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WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/10/Add.2
11September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2561)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM OTHER
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Addendum
International Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment
Atitsmeeting of24May 1995, theCouncil forTRIPS agreed torequest certain
intergovernmental organizations toprovide information ontheirtechnical andfinancial cooperation
programmes intheareaofintellectual property relevant totheimplementation oftheTRIPS Agreement
(IP/C/M/2, paragraph 53).
Thisaddendum reproduces theinformation which hasbeenreceived from theInternational
Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment inresponse tothisrequest.
Intheaccompanyingletter,dated11August1995,bywhichtheinformationwascommunicated,
itispointed outthat,apartfromthetwotypes oftechnical assistance identified, theBankisnotbelieved
toundertake anyother suchactivities.
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Intellectual Property -Bank RoleinLatin America
Mexico: AspartofaScience andTechnology Project in1992, theBankfinanced asmall
componenttofinancetheinstitution-buildingofthePatentofficeincollaboration
withWIPO.
Argentina: TheBank hasmade anoralpresentation totheArgentine Congress ondraft
intellectual property legislation based onaspecial paper.
ElSalvador: Aspartofaproposed newloan onCompetitiveness Enhancement the
Government hasrequested assistance forthefinancing oftheestablishment
ofintellectual property registries andperhaps broader support. WIPO
collaboration isenvisaged.
Colombia: AsapartofaloaninFY95 forCompetitiveness Enhancement, acomponent
wasincluded tosupport institution-building forintellectual property protection.
Peru: Aspecial institutional assessment ofINDECOPI (which hasresponsibility,
amongstotherthings,forcompetitionpolicyandintellectualpropertyprotection)
isbeing conducted byBank staff.
Mercosur: TheBank, aspartofalarger piece ofsector work onMercosur, isconducting
astudy ofpolicy harmonization intheareaofcompetition policy andits
interface, amongst other things, withintellectual property protection.
Seed Varieties
Inresponse torequests from verymany client countries, theBank provides technical advice
onseedpolicies ingeneral, including specific advice toassist countries todraftlegislation establishing
orstrengthening IPRsinplants. Inrecent years, theBankhasundertaken stepstoputsome governments
(e.g., China, Ukraine, Russia andKenya) intouch withUPOV foradvice onthese matters.