Property 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 Repu blic, 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. IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
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  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 
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-progra mme in relation to services to members of the 
UPOV, with the following objectives: 
• To maintain and improve the quality of protection provided by the UPOV system. 
 
• To provide and develop the le gal and technical basis for in ternational cooperation in a 
harmonized approach to plant variety pr otection according to the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV Convention. 
 
4. 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 Program and Budget for the 2008-2009 
Biennium, the Council of UPOV also approved 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. 
 
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).  These 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 requ est, assisted in preparing drafts of laws and 
regulations.  During recent years, it has provided assistance or advice on these matters to numerous 
developing countries. 
7. From 1 January, 2007, to 30 September, 2008, th e Office of the Union provided information, 
advice or assistance and, in some cases, organi zed advisory missions, to  the following States and 
intergovernmental organizations:  IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
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  African/Arab 
 Asia/Pacific Latin America/ 
Caribbean Countries in 
Transition to a 
Market Economy 
Algeria Bhutan Argentina Albania 
Bahrain Cambodia Bolivia Armenia 
Cameroon China Brazil Azerbaijan 
Egypt India Chile Georgia 
Ghana Indonesia Colombia Kazakhstan 
Irak Iran (Islamic Republic 
of)  Costa Rica Kyrgyzstan 
Jordan Lao People's 
Democratic Republic Cuba Montenegro 
Kenya Malaysia Dominican Republic Moldova 
Kuwait Mongolia Ecuador Serbia 
Libyan Arab 
Jamahiriya Myanmar El Salvador Tajikistan 
Mauritius Nepal  Turkmenistan 
Mozambique Pakistan Grenada Uzbekistan 
Oman Philippines Guatemala the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 
Saudi Arabia Singapore Honduras  
Senegal Sri Lanka Jamaica  
Sudan Thailand Mexico  
Syrian Arab 
Republic Turkey  Nicaragua  
Tanzania Viet Nam Panama  
Uganda  Paraguay  
United Arab 
Emirates  Peru  
Zimbabwe  Trinidad and Tobago  
OAPI (African 
Intellectual Property 
Organization)  Uruguay  
SADC (Southern 
African Development 
Community)    
ARIPO (African 
Regional Intellectual 
Property Organization)    
 
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. IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
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  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 
implementation of plant variety protection legisla tion and to promote intern ational understanding of 
plant variety protection. 
10. UPOV offers a distance learning programme w ith 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 UPOV 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, 2007, to 30 September, 2008, are summarized in the Annex to this document.  Part (c) of 
the Annex provides the number of students who were provided with training through UPOV Distance 
Learning. 
 
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Seminars, Workshops and Training Courses Organized or Supported by UPOV  
from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2008  
 
Date  Venue  Co-organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
(a) Meetings organized/co-organized by UPOV   
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, 
United States of America, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe 
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 
5-8 June Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Plan t Health Inspectorate Services 
(KEPHIS), 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   
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10 June Nairobi, Kenya  Preparatory 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 
25-29 June Chiang Mai, 
Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 
of the Kingdom of Thailand, 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, 
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam 
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 
9-13 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  
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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 
11-14 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 
Agency (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 2007
    12 activities with approximately 607 participants  
2008      
11 February 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  
14 February 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  
18 February 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 
21 February Singapore  Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) of 
Singapore, 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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25-29 February 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, Moldova, Russian 
Federation, Slovakia, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, 
United States of America, 
Viet Nam, Zimbabwe 
12 March Baku, 
Azerbaijan State Agency on Standardization, 
Metrology and Patents, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Azerbaij an, 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 
13-14 March 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 
1 June Lisbon, Portugal  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF/39) 26 participants from Bulgaria, 
China, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, 
Romania, Slovakia, 
South Africa, Spain 
8 June 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 
15-21 June Geneva, Bern, 
Switzerland, 
Angers, France  Study tour on plant variety protection 
in Europe 5 participants from 
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan  
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22 June Krakow, Poland  Preparatory Workshop for the 
Technical Working Party for Vegetables (TWV/42) 36 participants from Belarus, 
Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, 
Moldova, Poland, Republic of 
Korea, Romani, South Africa, United Kingdom 
24-27 June 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 
9-11 July Johannesburg United St ates 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, Tanzania, 
United States of America, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe 
13 July 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, Tanzania, United Kingdom,  
United States of America, 
Zambia 
29-30 August Jeju, Republic 
of Korea Korea Seed and Variety Service (KSVS) Workshop on Trial Design and Data 
Handling 40 participants from Australia, 
China, France, Germany, 
Japan, Kenya, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, 
United Kingdom 
1 September 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  
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15 September 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 
Total 2008
    17 activities with approximately 650 participants  
 
(b) Meetings for which UPOV provided speakers 
 
2008     
 
Date  Venue  Organizers, sponsors  Activities  Participants  
17-18 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 
     
25-26 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 
      
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9 May Svalöf, Sweden Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA) Training program on Genetic resources and 
Intellectual Property Rights 28 participants from 
developing countries 
     
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 
     
16 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 
     
23-24 August Seoul, Republic 
of Korea Korean International Cooperation 
Agency (KOICA) Training Course on Plant Variety Protection, 
August 20 to September 15 12 participants from 
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, 
Cambodia, Egypt, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Uzbekistan, Viet Nam  
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1-3 October Tsukuba, Japan Japan International Cooperation 
Agency (JICA) Training Course on the Protection of Plant 
Breeders' Rights 11 participants from 
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia,  Sri Lanka 
4-5 October Tokyo, Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Workshop on the Cooperation and 
Harmonization in Plant Variety Protection in the Asian Region 73 participants from Australia, 
Brazil, China, Cambodia, European Community, Japan, 
Indonesia, Kenya, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia Myanmar, 
Netherlands, Philippines, 
Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand Viet Nam 
Total 2007
    10 activities with approximately 475 participants  
2008      
     
4 April Geneva, 
Switzerland WIPO Study visit to WIPO Headquarters by Senior 
Officials from the Republic of Sudan 5 participants from Sudan 
13 May Svalöf, Sweden Swedish International Development 
Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA) Training program 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 and Zambia 
     
15-21 June Geneva, Berne, 
Switzerland; Angers, France Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan Study Tour in Switzerland and France for 
Plant Variety Protection 6 participants from 
Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine 
      
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17 June Wageningen, 
Netherlands (16-27 June) Centre for Genetic Resources 
(CGR) International Course on Plant Variety 
Protection 19 participants from Croatia, 
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, 
Tanzania, Turkey, the former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
     
19-20 June Seoul, Republic 
of Korea 
(16 June-12 
July) Korea Seed and Variety Service 
(KSVS) and Korean International 
Cooperation Ag ency (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 
     
28 July Bangkok, 
Thailand Department of Agriculture of 
Thailand Meeting on Plant Variety Protection 40 participants from Thailand 
     
26-29 August 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, Syria, Viet Nam 
     
22 September 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, 
Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, 
Uganda, Viet Nam and 
Zambia 
     
30 September Chisinau, 
Moldova State Agency on Intellectual 
Property and State Commission for Crops Variety Testing of Moldova National Seminar on Legal Protection of Plant 
Varieties 50 participants from Moldova 
Total 2008
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  (c) Countries/Organizations and number of students who received free training in the 
UPOV Distance Learning Program in the sessions from 2006 to 2008. 
Country Session Session Session Session Session Session Session 
 Sep 05 Feb 06 Sep 06 April 07 Sept 07 April 08 Oct 08 
Albania 2       
Algeria    1    
Argentina 3  1 6 2 6  
Australia     2  3 
Austria   1     
Azerbaijan       1 
Bangladesh    1    
Belarus 1 2   1   
Belgium     1   
Bolivia 1  11 15    
Bulgaria 2 1      
Brazil 4  12 6 4  1 
Cambodia 1  2 2   1 
Canada    2 2 1 1 
CGIAR   1     
Chile 1  4 2 3   
China 4  7 11 3  11 
Colombia   7 4 1  1 
Congo   1     
Costa Rica   1 2   4 
Côte d'Ivoire   1  1   
Croatia  3  4    
Cuba   1 1   1 
Czech Republic  4   11 3 1 
Denmark   1  2 1 1 
Dominican 
Republic   1 1    
Ecuador  1 5  1 4 3 
Egypt  1      
El Salvador     1  1 
Estonia  3  2 1 1  
European 
Community 2  2 1  1  
France   6 2 3 1 2 
Georgia   1     
Germany   1  2 1 6 
Ghana       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    
Iran (Islamic 
Republic of)   1 2 1 1 2 
Israel  1  1 1 1 3  IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
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  Country Session Session Session Session Session Session Session 
 Sep 05 Feb 06 Sep 06 April 07 Sept 07 April 08 Oct 08 
Italy   1 1 2   
Jamaica 1       
Japan    10 37 35 25 
Kazakhstan   1    2 
Kyrgyzstan   1    2 
Kenya 2   5 3 7 7 
Lao PDR   1 1    
Malta  1      
Malaysia    2   1 
Mauritius  1  1    
Mexico 2  12 51 27 35 87 
Myanmar   2 3   1 
Moldova   4 4   1 
Moldova       1 
Morocco    3 1 3  
Nepal   1     
Netherlands 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 
New Zealand 1      2 
Nicaragua   3 6   3 
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 
Portugal  1     1 
Republic of Korea  10  8  9 15 
Romania  1 1  1 1  
Russian Federation  1  1  1  
Saudi Arabia 1       
Serbia and 
Montenegro 1       
Serbia     1 2 2 
Singapore   2     
Slovakia      1 3 
Slovenia   1 1    
South Africa 1 4  2 5 3 6 
Spain  5 3 23 11 10 10 
Sri Lanka   1 1   1 
Switzerland   1 3 5 3 2 
Syria Arab Republic       2 
Tajikistan   2    3 
Tanzania     1  1 
Thailand   5 35   1 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  2 1 3 3 1  
Tunisia   3  1   
Turkey    3   1 
Ukraine 4    2   IP/C/W/516/Add.3 
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  Country Session Session Session Session Session Session Session 
 Sep 05 Feb 06 Sep 06 April 07 Sept 07 April 08 Oct 08 
United Kingdom  1 6 2 3 3 6 
United States of 
America     6 10 2 
Uruguay  1 2    1 
Uzbekistan 1  2 3 3 1  
Viet Nam   4 3 10 3 3 
Zambia      2  
WIPO   1    4 
WTO    1    
CGIAR (CAS-IP)       1 
Croplife 
International      1   
OAPI      1 1 
        
Totals 41 51 147 265 185 164 254 
 
  
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