The 9th-12th-grade pupils from the Republic of Moldova and Romania are invited to test their creativity in the Contest in the Field of Intellectual Property for Young People, 7th edition.
The competition is organized by the State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI), in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova, the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) and the Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA).
Traditionally, the contest is launched on April 26, on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day, whose theme announced by the World Intellectual Property Organization for 2023 is “Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity”.
The purpose of the competition is to increase the level of knowledge in the field of intellectual property, to train and strengthen the innovation and creativity skills of young people, to raise their awareness of the negative phenomena of counterfeiting and piracy, to develop the skills and competitive spirit, and also the intellectual qualities of young people.
The contest is dedicated to pupils and students from secondary (9th-12th grades), vocational, secondary and post-secondary vocational education institutions of Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
The competition will be organized in three stages, as follows:
- stage I: April 26 – June 30;
- stage II: July 1 – August 31;
- stage III (final): September 1 – October 31.
In the first stage, all participants who will fill in the registration form: https://bit.ly/3Nf1gyH will be admitted, and in the second stage, only those who answer a set of questions correctly will be selected. In the last stage, the selected participants will prepare a paper (Power Point presentation, play, interview, video, study, drawing, etc.) in the field of intellectual property, according to one of the themes selected from the List proposed by the Contest Organizers.
The evaluation of the works and the awarding of the winners will be carried out by the Organizing Committee during a summation meeting to which all the finalists of the competition will be invited. According to the regulations, the participants in the contest will be able to win attractive prizes and will have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their potential in this important field for our society.
You can find the regulations here: https://agepi.gov.md/ro/content/concurs-pi.
