ArisePlusIPR

Local artists, designers, and artisans have a great deal of potential to preserve their culture and wisdom, empowering their communities and boosting their industries’ economy using Intellectual property. In light of this, the EU-funded project ARISE+ IPR is producing a digital content package addressed to designers in rural areas, with the primary goal to help raise their awareness of intellectual property rights and industrial design rights, and highlight the economic and cultural value of their work.

On 15 and 17 June 2020, ARISE+ IPR organised a meeting with representatives from the ASEAN IP Offices to discuss the development of the ASEAN IP Academy and other related aspects.

To enhance the value of local products and inform geographical indications (GI) producers in the ASEAN region about how they can benefit from having their GIs protected, ARISE+ IPR is supporting the 5th and 6th editions of the AsiaGI training in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

In 2020, ARISE+ IPR provided technical support to the publication, translation, and promotion of two common guidelines developed under the framework of ECAP III Phase II and updated under the framework of the ARISE+ IPR project.