Thailand
PROJECTS:
1. Follow-up seminar on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights – Training Programme for participants from developing countries January 2007
2. Follow-up seminar on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights – Training Programme for participants from developing countries November 2008
1. Follow-up seminar on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights – Training Programme for participants from developing countries
Name of Client: Sida
Period: January 2007
Value of project (in millions US$): 1.2 M
Name of lead company:
Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics/VBSG at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ultuna, Sweden
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
Key Experts:
Carl-Gustaf Thornström, Programme Director
Ivar Virgin– Supervision of the Programme
Bengt Uppström, Programme Administrator
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
To assist participants to understand the background and the implications of the recent developments related to IPRs and exchange of genetic resources
To enable participants to find, use and draw conclusions from sources of information and expertise world-wide, related to IPRs and exchange of genetic resources
To enhance participants’ managerial efficiency to handle, address and deal with genetic resources and intellectual property rights issues
To improve participants’ ability to catalyse the development of intellectual property rights policies and corresponding implementation frameworks on genetic resources at the national and institutional level
2. Follow-up seminar on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights – Training Programme for participants from developing countries
Name of Client: Sida
Period: November 2008
Value of project (in millions US$): 1.2 M
Name of lead company:
Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics/VBSG at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ultuna, Sweden
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
Key Experts:
Carl-Gustaf Thornström, Programme Director
Ivar Virgin– Supervision of the Programme
Per Andersson, Programme Administrator
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
To assist participants to understand the background and the implications of the recent developments related to IPRs and exchange of genetic resources
To enable participants to find, use and draw conclusions from sources of information and expertise world-wide, related to IPRs and exchange of genetic resources
To enhance participants’ managerial efficiency to handle, address and deal with genetic resources and intellectual property rights issues
To improve participants’ ability to catalyse the development of intellectual property rights policies and corresponding implementation frameworks on genetic resources at the national and institutional level