Overview
WIPO's Regional Bureau for Africa (the Bureau) has the mandate to coordinate, develop, and provide technical assistance to 45 countries in the African region in furtherance of Intellectual Property (IP) policy normative frameworks. The purpose of this evaluation was formative and oriented to learning and program improvement. The evaluation assessed the bureau's processes, implementation effectiveness, and efficiency to improve the quality of implementation modalities. The evaluation sought to understand what works and what does not within the Bureau and the contributions of the program towards WIPO's advancement of development agenda priorities.