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1. Planning a region-wide technical cooperation focusing on IP awareness, protection, and commercialization.
2. Capacity Building to equip businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators with IP knowledge.
3. IP Norm-Setting: supporting regional cooperation to ensure a unified voice in international IP norm-setting discussions, advocating for the interests and priorities of Pacific Islands Countries.
4. Strengthening IP Protection through Global Platforms (Madrid System) and fostering collaboration among IP offices IP administration.
5. To facilitate joint discussions and reflection on IP-development issues in the region, particularly on matters of branding of local products, business support units, geographical indications (GI), and traditional knowledge.
6. To explore and generate country-driven technical assistance support needs for local business and SMEs in the region to aid effective use of IP.
7. To strengthen sub-regional cooperation mechanism and development cooperation with WIPO |