African Indigenous Knowledge Systems - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge - Gaborone Sun Hotel

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.