Meeting with JIPO - mentorship interventions

On 29 June, the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI) team met with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) to discuss mentorship programme interventions with some of the identified producer groups of Jamaica (honey; castor oil), with a view to define the best programme strategy for each producer group.

CarIPI’s OLP mentorship programme is designed to provide producers with technical assistance to develop business strategies based on IP rights. It aims to enhance the competitiveness of unique agricultural and non-agricultural products produced in the CARIFORUM region. The programme started in 2021 and will run until the end of the CarIPI project’s lifecycle with a view to support new producer groups each year.