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Rwanda undertakes IPRTA needs assessment and elaborates national IP policy and strategy |
UNCTAD and ICTSD are assisting the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Rwanda by undertaking a project on assessing the country’s technical assistance needs for the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, and advising on their IP policy and strategy for implementation. The project was recently initiated with a national stakeholder meeting held in Kigali on 29 September 2008 and has two inter-related objectives: identifying the needs for financial and technical co-operation required for the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement by Rwanda, based on the needs assessment toolkit prepared by ICTSD and Saana Consulting ; and assisting the Ministry in the elaboration of a national IP policy and strategy in line with their development needs. The meeting was followed by interviews with several stakeholders, conducted from 1-3 October 2008, to collect further information on technical cooperation needs and key issues for the national IP policy. Mr. Sisule Musungu of IQsensato is the lead consultant of this exercise, working with the IP teams at both UNCTAD and ICTSD.
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