Technical Assistance Database: Activity Details

Title: WIPO/IDB WORKSHOP ON INNOVATION, INTELLECTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY LICENSING: WEALTH CREATION IN THE ARAB REGION
Description: The concept of the event is tailored to respond to the needs of potential stakeholders in the technology transfer processes in the Arab Region. Its main objective is to serve as an opportunity to highlight, among others, the IP assets and their outstanding role in enhancing innovation and the supporting technology commercialization in these countries, underline the requirements for creating an innovation culture and the supporting infrastructure needed for the national innovation/IP strategies and to identify the strategic priority areas of IP asset development in the Arab region. The ultimate objective is to foster IP based regional collaboration among representatives of different Arab countries involved in innovation and technology transfer.
Type: Workshop
IP Subject Area: Patents
WIPO Sector: Division for Arab Countries
Date From: 12/12/2011 - 13/12/2011
Venue City: Muscat
Venue/Host Country: Oman
Activity held in Language: English , Arabic

Beneficiary / Participant Countries

Country Name No. of Members / Participants
Algeria 2
Bahrain 2
Djibouti 2
Egypt 2
Iraq 2
Jordan 2
Kuwait 2
Lebanon 2
Libya 2
Mauritania 2
Morocco 2
Oman
Qatar 2
Saudi Arabia 2
Sudan 2
Syrian Arab Republic 2
Tunisia 2
United Arab Emirates 2
Yemen 2
Palestine 2
Total Number of Participants:  38

Owner / Requester

Owner / Requester Name Owner / Requester Type
World Intellectual Property Organization IGO

Organizer

Organizer Name Organizer Type
World Intellectual Property Organization IGO
Islamic Development Bank IGO
Research Council Institution
Sultanate of Oman Member State / IP Office