6. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGIC AREAS The cross-cutting nature of the intellectual property system means that it must be incorporated into all areas of the country’s social, economic, scientific and cultural life. Correctly applied and used, it will invigorate all sectors and stimulate creativity, innovation and progress in Mozambique. There is an urgent need to take immediate action to improve the dissemination of IP and its gradual incorporation into all sectors. In the medium term it will be necessary to lay the foundations for ensuring that training, at all levels, encourages the promotion of ideas and that economic agents add value to their products by incorporating IP into production, as well as creating a body of intangible property. In short, there is a need to create an intellectual property culture in Mozambique. The main strategic areas in which concrete action will be undertaken to galvanize the IP system in Mozambique have been identified as follows: • Dissemination; • Education; • Scientific and technological research; • Innovation and competitiveness in industry; • Traditional knowledge and biodiversity; • Creativity and development of the cultural industry; • Administration of the intellectual property system. 6.1. Dissemination of intellectual property In parallel, all government sectors need to understand and take on board the importance of intellectual property for stimulating economic, cultural, scientific and technological development. An understanding of the fundamental importance of intellectual property will result in its being incorporated into governmental activities that involve IP and will create the conditions for the strategic use of intellectual property for the benefit of the country. It will, moreover, allow greater safeguarding of intellectual property rights by the relevant institutions, such as the judicial system, the police and customs.