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1 Managing IP in Knowledge-based Development International cooperation to improve framework conditions in catching-up economies Ralph Heinrich UNECE Team of Specialists on Intellectual Property Skopje, 1 April 2009
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2 The UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
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3 56 member countries home to 20 percent of the world’s population including most of the developed economies, but also emerging market economies and a few low income countries
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4 What UNECE does helps to implement global UN initiatives at the regional level fosters sustainable development & economic cooperation in its region
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5 What UNECE does fosters sustainable development & economic cooperation in its region by … providing a multilateral forum for policy discussion and negotiations brokering and administrating international standards and conventions engaging in capacity building and technical cooperation
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6 UNECE’s main areas of activity Trans-border environmental issues Border-crossing transport issues Facilitation of international trade Trans-border energy issues International harmonization of statistics and Economic Cooperation and Integration
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7 Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration (CECI) Established in 2006 to promote “… a policy, financial and regulatory environment conducive to economic growth, innovative development and higher competitiveness focusing mainly on countries with economies in transition”
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8 CECI - main areas of work promoting innovation and competitiveness public-private partnerships entrepreneurship Financing Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
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9 The Team of Specialists on Intellectual Property (TOS-IP) provides a forum for the exchange of experiences collects/ disseminates good practices and policy recommendations engages in capacity building and policy advice at national & sub-regional level
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10 … through its network of experts representing –government ministries and agencies –the business community –international organizations and –academic institutions and its inter-governmental process
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11 TOS-IP constituted in Nov 06 currently ~ 120 experts from ~35 countries
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12 TOS-IP’s mandate helps to … “build up national innovation systems commercialize intellectual property improve the investment environment in creative, innovative and high technology industries … among others through effective enforcement of intellectual property rights”
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13 ToS-IPs mandate Hence commercialization & enforcem’t as 2 sides of 1 coin w/o enforcem’t, IPRs have no commercial value w/o commercialization, no incentive to enforce
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14 Economic Role of IPRs Well-designed IPRs: Provide incentives for innovation Underpin markets for intellectual assets Encourage disclosure & diffusion of knowledge
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15 The International Dimension Innovation THE key driver of economic growth reduced costs of creating & transmitting knowledge … … including across borders faster innovation & closer economic integration
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16 Innovation, Integration & Economic Development globalization of int’l supply chains & production networks … and increasingly internationalization of R&D increasing knowledge flows across borders
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17 Innovation, Integration & Economic Development Increasing knowledge flows across borders increasing need to manage, protect & enforce IPRs across borders
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18 Channels of Int’l Knowledge Flows Int’l trade Foreign direct investment X-border licensing Research cooperations People
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19 Int’l IPR Enforcement IPRs are national, yet the goods & services they underpin are increasingly produced & sold internationally w/ growing int’l trade, trade in counterfeits & pirated goods is increasing
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20 Int’l IPR Enforcement Weak IPR enforcement can compromise economic development by undermining channels of knowledge transfer: Lower-tech FDI and lower-tech outsourcing Less FDI & outsourcing (protecting supply chains) Weakening links b/w foreign & domestic firms Less R&D cooperation
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21 Int’l IPR Enforcement Counterfeiting & piracy organized internat’lly Fakes shipped across many borders Increasing importance of internet Need for int’l cooperation
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22 Int’l IPR Commercialization To achieve “critical mass”, all actors in the commercialization process will have to increasingly think internationally Universities => research cooperations, staff Firms => sourcing of R&D, licensing, cooperations Investors
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23 Int’l IPR Commercialization Need for int’l IPR management strategies Need for advisory & consultancy services w/ int’l perspective Need for contracts across jurisdictions Need for harmonization to reduce costs
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24 Summary Globalization & accelerating innovation Catching-up economies need to integrate into global production networks & to strengthen innovative capacity Hence need to manage & enforce IPRs across borders
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25 Upcoming UNECE Activities Astana 21-22 May: Financing Innovative Enterprises Geneva 28-29 Sept: Innovation-based Entrepreneurial Opportunities Bishkek Oct/Nov: Knowledge-based Development
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26 Some CECI Publications on Knowledge-based Development www.unece.org/ceci/
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27 Thank You! http://www.unece.org/ceci/Welcome.html mailto: ralph.heinrich@unece.orgralph.heinrich@unece.org phone: +41 22 917 1269
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