Minister Bathiudeen emphasizes urgency of developing a National Policy in Traditional Knowledge

 

03 05 2017 industryandcommerce

 

Addressing a two-day National Workshop held in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the BMICH on 27-28 April 2017, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen, emphasized the urgent need to finalize a National Policy on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions.

 

 

Stakeholders from over 30 government institutions and interested groups who took part in the event, called on the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to constitute a Task Force on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions to see the process through speedily.

 

PRESS COMMUNIQUE: MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

 

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka

Geneva

3rd May 2017

 

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