Draft Plan for APEC Training Program on Competition Policy

Submitted by Japan

1 Date

August 6^th to 8^th in 2002

3 days

2 Venue

Bangkok/ Thailand

3 Participants

Approximately 40∼60 competition policy experts

- 2∼3 experts, mainly from government authorities, from each member economy

- Lecturers/Speakers from government authorities, international organizations and academia

Expenditure such as Per Diem, airfare for Lecturers/Speakers and experts from each of the following developing member economy will be covered by APEC/TILF fund

- Two experts : DAC List Part Ⅰ

- One expert : DAC List Part Ⅱ

4 Objectives and Topics

The main objective of this Program is to implement “APEC Principles to Enhance Competition and Regulatory Reform”. To achieve this objective, the Training Program “provides technical co-operation and assistance, and builds capacity especially in developing economies by better utilizing the accumulated APEC knowledge and expertise on competition policy and regulatory reform”, mainly focusing on competition policy.

Proposed main topics to be discussed in the 2002 Training Program are:

- Competition Advocacy

- Capacity Building for Effective Enforcement

5 Agenda

Date	Time	Schedule
1^st day (August 6^th)	AM	PLENARY SESSION
		Opening remarks
		Key notes speech1 Competition law/policy and industry policy for development
		Key notes speech2 Latest development of international competition law/policy
	PM	SMALL GROUP 1 Competition Advocacy		SMALL GROUP 2 Capacity Building for Effective Enforcement
		Session 1 Competition policy advocacy and institutional environment		Session 1 Empowering capacity for merger regulation
2^nd day (August 7^th)	AM	Session 2 Competition policy advocacy and institutional environment	Session 2 Empowering capacity to combat cartels
	PM
3^rd day (August 8^th)	AM	Session 3 Supporting competition institutions	Session 3 International anti-competitive practices and international cooperation
	PM	PLENARY SESSION
		Moderator’s summary presentation
		Evaluation and review of the Program

6 Small Group Session

(1) All participants will be divided into two small groups. (namely, the group of “Competition Advocacy” and the group of “Effective law enforcement”)

(2) Among participants, the moderator for each small group will be designated by the project overseers. The moderators are expected to manage group discussion and to make a summary presentation in the last day.

(3) Each of participants will make a presentation in accordance with the session topic, and discussion will follow the presentation. The amount of time that is spent on each set of presentation and discussion will be one hour.

Tentative Plan for APEC Training Program on Competition Policy

○ Tentative Schedule for All Programs

	Date	Host Economy	Main Theme
Program First	Aug, 2002	Thailand	1 Competition Advocacy and Institutional Environment 2 Capacity Building for Effective Enforcement - merger - cartel - unfair trade practices
Program Second	Mar, 2003	Vietnam	・ Mergers (including detailed measures for investigation) ・ Competition Policy Development etc
Program Third	Nov, 2003	Interested Economy (TBD)	・ Cartels (including detailed measures for investigation) ・ Competition Policy Development etc
Program Fourth	Mar, 2004	Thailand or Interested Economy	・ TBD
Program Fifth	Nov, 2004	Interested Economy	・ TBD

(Note)

・    The First Program will discuss general topics.

・ The purpose of the Second – Third Programs is to exchange information on each economy’s investigation measures and to share respective experiences by providing detailed themes on mergers and cartels.

・ The main themes of the Forth and Fifth Program will be discussed and decided later, based on the evaluation of the earlier Programs

○ Participants

Approximately 40∼60 competition policy experts

- 2∼3 experts, mainly from government authorities, from each member economy

- Lecturers/Speakers from government authorities, international organizations and academia

○ Cost for implementing the training programs in 2003

The total cost: $ 204,220

Amount being sought from APEC TILF Fund: $ 181,220