a. Youth Development Fund: an economic empowerment programme that provides technical and financial assistance in the form of grants loans and capacity building. Since inception, Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five (2,875) applications have been approved, Two Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-Six (2,276) funded and Three Thousand Six Hundred and Four (3,604) employment created. b. Youth Empowerment Scheme: a life skills development programme aimed at curbing unacceptable social behaviours by youth associated with conditions such as unemployment, poverty, idleness, excessive consumption of alcohol, crime, dysfunctional families, HIV/AIDS and other health related issues. Approximately One Thousand (1000) have attended the initial two boot camps. c. Constituency Sport Tournament: This is a talent identification and sport development programme where various sporting codes competitions such as football, netball and volleyball were introduced at constituency level to curb youth from indulgence in substance abuse and criminal activities. Sixty Five Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Three (65,223) youths have so far participated in the tournaments. d. President’s Day and Constituency Art Competitions: This is an initiative aimed at encouraging the youth and artists to unearth and develop their talent through different activities such as music, dance and virtual arts to showcase culture and heritage. One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand and One (144, 001) youth have participated in the competition since 2010. The Industrial Property Act of 2010 repealed the Industrial Property Act of 1996. The repealed law made no mention of the right to ownership of traditional knowledge. The new Act, more specifically, Part XII has introduced the right to ownership of traditional knowledge. In this regard, ownership of traditional knowledge belongs to the owner of the traditional knowledge who has the right to register it either as a local traditional practitioner, an individual or a local community. Traditional knowledge is defined as an idea, knowledge, practice, use or invention, written or unwritten which, may be associated with biological diversity; is a cultural, traditional or spiritual belief or value of a group of people. In 2013, the Centre for Scientific Research, Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation in the University of Botswana conducted a consultancy in order to formulate the Natural Indigenous Knowledge Systems which resulted in the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy. 71 | P a g e

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