DEVELOPMENT AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS 1, 10 and 12 PROJECT DOCUMENT SUMMARY Project Code DA_1_10_12_01 Intellectual property and gastronomic tourism in Peru and other Title developing countries: promoting the development of gastronomic tourism through intellectual property. Recommendation 1: WIPO technical assistance shall be, inter alia, Development development-oriented, demand-driven and transparent, taking into Agenda account the priorities and the special needs of developing countries, Recommendations especially LDCs, as well as the different levels of development of Member States and activities should include time frames for completion. In this regard, design, delivery mechanisms and evaluation processes of technical assistance programs should be country specific. Recommendation 10: To assist Member States to develop and improve national intellectual property institutional capacity through further development of infrastructure and other facilities with a view to making national intellectual property institutions more efficient and promote fair balance between intellectual property protection and the public interest. This technical assistance should also be extended to sub-regional and regional organizations dealing with intellectual property. Recommendation 12: To further mainstream development considerations into WIPO’s substantive and technical assistance activities and debates, in accordance with its mandate. Brief description of The project seeks to promote intellectual property (IP) related to culinary traditions (food and beverages) for use in the tourism sector of Peru [and the Project other developing countries] and enabling the documentation, development and sustainable use of each country’s culinary tradition and culture. To that end, strategies and actions are proposed that involve the major public and private sector stakeholders in the tourism, gastronomy and IP sectors, working together to identify potential IP tools and to recommend their use. This will include the organization of events to promote the benefits of IP use in the context of gastronomic tourism. The expected results of the project are the following: Documentation of traditional gastronomy (food and beverages) as well as promoting its use in Peru [and other developing countries]. Stimulate economic activity and increase added value in the gastronomic tourism sector through the use of IP relating to culinary traditions (food and beverages) (for instance, guaranteeing traditional culinary practices, geographical origin
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS 1, 10 and 12 PROJECT DOCUMENT SUMMARY Project Code DA_1_10_12_01 Title Intellectual property and gastronomic tourism in Peru and other developing countries: promoting the development of gastronomic tourism through intellectual property. Development Agenda Recommendations Recommendation 1: WIPO technical assistance shall be, inter alia, development-oriented, demand-driven and transparent, taking into account the priorities and the special needs of developing countries, especially LDCs, as well as the different levels of development of Member States and activities should include time frames for completion. In this regard, design, delivery mechanisms and evaluation processes of technical assistance programs should be country specific. Recommendation 10: To assist Member States to develop and improve national intellectual property institutional capacity through further development of infrastructure and other facilities with a view to making national intellectual property institutions more efficient and promote fair balance between intellectual property protection and the public interest. This technical assistance should also be extended to sub-regional and regional organizations dealing with intellectual property. Recommendation 12: To further mainstream development considerations into WIPO’s substantive and technical assistance activities and debates, in accordance with its mandate. Brief description of the Project The project seeks to promote intellectual property (IP) related to culinary traditions (food and beverages) for use in the tourism sector of Peru [and other developing countries] and enabling the documentation, development and sustainable use of each country’s culinary tradition and culture. To that end, strategies and actions are proposed that involve the major public and private sector stakeholders in the tourism, gastronomy and IP sectors, working together to identify potential IP tools and to recommend their use. This will include the organization of events to promote the benefits of IP use in the context of gastronomic tourism. The expected results of the project are the following: Documentation of traditional gastronomy (food and beverages) as well as promoting its use in Peru [and other developing countries]. Stimulate economic activity and increase added value in the gastronomic tourism sector through the use of IP relating to culinary traditions (food and beverages) (for instance, guaranteeing traditional culinary practices, geographical origin