Alejandro Roca Campana
The main responsibility of Mr. Roca Campana consists of advising and coordinating the programs related to the creation and development of global infrastructure in the field of industrial property, as well as to the strengthening of international cooperation for IP Offices infrastructure modernization, and development, access and dissemination of information contained in global data bases on industrial property and common platforms for the exchange of IP data and information. He is also in charge of the implementation of various projects related to the access search and development tools for the analysis of information and South South Cooperation in the field of intellectual property.
In 1991, he joined WIPO as Program Officer, and subsequently held the positions of
Senior Program Officer, Senior Counselor and Deputy Director of the Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean until 2000.
Since May 2002 until December 2009, he served as Director of the Development Cooperation Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. During this period, Mr. Roca Campana was responsible for and coordinated and carried out all technical assistance programs related to capacity building, institutional modernization and the implementation of strategies for the development of intellectual property systems in the field of intellectual property (industrial property and copyright and related rights) at national and regional levels in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has undertaken numerous advisory missions to the Government of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the field of IP modernization and development of IP systems and participated as lecturer in seminars, symposia, workshops and high level governmental and expert meetings in the field of intellectual property organized by WIPO in the region.
