Qualireg

Monday 16 – Friday 27  of April 2012 - Near Montpellier, France

Labeling food and artisan products with Geographical Indications (GIs) contributes to regional development, by facilitating the participation  of local entrepreneurs in the regional, national or international markets, with their specific skills and know-how.

Following the successful trainings held yearly since 2007, in Switzerland and in France, UMR Innovation and REDD are cooperating again to propose the 7th edition of this international training module.

Themes covered

• The GI concept: history, link to the "terroir" and justification for special protection.
• Legal and institutional framework, intellectual property rights, GIs, trade-marks and indications of source.  
• Implementation policy regarding GIs (GI register, Interprofessional organizations, sales promotion, support for GI supply chains).  
• Inventory of place-based products and GI registering.  
• GI collective organizations and supply chain management.  
• Protection of GIs in the international
• context (international agreements and institutions, WIPO and WTO).  
• Presentations and discussions of participants’ country situations.  
• Controls and certification.  
• Impacts on rural development of GIs.  
• Cooperation projects.  
• Case studies and field visits, so as to permit a solid grounding of the concepts developed in practical realities.

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The presentation leaflet