The LDCs Program

 Part of the overall cooperation for development program  Special emphasis on LDCs due to their particularly vulnerable nature

Least Developed Countries  LDCs group of 24 countries first established in 1971 by UN resolution  Criteria; income (GNI), human assets (HAI) and economic vulnerability (EVI)  Presently 50 countries classified as LDCs

Africa  Angola  Benin  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Lesotho  Liberia  Madagascar  Malawi  Mali  Mauritania  Mozambique  Niger  Rwanda  Sao Tome and Principe  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Togo  Uganda  United Republic of Tanzania  Zambia

Asia, pacific, Arab and Carribean  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Cambodia  Kiribati**  Lao People’s Democratic Republic  Maldives  Myanmar  Nepal  Samoa  Solomon Islands Islands**  Timor-Leste**  Tuvalu**  Vanuatu**  Djibouti  Somalia  Sudan  Yemen  Haiti

Activities  Sida Training Program  Developing national Chapters of Licensing Manual – Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Nepal  Establishing IP Advisory service centres – Tanzania, Cambodia and Ethiopia  High level policy conferences  Representing IP issues vis-à-vis LDCs in UN and other international conferences and policy making bodies