| Description: |
The study visit will create an opportunity for the officials from the AU, NEPAD and the RECs to: meet and exchange views with WIPO officials from the different sectors; obtain a general overview of the organization and familiarize themselves with WIPO’s technical assistance and capacity building programs; and share their respective organizations’ work in the area of IP and innovation in the continent and discuss and identify possible areas of cooperation within the Dakar Declaration on IP Africa which was adopted by the 2016 African Union Summit. |