Africa Bureau - Cooperation and Partners
The two main organizations in Africa dealing with intellectual property at the regional level are:
| ARIPO * | African Regional Intellectual Property Organization | ||
| Background | Membership | www.info@aripo.wipo.net | |
| OAPI * | African Intellectual Property Organization | ||
| Background | Membership | www.oapi.wipo.net | |
The Bureau cooperates closely with a number of regional and subregional organizations including the following:
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ARCT
*
CRAT |
African Regional Centre for Technology | ||
| Membership | |||
| AU | African Union | ||
| Membership | www.oau-oua.org | ||
| CEMAC ** | Central African Economic and Monetary Community | ||
| Membership | |||
| ECOWAS ** | Economic Community of West African States | ||
| Membership | www.ecowas.int | ||
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development | ||
| SADC | Southern African Development Community | ||
| Membership | www.sadc.int | ||
| UEMOA | West African Economic and Monetary Union | ||
| Membership | |||
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme | ||
| www.undp.org/rba/ | |||
| UN ECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | ||
| www.uneca.org/ | |||
* Organization party to the Quadripartite Agreement.
** A cooperation agreement has been signed between WIPO and this organization..
