Technical Assistance Database: Activity Details

Title: Sub-regional Workshop WIPO-OAPI-UEMOA-INPI-MCIPPME on Intellectual Property Adjudication for Judges from OAPI Member States (including UEMOA countries) and other francophone African countries
Description: The objective for organizing this event is to strengthen the capacity of members of the judiciary in managing IP related cases. By enhancing the skills and competencies of judges in IP matters, the activity will contribute to improve the judicial structure of the participating countries in the area of IP, for the potential benefit of all stakeholders. By strengthening the capacities of the members of the judiciary, this activity will also contribute to creating a secure IP environment to promote investments within the context of the entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA).
Type: Face-to-Face training
IP Subject Area: Industrial Property
WIPO Sector: Division for Africa
Date From: 10/10/2023 - 13/10/2023
Venue City: Abidjan
Venue/Host Country: Côte d'Ivoire
Activity held in Language: French (Primary)

Beneficiary / Participant Countries

Country Name No. of Members / Participants
Benin 3
Cameroon 3
Central African Republic 3
Chad 3
Comoros 3
Congo 3
Côte d'Ivoire 3
Equatorial Guinea 3
Guinea 3
Guinea-Bissau 3
Mali 3
Mauritania 3
Niger 3
Senegal 3
Togo 3
Burkina Faso 3
Total Number of Participants:  48