ARISE+ IPR has hosted many workshops for Geographical Indications (GIs) producers under its previous annual work plans to increase their capacity and promote their commercialisation of GI products. In 2021, the project had a different approach. It held a workshop for IP legislators, policymakers, and IP office officials whose work is relevant to promoting GI and design-intensive products, especially in rural areas and community-based industries.

Geographical Indications (GI) Product Specifications is an important document to help control and improve GI protection and enforcement. On 23 and 24 November 2021, ARISE+ IPR organised a workshop on drafting GI Product Specifications. The workshop was intended for GI producers, GI associations, and government officials in the relevant fields in the ASEAN region. The workshop facilitated potential GI producers in drafting the GI Product Specifications and helped existing GI producers to improve and maintain the quality of their GI Product Specifications.

In November 2021, ARISE+ IPR organised ‘Pre-accession training on the Hague Agreement’ and ‘Regional Workshop on the Madrid Protocol’. The event provided ongoing support to the ASEAN Member States (AMS) in their pre-accession and post-accession to the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. It followed on from previous studies and training implemented under the framework of the Annual Work Plan 1-3.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is organising a Regional Conference on Geographical Indications (GIs) in collaboration with AfrIPI (African Intellectual Property and Innovation) from 10 to 12 November 2021  in Harare, Zimbabwe. The objective of the workshop is to define a strategy amongst the ARIPO Member States with regards to setting up a Geographical Indication (GI) legal framework on a regional or national level. 

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is organising a virtual Regional Workshop on the Arusha Protocol in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Project (AfrIPI) on 9 November 2021. The workshop is aimed at Plant Variety Protection Experts in ARIPO Member States.

The main objectives of this workshop are the following: