| Overview |
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The General Directorate of Investment Climate and Intellectual Property (IC&IP) was formed in 2009. Headed by the Director General (DG) of IC & IP, the Directorate is responsible for coordinating efforts to improve (...) Read more
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| Objectives and Responsibilities |
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• Create a Conducive Investment Climate whereby, investors would like to be;
• Identify and mitigate constraints to business environment (i.e. war on delays)
• Streamline Doing Business indicators to best practice
• Initiate (...) Read more
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| Policies, Strategies and Laws |
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• Investment Promotion Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy
http://www.minicom.gov.rw/IMG/pdf/R...
• Law on the protection of intellectual property
http://www.minicom.gov.rw/IMG/pdf/L...
• 3 agreements on Intellectual (...) Read more
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| Priority Projects and Activities |
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• Enforce the Intellectual Property Law through awareness campaigns and training to increase the number of IP product registrations.
• Improve the investment climate to increasing domestic and foreign investment and improve (...) Read more
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| Key Achievements in 2010-11 |
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Doing Business:
According to the World Bank Doing Business Report, Rwanda has moved from the 70th place in 2010 report to the 58th place in 2011 among in 183 economies. The Investor Perception Index increased from 60.2% in (...) Read more
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| Intelllectual property |
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Background information
Focusing on improving the legal and policy framework, Rwanda has recently passed a new Law on Intellectual Property, Law N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009 and a Policy aimed at promoting intellectual property (...) Read more
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