Preserving CTA’s intellectual property assets

Khadar, Ibrahim. 2020. Preserving CTA’s intellectual property assets. Wageningen: CTA

In the run-up to the closure of CTA at the end of 2020, the Centre implemented a rigorous process to take stock of its intellectual legacy assets and plan for their responsible transfer, retention or disposal, in close consultation with EU and ACP stakeholders.

Eight categories of CTA’s intellectual legacy assets identified

1. Projects and related content, such as reports, articles and blogs
2. Data assets, such as farmer profiles generated by projects and held by CTA as data controller under General Data Protection Regulation rules
3. Information products, such as publications (both physical and electronic), photos and videos
4. Platforms, including CTA websites, online platforms and software and systems such as CTA’s project management system
5. Digital applications created under projects – in all cases, ownership of these resides with the project partner
6. Social media, including CTA’s corporate channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube), those associated with CTA information products (e.g. ICT Update, Spore) and those associated with CTA initiatives (e.g. Web2forDev, ARYDIS and Innov4Ag Pacific)
7. Professional networks, most of which were moderated by CTA staff
8. Brands, such as Spore, Brussels Briefing, ICT Update, Pitch AgriHack and VALUE4HER and UAV4Ag.