African Indigenous Knowledge System - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge
10- 11 March 2010
Gaborone Sun Hotel, Gaborone,Botswana
- The role of regional bodies (SADC, NEPAD, AFRICAN RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE) in promoting IK and its innovative models.
- Challenges of integrating IK with other knowledge systems.
- Is the SADC region ready for National IK Systems given the current political, social and economic situation?
- Promoting and protecting African minority languages in Southern Africa.
- How far will the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) protect the use and abuse , access and regulation of IK regionally?
- School Curriculum challenges in the SADC: How far are we and what has been achieved so far?
- Women, IKS and the Millenium Development Goals.
- Intellectual property protection for IKS in the SADC.