In terms of industrial property, the OAPI is responsible , among other things, to implement common administrative procedures arising from the uniform regime for the protection of industrial property as well as the stipulations of international conventions in this area to which member states where OAPI have joined and rendering services related to industrial property.
In terms of literary and artistic property, the organization is responsible for containing the promotion of protection, to arouse the creation of organizations of national authors, etc.
OAPI must help achieve the objectives of industrial development policies of member states, by achieving the following specific objectives:
- Ensure the protection and publication of industrial property securities;
- Encourage creativity and technology transfer through the use of industrial property systems;
- Make the legal space attractive to private investment by creating conditions favorable to the effective application of the principles of intellectual property;
- Implement effective training programs to improve OAPI's capacities to offer quality services;
- Create the conditions favorable to the valuation of research results and the exploitation of technological innovations by national companies.
