Turning ideas into assets

Balkan

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Balkan

 

 

Title Regional programme on Industrial and Intellectual property Rights in the Western Balkans and Turkey
Funding EC
Implementation period   2008 - 2010
Beneficiary countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovenia, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, including Kosovo (as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10th June 1999), Turkey.
Beneficiary institutions National Patent Offices in the above mentioned countries.
DKPTO role Expert Provider
Budget

 

Objective

The project purpose is to built on the given assistance to the intellectual and industrial property authorities of the beneficiary countries, in the context of thier preparation for futire European Union membership and to facilitate in these countries the development of harmonised IPR granting and enforcement procedures and systems, in the area of internal markets.

 

Summary

The project addresses the following areas: 

  • Legal harmonisation
  • Information technology (It) developments
  • National IP strategies and regional cooperation
  • Support to the integration of the beneficiaries in thier effort of assessing the regional IP organisations
  • Awareness raising in the societies