Training Program for Technology Development Negotiators - Rio de Janeiro, October 19 to 30, 2015
December 23, 2015
In the last ten years, the Brazilian Innovation Agency (FINEP) has supported a growing number of initiatives which focus on the development of competencies to facilitate the establishment of good collaborative technology agreements among enterprises and between them and research institutions. In this connection, the Agency requested WIPO´s support for the design, structuring and implementation of a program to train Technology Development Negotiators. This initiative was conducted in the context of a Project FINEP has with UNDP-Brazil (PNUD: BRA 12/001 Promoção da Inovação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável). The purpose of the Program was to promote the training of professionals in the field of management and negotiation of collaborative processes, with a special focus on IP related provisions for the establishment of technology development agreements.