International cooperation:
{"Image DocumentName": "International cooperation:", "Image ImageDescription": "OMD/INTERPOL/WIPO/COMPANIES ASSOCIATION. JOINT INIZIATIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING. DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. PLANNING OF PARTICIPATIONS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT TO THE COUNTERFEITING. The World Customs Organization in partnership with Interpol and the World Intellectual Property Organization, hosted the First Global Congress on counterfeiting in Brussels in May of this year. The Congress was held in cooperation with the Global Business Leaders Alliance Against Counterfeiting (GBLAAC) and the International Security Management Association (ISMA) and other key private sector organizations. One outcome from the May Congress was the formation of a Steering Committee consisting of the above mentioned organizations. The Steering Committee was given a mandate to pursue the recommendations and ideas emanating from the Congress, develop priorities and implement remedial actions and plan the Second Global Congress scheduled for the fall of The First Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting identified an urgent need to deal more effectively with the counterfeit trade at the international, regional and national levels. The Congress concluded that the worldwide trade in counterfeit products was growing dramatically in size and scope, and was increasingly controlled by organized criminal networks. Counterfeiting now represents real threats to global security, consumer health and safety, economic development and good governance. Next International Conference in Italy is the first opportunity for the leaders of three international agencies, WCO Interpol WIPO, to get together since the May Congress, be briefed on progress made and receive a comprehensive overview of the problems counterfeiting poses for one country and how that country is reacting domestically and internationally.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}