SARAJEVO, 23 December 2015 – The European Union (EU) funded project Capacity Building of the Institute for Intellectual Property Though the Establishment of Informational-Educational Centres of the Institute (CBIIP) organised its closing event today.

Mr. Vojislav Milošević, Project Director, European Consulting Group and Ms. Lidija Vignjević, Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property from BiH opened the closing event. Both speakers touched upon the project’s results including the project’s legacy – the opening of the Informational – Educational Centres and Help Desk in the Institute for Intellectual Property in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Mr. Vojislav Milošević, Project Director, European Consulting Group and Ms. Lidija Vignjević, Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property from BiH opened the closing event. Both speakers touched upon the project’s results including the project’s legacy – the opening of the Informational – Educational Centres and Help Desk in the Institute for Intellectual Property in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

“The Project was complex and challenging, involving numerous efforts from all sides – beneficiary, various experts in Industrial Property Rights (IPR) from the region and the EU Delegation. This led to the establishment of three operational Informational-Educational Centre (IEC) Headquarters that will act as an administrator of the Intellectual Property Law in BiH and as an interface between the Institute and BiH community of Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs), Universities and Innovation Centres,  as well as the media and citizens. The IECs will not only help this community improve their innovation strategies at the national and international level but also build one competitive business society.” –Vojislav Milošević

In her address, Ms. Vignjević talked about the modernisation of the Institute’s Information Technology (IT) system as well as the creation of two databases, which will allow users to search the Institute’s patent documents, check their status and access the full text.

A Key Expert for the CBIIP Project, Ms. Arife Yilmaz, presented the project’s objectives and main achievements. “Our objective was to strengthen the information and educational function of the Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH. With the close cooperation of the Institute, the Project has started an important change phase that has led to the introduction of new information services by the Institute. The IECs, established in Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka will be an important medium for inventors, researchers, SMEs and other interested individuals. Further information services of the Institute will be delivered by these centres and we believe that these centres will fill in an important gap in the innovation ecosystem in BiH.” –Arife Yilmaz

The IECs will provide significant support to the users of the intellectual property system in BiH as well as increase the overall knowledge and understanding of the intellectual property culture and innovation in the country.

The aim of the European Union funded project, Capacity Building of the Institute for Intellectual Property through the Establishment of Information-Education Centres of the Institute (CBIIP) was to raise the capacity of the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) through the establishment of three Information-Education Centres (IECs) within the Institute. The EU funded this project in the amount of 620.680 Euros from IPA 2011. This project was implemented by a consortium led by HD European Consulting Group.

For more information, please contact the project team:

Bogdan Boreschievici, Team Leader                                                    Almira Kulagic, Office Manager

E-mail: bogdan.boreschievici@cbiip.org                                            E-mail: almira.kulaglic@cbiip.org