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Italy Increases WIPO Contributions,
by Ulrika Lomas, for LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, November 05, 2007
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced last week that
contributions by the Government of Italy in the framework of a recently-concluded
agreement have reached EUR600,000.
The most recent contribution, amounting to EUR300,000, was communicated to
WIPO on October 24, 2007 and came from the Directorate General for Cooperation
to Development (DGCS), Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
This contribution followed the signing in September of an agreement between
WIPO Director General, Dr. Kamil Idris, and Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Massimo D'Alema, which strengthened Italy’s
commitment to consolidating and reinforcing its contribution to the activities
of WIPO.
The agreement formalized Italy’s long-standing support of WIPO’s
activities relating to economic development, and made Italy one of the largest
contributors of extra budgetary resources to WIPO.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in Rome on September 10, 2007 established
a funds-in-trust (FIT) program to cover intellectual property (IP) related activities
in developing countries and countries in transition.
The agreement prioritized the promotion of economic and commercial activities
based on IP, the relationship between IP and technological development, the
development of creative industries, the use of IP by small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs), the protection of geographical indications (GIs), industrial
designs, IP training, and the fight against counterfeiting and audiovisual piracy.
While the FIT agreement is aimed at all developing countries and countries
in transition, special emphasis is placed on assistance to least developed countries
(LDCs) and countries in the Mediterranean area.
Earlier this year, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs contributed, in
the context of this FIT, an additional EUR300,000. Part of this helped to finance
a joint post-graduate program in IP offered by the WIPO Worldwide Academy, the
University of Turin and the International Labour Organisation, International
Training Center (ILO-ITC).
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