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
11 Jul 2018	Nineth Meeting of the Research Partnership Platform on Competition and Consumer Protection	Geneva	Switzerland
11-13 Jul 2018	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, seventeenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
09-10 Jul 2018	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, third session	Geneva	Switzerland
11-12 Apr 2018	UNCTAD Trains ECOWAS Member States on Consumer Protection (UNIDO/EU Programme)	Lomé	Togo
26-27 Mar 2018	Séminaire national de sensibilisation sur la promotion de la concurrence et la protection des consommateurs en république du Congo	Brazzaville	Congo
21-23 Mar 2018	ICN 2018 - International Competition Network Annual Conference	New Delhi	India
20 Mar 2018	Seminar on Financial Consumer Protection	Mumbai	India
19 Mar 2018	International Conference on Competition and Development	New Delhi	India
27-28 Feb 2018	UNCTAD in the Eurasian Antitrust Forum 2018	Almaty	Kazakhstan
25-28 Feb 2018	UNCTAD MENA programme Regional Training Workshop on Consumer Protection Policy. Opening of the UNCTAD MENA Egypt's Regional Training Centre for Consumer Protection in Cairo.	Cairo	Egypt

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News

15 March 2018Consumer rights are a cornerstone of inclusive development

World Consumer Rights Day provides the opportunity to reflect on the role of consumer protection in our efforts to end poverty in an economy that is increasingly digital.

27 February 2018Consumer protection in the Middle East and North Africa supported by new Cairo training centre

UNCTAD and the Egyptian government come together to open a training centre for regional consumer protection officials.

07 February 2018Brazil joins UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme

The permanent mission of Brazil presented the letter of Mr. Alexandre Barreto de Souza, President of CADE, Brazil's Competition Authority on 16 January, requesting his accession to UNCTAD's COMPAL Program.

27 October 2017Collective effort needed to protect consumers in data fueled economy, UNCTAD SG says

India and other Asian countries must work collectively to protect consumers in a global economy increasingly fueled by data, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has today told a global event in New Delhi on empowering consumers in new markets.