Workshop on Creativity for Sustainable Development in the South Pacific

August 6, 2018

A Sub-regional Workshop on Empowering Creativity for Sustainable Development and the Role of Copyright for South Pacific Countries –organized by WIPO with the support of the Government of Australia and the New Zealand Division of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) – took place in Auckland, New Zealand, from May 23 to 25, 2018.

The Workshop was funded by WIPO Funds-in-Trust (FIT) from the Government of Australia. A Strategic Action Plan was adopted at the end of the event with the objective of guiding the medium-term development of copyright systems in countries of the region.

Participants meeting with officials from the NZ Division of APRA AMCOS during the workshop. (Photo: WIPO)

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The Workshop addressed gaps in the development and implementation of copyright systems in the region. With the objective of supporting copyright administrations, the meeting focused on raising awareness among policy makers and stakeholders of the relevance of copyright, as well as on identifying the needs for establishing/enhancing national copyright systems able to promote cultural, social and economic development.

This event and other capacity building programs held in the region have contributed to an enhanced understanding of the role of copyright in promoting and protecting local/national creativity and to an improved capacity in policy making.

Officials in charge of policy making and administration from the region formed the target audience of the Workshop, including representatives from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.