Cosbots

COSBOTS is established as a non-profit making company, limited by guarantee, supervised by the Copyright Office under the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA). The startup capital for the set-up of COSBOTS was availed in July 2010, by the Government of Botswana through the then Ministry of Trade and Industry. The founding Board, representatives from different creative industry sectors were mandated to get COSBOTS fully operational. COSBOTS has so far significantly developed since beginning its operations, from recruitment of the CEO and employees, to undertaking several training programs provided by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), African Regional Intellectual Property Organization, (ARIPO), and Norwegian Copyright Development Agency, (NORCODE). This resulted in developing Rules and Regulations and other numerous internal policies that provided an appropriate and adequate framework for starting up operations.