Southern African Development Community
3.
State Parties shall adopt measures designed to promote eco-tourism as a means to
support the development of cultural industries.
ARTICLE 15
ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVALS
1.
State Parties shall organise, and cause to be organised, arts and cultural festivals to
pursue the ideals of regional integration.
2.
State Parties shall take such policy measures as are necessary to attract private sector
investment in festivals as well as facilitate their commercialisation in order to ensure
their viability and sustainability.
3.
State Parties shall organise joint staging during international festivals of arts and
culture.
4.
There shall be a SADC Hall of Fame.
5.
State Parties shall collaborate in providing practical support to the SADC Hall of Fame.
ARTICLE 16
COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
1.
State Parties shall collaborate in harmonising copyright and neighbouring rights
legislation within the Region.
2.
State Parties shall ensure that international obligations regarding the protection of
copyright and neighbouring rights are honoured.
3.
State Parties shall endeavour to accede to and ratify international conventions for the
protection of copyright and neighbouring rights.
4.
State Parties undertake to adopt policies and implement measures that will ensure the
protection of intellectual property rights within the Region.
5.
State Parties shall encourage and facilitate the formation of copyright societies or
associations in the interest of involving non-governmental stakeholders in matters
pertaining to the protection of copyright and intellectual property.
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