In matters of industrial property, OAPI's mission includes, among other things, implementing the common administrative procedures arising from the uniform regime for the protection of industrial property as well as the stipulations of international conventions in this field to which the Member States or OAPI have acceded and providing services related to industrial property.
In matters of literary and artistic property, the Organization is responsible for contributing to the promotion of protection, encouraging the creation of national authors' organizations, etc.
OAPI must contribute to achieving the objectives of the industrial development policies of the Member States, by achieving the following specific objectives:
