On Belarus participation in WIPO seminar on the Current Issues of intellectual property
20.12.2018On 18 – 20 December 2018, the scientific and practical seminar on the Current Issues of Intellectual Property took in Geneva under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The event was attended by professors and students of the Polotsk State University of Belarus, representatives of universities and scientific institutes from Israel, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. Participants discussed the current issues of interconnections between intellectual property and economic development, business environment, current trends and challenges in the field of intellectual property, which is being developed in the era of the wide use of information and communication technologies.
The seminar is aimed to develop partnerships between the WIPO Secretariat and educational institutions in the region of Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus through the provision of technical and expert support on intellectual property issues.
The opening ceremony of the seminar on 19 December 2018 was attended by H.E. Mr Yuri Ambrazevich, the Permanent Representative of Belarus in Geneva, who delivered welcoming remarks to the participants. In his speech the Head of Belarus Mission in Geneva expressed satisfaction with the current level of development of bilateral relations between Belarus and WIPO, stressed the importance of the seminar for promoting WIPO knowledge and experience on intellectual property issues through educational programs at the universities and specialized institutions. H.E. Mr Yuri Ambrazevich expressed his conviction that the positive dynamics of the development cooperation between WIPO and Belarusian educational institutions will remain in the future, including through the holding of joint national seminars, similar to the one which was held in April 2018 at the Polotsk State University.
