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Participation at the Workshop is restricted to WTO Members and Observers only
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IP can help add value to exports from developing and least-developed country (LDCs). Some developing countries have become major users of various forms of IP protection, including patents, trademarks and copyrights. Yet others, notably LDCs, still struggle with basic implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (the TRIPs Agreement).
The aim of the Workshop on Aid for Trade and Intellectual Property is to examine how developing, and in particular LDCs, can use IP in support of economic growth and development — and how development partners can support this process through their Aid-for-Trade (AfT) support. The workshop will examine various examples of AfT support for IP strategies and discuss the implications for future AfT support. The workshop complements a symposium on the priority needs of LDCs to implement the TRIPS Agreement to be held on 31 October to 2 November 2012.
Background Note by the Secretariat: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/38.
Agenda
Monday, 5 November 2012 — WTO, Room — CR-I
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3 p.m. — 3.15 p.m. |
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Introductory remarks
 Audio: Valentine Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General
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SESSION 1: |
AID FOR TRADE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT — CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES |
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3.15 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. |
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World Trade Organization: |
Intellectual Property and Development: The TRIPS Agreement |
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Anthony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization
- Intellectual Property: Why is it important for trade and development?
- The TRIPs Agreement and Development
- LDCs and Aid for Trade
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WIPO: |
Intellectual Property and Development: The Role of WIPO |
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Joe Bradley, Head, Intergovernmental Organizations and Partnerships Section, World Intellectual Property Organization
- Intellectual Property and Development: WIPO’s approach
- Mobilizing Aid for Trade support for Intellectual Property
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ITC: |
ITC experience of building Intellectual Property into Aid-for-Trade programmes |
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Jacky Charbonneau, Director, Division of Market Development, International Trade Centre
- Integrating Intellectual Property in ITC’s activities
- Value addition and national Intellectual Property frameworks
- Examples of ITC work on IP: Creative Industries in Mozambique, Cuba and Senegal, Trade in Sounds, Cloves in Tanzania
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Discussion
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Audio:
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SESSION 2: |
AID FOR TRADE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT — PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES |
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4.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. |
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Govt. of Thailand: |
Intellectual Property and Development: Thailand’s experience |
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Chakra Yodmani, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Thailand
- Thailand’s development path and Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property and Aid for Trade: support received and offered by Thailand
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SECO: |
Switzerland’s Intellectual Property cooperation with Vietnam and Lao PDR |
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Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
- Building a WTO compliant legal and institutional framework in Vietnam
- Support to bring Intellectual Property into public focus
- Transferring Intellectual Property expertise to Lao PDR (triangular cooperation)
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Govt. of Uganda: |
Intellectual Property and Development: Uganda’s experience |
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Elizabeth Tamale, Assistant Commissioner, Internal Trade Department, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Uganda
- Uganda’s development path and Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property and Aid for Trade: support received by Uganda
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Discussion
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