Damascus - Minister of Economy and Trade Lamia Assi underlined the necessity of an integrated system to put the inventions and creativity of inventors to good use through finding companies that utilize their inventions as to contribute to technological development.
During her meeting on Monday with the members of the Syrian Inventors Association (SIA) board of directors, Assi stressed the importance that inventions be compatible with world standards to serve the interests of the investors and inventors alike.
Minister Assi voiced willingness to offer whatever facilitations to help the Syrian inventors to exhibit their inventions, especially at al-Basel Exhibition for Creativity and Invention.
The meeting reviewed the Association's important activities in the coming phase, as well as mechanisms of cooperation and coordination with the Ministry to preserve the rights and interests of the inventors and offer help to enable them to take part in local and international exhibitions.
Ministry of Economy and Trade is set to organize, in cooperation with the Arab League, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) and the Islamic Development Bank, Al-Basel Exhibition for Creativity and Invention in July to allow the inventors to exhibit their inventions and get acquainted with Arab and foreign experiences.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2011
