IP/C/W/654/Add.4  
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPE RACIÓN TÉCNICA : INFORMACIÓN FACILI TADA  
POR OTRAS ORGANIZACI ONES INTERGUBERNAMEN TALES  
ORGANIZACIÓN REGIONA L AFRICANA DE LA PROPIEDAD INTELECTU AL (ARIPO)  
Addendum  
En la reunión celebrada el 6 de junio de 2019, el Consejo de los ADPIC acordó invitar a las 
organizaciones intergubernamentales acreditadas como observadoras ante el Consejo a que 
actualizaran la información sobre sus programas de cooperación técnica y financiera relacionados 
con la aplicación del Acue rdo sobre los ADPIC . 
En el presente documento se reproduce la información recibida de la Organización Regional Africana 
de la Propiedad Intelectual (ARIPO) en una comunicación de fecha 4 de octubre de 2019. 
 
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1.  En este documento se presenta un informe sobre los principales programas y actividades de 
cooperación llevados a cabo por la Organización Regional Africana de la Propiedad Intelectual 
(ARIPO) entre el 1 º de noviembre de  2018 y el 20 de septiembre de  2019 en relación con 
el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC y otros elementos relativos a la propiedad intelectual, en respuesta a la 
invitación que le formul ó el Presidente del Consejo de los ADPIC en su carta de 28 de junio de  2019 
para que proporcionara información actualizada sobre esas act ividades . 
2.  Durante el período objeto de examen, las actividades llevadas a cabo por la ARIPO en materia 
de cooperación pertinentes para la aplicación del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC se centraron, 
principalmente, en  la creación de capacidad y la sensibilización , y se organizaron de forma 
independiente o en colaboración con otras entidades . 
3.  Por lo que respect a a la creación de capacidad, la ARIPO siguió ofreciendo ayuda financiera a 
estudiantes de los Estados miembros para cursar el Programa de Maestría en Propiedad Intelectual 
que se imparte en la Universidad Africana de Mutare (Zimbabwe), en colaboración con 
la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual ( OMPI) y la Oficina de Patentes  del Japón . 
La ARIPO también patrocina un programa simil ar (maestría ) en Ghana (en colaboración con la 
Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología Kwame Nkrumah  de Kumasi ) y en Tanzan ía (en colaboración 
con la Universidad de Dar es Salaam) . En la esfera de la sensibilización, la iniciativa emblemática 
emprendida en col aboración con la OMPI ha sido la organización de semanas de actividades 
relacionadas con la propiedad intelectual  en determinados Estados miembros . 
4.  Otra actividad importante que cabe destacar es la misión de alto nivel que viajó a  Eswatini los 
días 13 a 15  de mayo de 2019, en colaboración con la OMPI . Los objetivos de la misión fueron, 
entre  otros, la evalua ción de la aplicación del Plan de Desarrollo de la Propiedad Intelectual elabor ado 
en 2015 con el apoyo técnico de la OMPI ; la presentación al Consejo d e Ministros del Reino 
de Eswatini de una ponencia titulada  "La propiedad intelectual y  el desarrollo y la función de la 
Oficina de la Propiedad Intelectual "; y la sensibilización  acerca de la cuestión de la propiedad 
intelectual  entre los altos funcionarios gubernamentales.  IP/C/W/654/Add.4  
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  5.  El cuadro que figura a continuación  contiene información detallada sobre las actividades de 
cooperación técnica y financiera llevadas a cabo por la ARIPO en re lación con el Acuerdo sobre 
los ADPIC y otros elementos relativos a la propiedad intelectual . Se trata de iniciativas de 
sensibilización y formación, asistencia a las oficinas nacionales de propiedad intelectual de los 
Estados miembros de la ARIPO, y publi caciones . 
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ANEXO1  
Activity  Location and date Brief description  
1. CAPACITY BUILDING AND AWARENESS CREATION INITIATIVES (including organization of workshops, symposia and conferences ) 
3rd Symposium on Copyright and 
Related Rights  (1st Regional meeting 
for African Heads of Copyright 
Offices)  
 Nairobi, Kenya, 10 – 14 June 2018  The 3rd edition of the Symposium was organized in the framework of the Tripartite 
Agreement among WIPO, ARIPO and OAPI that was executed in 2018 during the 58th 
Sessions of the WIPO Assemblies. Participants came from 45 Countries across Africa.  
 
One of the outcomes of the meeting is the adoption of the Nairobi Strategic Plan for the 
Development of Copyright and Related Rights in Africa, a the strategy that will gui de every 
African Country to achieve the development of an effective and efficient Copyright system.  
 
High Level Round Table on 
Geographical Indications  Yaoundé, Cameroon, 4 – 5 June 2019  The Conference was jointly organized by WIPO, ARIPO and OAPI. The Conference, which 
is also an initiative in the framework of the Tripartite Agreement, was organized under the 
theme: " Geographical Indications in Africa: Territorial Development, Economic In tegration 
and International Trade ". The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) 
also provided assistance  in the organization of the Conference. Participants to the Round 
Table came from ARIPO and OAPI Member States.  
 
One of the main outcomes of the round table is the Declaration of Yaoundé that highlights 
items and activities to be implemented  at the nationa l level to develop systems of 
protection and valorisation of Geographical Indications (GIs) and other distinctive signs of 
products of origin related to the quality for the benefit of local producers and local 
development.   
 
IP Week  Accra, Ghana, 6 – 10 May 2019  The IP week is an initiative that is part of the Cooperation Agreement between WIPO and 
the two African regional Organizations (ARIPO and OAPI) which is aimed at strengthening 
the capacity of selected Countries that have taken steps to harness the IP system to 
accelerate their economic transformation. The IP Week has been conceived as a 5 -day 
national event that targets two groups of stakeholders in back to back workshops dedicated 
to capacity building and introduction of various IP tools available in various areas of 
economic activity.  
 
The Countries that were selected this year are: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and 
Uganda.  
 
Workshops in that regard have been jointly organised by WIPO and ARIPO in Ghana, Kenya 
and Rwanda.  Nairobi, Kenya, 18 – 21 June 2019  
Kigali, Rwanda, 24 – 28 June 2019  
                                                
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Activity  Location and date Brief description  
 
In Ghana, over 110 participants attended the event; they came from SMEs (textile/fashion 
sector, manufacturing/food processing and agribusiness as well as universities and 
Research Institutions. In Kenya and …  
 
The IP Week in Rwanda attracted 98 participa nts from SMEs, Research Institutions and 
handicraft sector.  
 
In Kenya, over 100 participants from SMEs and Universities and Research and Development 
Institutions attended the workshops.  
 
As a follow up to these workshops, projects will subsequently be ini tiated in those two 
priority areas in consultation with the national IP Offices and the relevant stakeholders.    
 
The Africa regional Intellectual 
Property enforcement training for 
judicial instructors  Gaborone, Botswana, 23 – 26 April 2019  The training was co -organised by ARIPO and the Companies and Intellectual Property 
Authority of Botswana (CIPA) with support from the United States Department of Justice 
(USDoJ ) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for Judicial 
Instructors from ARIPO Member States and Observer States. 46 participants from the 
Judiciary and Law Enforcement agencies attended the Training.  
 
Seminar on the role of Intellectual 
Property in media broadcasting  Harare, Zimbabwe, 12 March 2019  This one -day Seminar was organised by ARIPO and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting 
Corporation (ZBC) for the benefit of the ZBC  staff members. The Seminar is part of the 
Agreement that was signed in 2017 between ARIPO and ZBC with the aim of creating 
awareness of the large public on Intellectual Property among other objectives.  
 
WIPO -ARIPO Regional Meeting on 
developing the Regi onal Technology 
and Innovation Support Centre 
(TISC) Network  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
19 – 20 September 2019  The meeting was jointly organised by WIPO and ARIPO, with support from the Japan Patent 
Office. The meeting aimed at making follow up on develo pments in the regional TISCs that 
following the ARIPO Regional TISC Action Plan that was adopted drawn up in the Meeting 
of 2018 and adopted by the ARIPO in November 2018, and discussing the next steps with 
regard to Action Plan.  
 
Patent Drafting Course  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
2 – 6 September 2019  The training course was organized by WIPO in cooperation with ARIPO, with the support 
from the Japan Patent Office (JPO).  
 
The particularity of the 2019 edition of the Course is the important number  of participants 
from Universities and Research and Development Institutions from 16 ARIPO Member 
States and other African Countries (Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa). Other 
participants were patent examiners from IP Offices, officers from Techno logy Transfer 
Offices, IP Attorneys and agents, as well as officers from Science and Technology Offices 
in ARIPO Member States and observer States.  
 
In total 34 participants attended the Course.    
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Activity  Location and date Brief description  
Seminars on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT)  Masvingo & H arare, Zimbabwe,  
9 – 11 April 2019  These Seminars are jointly organized by WIPO and ARIPO and are aimed at raising the 
awareness among the PCT users, (patent agents, academia, IP officials and 
inventors/innovators) on the benefits of using the PCT system for the protection of 
inventions, and to provide information on the registration procedures and patent protection 
through the system. The seminars afford also an opportunity to provide information on 
ARIPO and the procedures of its regional system for prot ection of patents and utility 
models, and information on industrial property in general.  
 
In Masvingo and Harare (Zimbabwe), 56 participants attended the Seminars.  
 
In Namibia, around 30 participants attended the Seminar and were mainly staff members 
of the IP Office and few from Law Firms and Universities.  
 
In Luanda, Angola, 30 participants from Angola IP Office, Mozambique, Cap Verde and Sao 
Tome and Principe atte nded the Seminar.  
 
In Nampula, Mozambique, 30 participants benefited from the Seminar.  
 Windhoek, Namibia, 20 – 22 May 2019  
Luanda, Angola, 9 – 11 July 2019  
Nampula, Mozambique, 27 – 28 September 
2019 
Offering sponsorship to students to 
undertake the Master of Intellectual 
Property (MIP programme)  Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe  
 
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & 
Technology in Kumasi, Ghana  
 
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  The MIP programme is jointly organized by ARIPO, WIP O and partner Universities with the 
support of the Japan Patent Office.  
 
The programme was initiated to develop a critical mass of Intellectual Property experts for 
the development of the Intellectual Property system in Africa.  
 
The 11th cohort graduated in June 2019. Another intake (12th cohort) is expected to 
graduate in the course of the year 2020.  
 
So far, the programme has produced 324 IP graduates from 26 African Countries from the 
1st to the 11th cohort from ARIPO Member States an d other Countries in Africa.  
 
In 2018, the programme was extended to the K wame Nkrumah University of Science & 
Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. This year (2019), the programme has been extended to  the 
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania . 
 
2. ASSISTANCE TO NAT IONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICES  
High Level Mission to Eswatini  Mbabane, Eswatini, 13 – 15 May 2019  The mission jointly conducted by ARIPO  and WIPO and it aimed at assessing the 
implementation of the Intellectual Property Development Plan (IPDP) of the Kingdom of 
Eswatini that was developed in 2015 with the technical support of WIPO; discussing the 
findings of the WIPO Follow -up mission unde rtaken in 2018; delivering a presentation for 
the Cabinet on "IP and Development and the role of the IP Office"; and creating awareness 
among Senior Government Officials and the newly established IP Inter -Ministerial 
Committee on IP and mechanisms for the implementation of the IPDP in the Kingdom of 
Eswatini.    
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Activity  Location and date Brief description  
3. PUBLICATIONS  
Publication of Guiding tools to assist 
Member States; and other 
publications  ARIPO, Harare, End 2018 – 2019  In end 2018 and during 2019, the following publications were registered:   
- Guide to contracts, Literary works  
- African Journal of Intellectual Property – AJIP – Volume 3, Issues 1 & 2 (jointly 
published twice a year by ARIPO and the Africa University)  
- ARIPO Model Law on Copyright and Related Rights  
- Guidelines on Ratification/Acces sion and Domestication of International 
Instruments on Copyrights and Related Rights  
 
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