CIRAD and the Agence Française de Développement recently launched the “Geographical Indications Facility”, to run for a period of four years from 2021. Its goal is to provide actors in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States with technical and financial support for the development of geographical indications.
The support workshop for Bandiagara shallot producers in registering their geographical indication (GI) product with the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) opened yesterday in Bamako, Mali. was held from 17 to 18 December, 2019.
Read more: L’OAPI veut labelliser l’échalote de Bandiagara au Mali
The Geographical Indications (GIs) Conference for the ARIPO Member States held from 10 to 12 November 2021 concluded with a promise that GIs from Africa will have a better chance of protection and economic gain.
The Conference defined a strategy amongst the ARIPO Member States to set up a GI legal framework on a regional or national level that would demonstrate the importance of GIs for the national and regional markets.
En affirmant l’identité de produits agricoles traditionnels, l’appellation d’origine permet de structurer une organisation économique et d’encourager les efforts de qualité des producteurs et transformateurs dans la perspective de leur ouvrir des débouchés d’exportation.
Read more: SOUTIEN À LA MISE EN PLACE D’INDICATIONS GÉOGRAPHIQUES AFRICAINES
A roundtable on the role of geographical indications (GIs) in sustainable development was organised on 7 February 2023 by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM). The topic ‘what lessons can be learned to improve the contribution of projects to sustainable development?’ was addressed.
Following the success of the joint EUIPO and European Commission (DG AGRI) Conference “Trade Marks and Geographical Indications: future perspectives” held in Alicante in October 2018, EUIPO and the Commission joined forces again. On 25-26 November, the ‘Strengthening Geographical Indications (GIs) – online Conference 2020’ took place.
The European Commission and EUIPO, launched GIView on the 25th November 2020, during the online conference “Strengthening Geographical Indications”. GIview provides a single entry point for data on GIs registered in the EU, as well as on GIs in non-EU GIs protected at EU level through bilateral and multilateral agreements, and on EU GIs protected in non-EU countries.