“The goal of the programme is to strengthen policy and legal framework development for Traditional Knowledge (TK), Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and effective IP Systems in the Eastern and Southern Africa. The purpose of the programme is to promote stakeholder
participation in policy and legal framework development for TK, ABS and effective IP systems and to encourage knowledge sharing at all levels. The immediate purpose is to generate and
disseminate on the current environment at national level and to determine how best each country can promote participation.”
