UNCTAD | Competition Law and Consumer Protection Policy

Competition Law and Consumer Protection Policy

The objective of UNCTAD's work on competition and consumer policies is to ensure that partner countries enjoy the benefits of increased competition, open and contestable markets, private sector investment in key sectors and ultimately that consumers achieve improved welfare.

The Competition and Consumer Policies Programme services the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition Law and Policy and the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy annually, undertakes competition policy peer reviews, publishes the UNCTAD Model law on competition and the Handbook on competition legislation and implements sector specific and economy-wide competition and consumer policies reforms that create a level playing field amongst companies and consumers, increasing the effectiveness of antitrust and consumer protection policies.

The highest intergovernmental body is the United Nations review Conferences to Review the Set on Competition policy which is held every five years.

The Research Partnership Platform work stream are circulated and feed into to the IGE and inform their discussions.

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Events and Meetings

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
09-10 Nov 2017	BRICS Competition Conference on International Cooperation and Competition Policy	Brasilia	Brazil
07 Nov 2017	Digital Justice for Consumers	Oxford	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
25-26 Oct 2017	First Regional Conference on Consumer Protection in New Delhi, India	New Delhi	India
12-13 Oct 2017	UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme organizes the VII Working Group on Trade and Competition in San Salvador, El Salvador	San Salvador	El Salvador
11 Oct 2017	Conference on E-commerce and the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection	San Salvador	El Salvador
05 Oct 2017	Boosting Confidence in E-commerce: Delivering Dispute Resolution for Consumers	Geneva	Switzerland
26-27 Sep 2017	Brainstorming Meeting on the ASEAN Research Centre for Competition	Manila	Philippines
19-21 Sep 2017	The Russian Competition Week	Veliky Novgorod	Russian Federation
19-20 Sep 2017	UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme organizes the 7th International Consumer Protection Forum in Mendoza, Argentina	Mendoza	Argentina
07 Sep 2017	The 10th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy	Denpasar Bali	Indonesia

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News

10 April 2015Competition and consumer protection fact-finding missions to the Middle East and North Africa region

UNCTAD organized fact-finding visits to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon from 16 to 25 March, in order to assess the national and regional needs of the countries benefiting from UNCTAD's COMPAL MENA programme.

31 March 2015COMPAL III launched in Peru

The third phase of UNCTAD's technical assistance programme on competition and consumer protection policies for Latin America (COMPAL III), funded by SECO Switzerland, was launched at the GLOBAL COMPAL Annual Conference in Lima, Peru on 6 March.

02 March 2015UNCTAD supports Nicaraguan Competition Authority to promote competition advocacy

UNCTAD and the Nicaraguan Competition Authority, PROCOMPETENCIA, organized a workshop for central government officials and Parliamentarians related to state owned enterprises and the coherence of competition policy with other public policies.

27 February 2015Sectorial regulation and competition law enforcement in Nicaragua

The vital links between competition law enforcement and regulation were highlighted during a workshop for sectorial regulators organized by UNCTAD and the National Competition Agency of Nicaragua on 19 February 2015.

12 February 2015UNCTAD organizes training courses on competition in Zimbabwe under the Trade and Private Sector Development Project - A programme funded by the EU

Within the framework of the Trade and Private Sector Development Project financed by the European Union (EU), and in cooperation with the University of Zimbabwe and Competition and Tariff Commission, UNCTAD organized three training courses on competition in Harare between 2 and 13 February 2015.

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