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ARISE+ IPR hosted national seminars on Geographical Indications (GIs) in Brunei Darussalam and Hanoi, Viet Nam respectively on 18 September and 20 September, 2019.

Brunei Darussalam

The seminar in Brunei Darussalam was held to raise awareness among the Bruneian public and private sector on the benefits of a Geographical Indication (GI) sui-generis system. The seminar discussed the history, objectives and benefits of sui-generis GI systems whilst also sharing successful examples of ASEAN GIs and in the European Union.

ARISE+ IPR hosted national seminars on Geographical Indications (GIs) in Brunei Darussalam and Hanoi, Viet Nam respectively on 18 September and 20 September, 2019.

ARISE+ IPR hosted technical workshops on Geographical Indications for GI producers in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand respectively from 23 to 27 September 2019.

These technical workshops were organized in the regions renowned for GIs and potential GIs products. In specific, the workshops were held respectively in Bali for Indonesian GI producers (on 23 September), in Sarawak region for Malaysian GI producers (on 25 September), and in Chiang Rai for Thai GI producers (on 27 September).

The ARISE+ IPR team supported IP officials from Cambodia and Lao PDR to attend the Advanced InterGI training on “The collective management of quality for Geographical Indications”, taking place from 23-28 September 2019 in Gruyere, Switzerland.