The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was created, inter alia, to promote the development of Intellectual Property (IP) laws appropriate to the needs of its members, establish common services and training schemes, and assist its members in the acquisition and advancement of technology and the evolving of common views on IP matters. Membership of the Organization is open to all Member States of the African Union (AU). The present members of the Organization are: Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (Total: 21 States).

ARIPO intends to undertake a review of its Staff Rules and Procedures Handbook as part of periodic employee conditions of service improvement in tandem with best practice.

Interested Consultants with a proven track record are invited to obtain the Terms of Reference (ToRs) from ARIPO by contacting the Secretariat by email at procurement@aripo.org with the reference on the subject: ATIN: 2022/04/REVIEWARIPOSTAFFRULES/05.

Deadline: Submissions of proposals shall be by email not later than 8 July 2022.

This call is not restricted to Consultants/Firms from the ARIPO Member States.