International Training Course to enhance the participants’ understanding of intellectual property rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, thus increasing the participating countries’ ability to handle, address, and deal with IP issues at the national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to build consensus and promote international cooperation.

22 Policy makers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decisionmaking level from the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector who are or who will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property rights.

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (LDC-division) financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Individual national Projects for Change created, reported and analyzed.

https://www.prv.se/en/capacity-development/programmes

mats.nordenborg@prv.se

International Training Course to enhance the participants’ understanding of intellectual property rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, thus increasing the participating countries’ ability to handle, address, and deal with IPissues at the national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to build consensus and promote international cooperation. Training phase 17 May 2021 - 4 June 2021. The follow-up meeting planned for December 2021.

22 Policy makers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decisionmaking level from the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector who are or who will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property rights.

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (LDC-division) financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Individual national Projects for Change created, reported and analyzed.

https://www.prv.se/en/capacity-development/programmes

mats.nordenborg@prv.se

International Training Course to enhance the participants’ understanding of intellectual property rights with an emphasis on its contribution to economic growth, trade, and development, but also in relation to international/national implementation of Conventions on biodiversity relevant for agriculture (CBD and FAO Plant treaty). The program has a specific focus on supporting agricultural innovation. This increases the particpating countries' ability to handle, address, and deal with the complex policy interaction between IP, agricultural innovation, and biodiversity, in a national framework, practical issues at the national, subregional, and regional levels as well as in the international context, with a view to build consensus and promote international cooperation. Training phase 12 April 2021 – 30 April. Follow-up meeting planned for November 2021.

17 Policymakers and their advisers as well as persons at a senior decisionmaking level from the government sector, and also representatives of academia and the private sector in particular farmers, who are or will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property.

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) in cooperation with WIPO (Traditional knowledge division) financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Also involving Swedish partners SIANI, We effect and SLU (Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences).

Individual national Projects for Change created, reported and analyzed.

https://www.prv.se/en/capacity-development/programmes

mats.nordenborg@prv.se

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) conducted a mapping study of the specific needs in Albania between February and March 2022. Through engagement of international experts, an analysis of national conditions was provided for succession to the EU. Workshop based on multi stakeholder dialogue for the purpose of implementing the EU acquis within copyright in Albania.

Albania, Albanian Copyright Office.

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV), financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) through the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Greater understanding of concrete steps needed for EU membership at policy, legal and implementation levels.

https://www.prv.se/en/capacity-development/programmes

mats.nordenborg@prv.se

Training and capacity development in IP for key groups within Makerere University, from top level to operational units from July 2021-June 2022. The project aimed to: • Increase Makerere University’s ability to use the intellectual property system to their best advantage • Increase Makerere University’s ability to utilize their scientific findings and inventions in society • Increase Makerere University’s innovation/IP-managers and researchers ability to identify valuable intellectual assets created in the organisation • Increase Makerere University’s innovation/IP-managers ability to in a structured manner assess if said intellectual assets should be subject to intellectual property • Increase Makerere University’s ability to make use of patent information,strategically as well as in technology transfer

Makerere University, Kampala. URSB, Uganda.

Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) in cooperation with KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) Global Innovation Hub and Uppsala University, financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Swedish Embassy, Uganda.

Makerere University created an IP Policy and an Innovation Policy, and the program discussed how to implement them at the University. Greater knowledge of hw to use IP in research above all the importance of effective use of patent information. Creation of a national IP network was created where Makerere University is an important stakeholder.

https://www.prv.se/en/capacity-development/programmes

mats.nordenborg@prv.se