Over recent years, the government has endeavored to lay the foundations for an intellectual property system in the country, consisting essentially of the following: a) The creation of a national legal and institutional framework; b) Accession to the main international instruments relating to intellectual property; and c) Accession to the main regional and international organizations active in this sphere. This, then, is the background to the Intellectual Property Strategy, a document setting guidelines for the actions to be undertaken in order to set up an intellectual property system as a tool for stimulating progress in Mozambique.