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Capacity Building & Education

Workshops

1

Sensitization events surrounding the relevance and utilization of IP management and technology transfer tools for public sector research institutions. These can be tailored for diverse audiences, including high-level governmental officials and policymakers, lawyers and technology managers, and researchers and laboratory personnel.

2

Capacity building and training events focusing on themes such as:

A

The role of IP and technology transfer in public sector research

B

Strategies and methodologies for conducting prior art searches

C

Best practices in the maintenance of laboratory notebooks

D

Mechanisms for invention disclosure

E

Valuation of intangible assets

F

Negotiation and licensing strategies

G

Drafting of contractual agreements for technology transfer

H

Fostering public sector entrepreneurship, translational research, and the creation of start-up companies

Needs assessments

  • Focusing on research activities in public and private sector institutions
  • Designed to elucidate existing capacities in matters of IP management, technology transfer, and commercial licensing
  • Identifying institutional needs and weaknesses (SWOT analysis), which are used to inform an action plan, including activities over the short and medium terms.

Policy support

1

Revision of institutional policies for IP management and technology transfer, including how to address issues such as IP rights implicated, ownership of IP, conflicts of interest and commitment, obligations of the institution and its personnel, among others.

2

Recommendations for how to improve these institutional policies, based on the relevant national legal framework, regional trends, and local goals and objectives.

3

Sensitization of institutional personnel to facilitate the implementation of the new or revised policies.