Romania
Romanian Twinning Project - RO2005/IB/OT/02
| Title | "Strengthening the Romanian institutional capacity of protecting the intellectual and industrial property rights" |
| Funding | EU - Twinning |
| Implementation period | 2007 - 2008 |
| Beneficiary country | Romania |
| Beneficiary institutions | Romania Public Ministry/ Prosecutors Office, The General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, The General Inspectorate of the Romanian Border Police, National Authority of Customs, The Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA), State Office for Patent and Trademarks (OSIM) and the Romanian Ministry of Justice. |
| DKPTO role | Project Leader |
| Budget | 2 mio. € |
Objective
The overall project purpose is to strengthen the capacity of the involved institutions to protect intellectual and industrial property rights. The project will improve the methodologies, working methods and communication among the institutions involved in the project. It will increase the level of skills and knowledge of the human resources involved in IP protection and it will raise awareness among consumers on protection of IP.
Summary
The project includes the following activities:
1) Development of method for improved cooperation between involved institutions
2) Revision of legislation and manual
3) Development of improved work-flows and procedures
4) Development of method to estimate piracy rate
5) Development of medium and long term training plans for institutions
6) Training-of-trainers
7) Training of staff in all institutions
8) Development of common IT database
9) Awareness raising activities
Experts from Germany, UK, Ireland and Danish customs and police are involved in the project.
Project Leader:
Keld Nymann Jensen, Deputy Director General, COO
Deputy Project Leader and contact person:
Lone Pie Kelstrup, Principal Adviser, International Projects
Last update: 28 November 2008
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