History of the Apid
The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) created in December 2004 during the 44th ordinary session of its board of directors held in Cotonou in Benin, a training, research and sharing center specializing in intellectual property called Denis Ekani training center (CFDE).
The center whose activities were launched on September 13, 2005 will become an intellectual property academy Denis Ekani (APIDE) on the occasion of the 52nd ordinary session of the organization of the organization held in Bissau in Guinea Bissau in 2012. The Academy owes its name to Maître Denis Ekani, former director general of OAPI from 1965 to 1984.
Missions
The main missions of the Apid is the training, research and popularization of knowledge in terms of intellectual property. As such, she is responsible:
- organize cycles of intellectual property studies;
- ensure permanent training and recycling of actors and users of the intellectual property system;
- organize courses and training seminars covering the various aspects of intellectual property and related areas;
- to organize meetings on current issues of intellectual property law;
- to initiate and promote studies on news issues in intellectual property law.
The apide has a documentation center with a diversity of works relating to intellectual property and related subjects.
Training offers
The Academy has a varied offer of training implemented in collaboration with universities, grandes écoles and partner offices and organizations. The apide training offer is structured as follows:
- diploma training;
- certifying training;
- OAPI tribune;
- Webinaries;
- training on demand.
Pedagogy and quality
The pedagogical approach of the apide is based on an approach-quality built around excellence:
- From the faculty: APIDE benefits from the support of the best specialists from African and European universities in OAPI technical services, national liaison structures (SNL) with OAPI, partner offices and institutions, aged aged aged aged and partner institutions. These experts contribute to developing and consolidating the diversity and expertise of the tender offers of the apide.
- Infrastructure: the training sessions take place as well at the apide at the OAPI headquarters which has quality infrastructure and equipment, in member and online states.
- of the educational organization: training is organized in an optimal educational environment through the limitation of the workforce and the diversification of teaching methods built around discussions, case studies, simulations, workshops, exchanges of experiences, etc.
Governance
The apide has a scientific committee of seven (07) members made up of academics, professionals and representatives of the OAPI appointed by the organization's board of directors for a mandate of two (02) years of renewable and a management responsible for administrative and educational management.
Apid Scientific Committee
Pr Joseph Fometeu
Full professor in private law at the University of Ngaoundéré
Members
Pr Alla Koffi Etienne
Lecturer, Associate CAMES In Private Law at Félix-Houpht-Boigny University
Dr. Yvon Laurier Ngombe
Lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal, president of the Association for the Promotion of Intellectual Property in Africa
Me Isabelle Ekeme marries Mbome
Agent approved to the OAPI
Mr. Simon Ouedrago
Expert-consultant-copyright and neighboring rights
Mr. Guy Francis Boussafou
Director of patents and other technical creations at the OAPI
Mrs. NNOKO MAGUI
Director of prospective and OAPI cooperation
Directorate of Apid
Mr. Aimé Brou Kouakou
Head of the Programs and Training Service
Mrs. Joséphine Kemegni era ngatchouissi
Administrative assistant
Mr. Ervais Edou
In charge of schooling and scholarships
Partnership
As part of the accomplishment of the missions of the Academy, the OAPI has established partnership relations with major actors of the intellectual property and innovation ecosystem around the world. These different partnerships reflect OAPI's desire to benefit its member states and its staff, expertise and essential skills for the development of their activities. The main partners are:
Universities and partner schools:
- University of Yaoundé II Soa (Cameroon);
- Thomas Sankara University (Burkina Faso);
- National Polytechnic Institute Félix Houphouët Boigny (Ivory Coast);
- Higher Regional School of Magistrates (Ersuma) (Benin);
- National Polytechnic School of the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon).
Partner offices and organizations:
- Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (OMPI), Switzerland;
- Japanese patent office (JPO), Japan;
- Office of intellectual property of Canada (OPIC), Canada;
- Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), France;
- Intellectual Property Training Center (CNIPA), China;
- European Institute Company and Intellectual Property (IEEPI), Spain;
- International Trademark Association (Inta), United States of America;
- International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO), Belgium;
- National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), France;
- Moroccan Office for Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC), Morocco;
- European Patent Office (OEB), Germany;
- International Union for the Protection of Vegetable Obtentions (UPOV), Switzerland;
- Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property (Euipo), Spain.
Key figures
- 494 listeners trained in the master's degree in intellectual property;
- 15 listeners trained in the Professional Masters Program Engineer-Brevet;
- 21 listeners trained in the certificate of aptitude for collective management (CAGEC);
- 68 listeners trained in the African training program on geographic indications (Africa Gi Training);
- 13 agents and industrial property advice trained in the new procedure for issuing invention patents to the OAPI.
Practical information
Registration
The applications for the various training offers are sent to the intellectual property academy Denis Ekani (apide) by physical deposit or by mail, specifying the title of the training and the names and quality of the participant.
Address : rue hyppodrome 158, place de la prefecture
Postal box : BP: 887 Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Phone : (237) 222 20 57 00 / 222 20 57 67
E-mail : apide@oapi.int
Website : www.oapi.int
