BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24
By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:
The EU is financing a Twinning project in the field of intellectual property in Azerbaijan, Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas told Trend.
According to Jankauskas, the project started back in 2019, will be finished by the end of 2021 and is funded to support the Intellectual Property Agency of Azerbaijan in the management and protection of intellectual property rights in digital networks.
“The goal of the project is to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for the protection and management of works protected by copyright and related rights in digital networks, as well as to assist the Intellectual Property Agency in the development of the Intellectual Property Center by supporting the creation of the ‘National Digital Aggregator’ - digital repositories of national heritage sites,” added Jankauskas.
He also said the project is aimed at improving the Azerbaijani law on copyright and related rights in order to bring it into greater compliance with EU standards.
“This will improve the management of copyright and related rights and strengthen the enforcement of such rights,” the head of the EU delegation emphasized.
The EU is funding the EU4Digital project, which is the largest regional event aimed at harmonizing digital markets in the Eastern Partnership region and has a total budget of almost 15 million euro.
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