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assists developing and least developed countries (LDCs) to produce national intellectual property (IP) strategies. We draw on our unique global expertise to help nations avoid common pitfalls and ensure that the best possible strategies emerge.</p> <div id="accordion" class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__01" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion"> What is a national IP strategy?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>A national IP strategy consists of a set of measures, formulated and implmented by governments. These measures encourage and facilitate the effective creation, development, management, and protection of IP at national level. It is a cross-cutting document, which outlines links with diverse policy areas to ensure effective coordination with other activities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__02" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion"> Why are national IP strategies important?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__02" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>A national IP strategy strengthens a country's ability to generate economically valuable IP assets. All countries have wealth in the form of human capital; literary and artistic works; crafts and folklore; and genetic and biological assets. An IP strategy helps nations unlock these assets in a planned, efficient, and sustainable manner.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__03" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion"> Why is WIPO involved with national IP strategies?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__03" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>Although the goals, needs and priorities underpinning a national IP strategy can vary significantly from one country to another, their very existence across diverse countries suggests that using a common methodology and specifically designed tools can facilitate an efficient, harmonized approach to strategy formulation. As a global IP actor, WIPO is ideally placed to draw on its unique experience to help beneficiaries produce better IP strategies.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipstrategies/images/i_20966002_600.jpg" alt=""/><figcaption class="credit">(Photo: iStockphoto.com/VLADGRIN)<br/> </figcaption></figure> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--two line"> <div class="col col--one"> <h2 id="development">Development of national IP strategies</h2> <p>WIPO’s methodology, designed, tested and consolidated as part of the Organization’s <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/">Development Agenda</a>, provides guidance to those involved in the preparation of national IP strategies.</p> <p>The methodology comprises:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>a thorough research and IP audit phase; and</li> <li>a national consultation process for the review, discussion, and consolidation of strategic approaches regarding the use of IP to support national development goals.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <div class="media media--publications"><a class="pull-left"> <img class="media-object" src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipstrategies/images/wipo_methodologypdfcover_140.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="media-body"> <h3 class="media-heading">Methodology for the development of national IP strategies</h3> <p>The WIPO methodology is divided into four tools:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>The Process<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_958_1.pdf"> <img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Methodology for the development of national IP strategies: the process"/> </a></li> <li>Baseline Questionnaire<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_958_2.pdf"> <img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Methodology for the development of national IP strategies: baseline questionnaire"/> </a></li> <li>Benchmarking Indicators<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_958_3.pdf"> <img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Methodology for the development of national IP strategies: benchmarking indicators"/> </a></li> <li><a href="#platform">Online Platform</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div class="main-q"> <h2 id="platform">NIPS online platform</h2> <p>The national IP strategies (NIPS) online platform enables the storage of data collected through the baseline surveys and exercises in the WIPO NIPS methodology.</p> <p>The NIPS online platform is only open to registered users.</p> <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/ipstrategies/en/methodology/nips_survey.html"><button class="btn btn-info btn-large" type="button">Access the NIPS online platform</button></a></div> <div class="complementary-q"> <figure><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipstrategies/images/i_16586510_600.jpg" alt=""/><figcaption class="credit">(Photo: iStockphoto.com/Pashalgnatov)<br/> </figcaption></figure> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div class="main"> <h2 id="policies">Reports on integrating IP into innovation policies</h2> <p>Historically, IP issues have not always formed a central consideration in innovation policy making. Accordingly, WIPO has produced a series of country reports reviewing IP in national innovation systems. Determining gaps and challenges through in-depth discussions with stakeholders, each report offers country-specific recommendations for more effectively using the IP system to strengthen national innovation systems.</p> <p>Jamaica <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_report_inn_jm.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Integrating intellectual property into innovation policy formulation in Jamaica"/></a> | Rwanda <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_report_inn_rw.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Integrating intellectual property into innovation policy formulation in Rwanda"/></a> | Sri Lanka <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_report_inn_lk.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Integrating intellectual property into innovation policy formulation in Sri Lanka "/></a> | Serbia <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_report_inn_rs.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Integrating intellectual property into innovation policy formulation in Serbia"/></a> | Trinidad and Tobago <a href="/web/20180808144212/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_report_inn_tt.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808144212im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Integrating intellectual property into innovation policy formulation in Trinidad and Tobago"/></a></p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <p class="featured">Literature review</p> <p>Developed by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, the report "The 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