Building Knowledge Transfer Capacity in Samoa

March 14, 2019

The National Workshop on the Establishment of a Knowledge Transfer System in Samoa took place in Apia, Samoa, on November 22, 2018.

The Workshop was funded by WIPO’s Australia Funds-in-Trust (Australia FIT/IP). The event drew on best practices to contribute to an enhanced understanding of the preconditions to establishing an efficient knowledge transfer system in Samoa.

fitip_aus_philippines_news_14032019 — Participants of the National Workshop on the Establishment of a Knowledge Transfer System in Samoa. (Photo: WIPO)

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The meeting was attended by government officials, MSMEs, the Scientific Research Organization of Samoa (SROS), the National University of Samoa, as well as representatives of creative industry and businesses from Savaii, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Tuvalu.

This mix of research and business institutions operating at both national and regional levels drove useful discussion on how to bridge the gap between academia and industry, and in this context the role of intellectual property (IP). Participants showed great interest in how to establish an enabling innovation eco system and in particular in how to draft institutional IP policies with the help of resources on the topic provided by WIPO.