BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad7970b56f45 DTSTART:20140707T030000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20140707T030000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Suiza SUMMARY:Reunión Ad Hoc de Expertos: El papel de las leyes y las políticas de competencia en la promoción del comercio y el desarrollo sostenible\, a través de la mejora de la competitividad interna e internacional de lo s países en desarrollo CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Competition policy refers to government policy to preserve or p romote competition among market players and to promote other government po licies and processes that enable a competitive environment develop. In 198 0\, the United Nations Conference on Restrictive Business Practices approv ed the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (the so called "\;UN Set on Competition Policy"\;)\, a multilateral agreement providing a set of equitable rules for the control of anti-competitive practices\, recognizes the development dimension of competition law and policy\, and provides a framework for international operation and exchange of best practices. As a cknowledged by the Accra Accord (paragraph 104)\, UNCTAD is the focal poin t for work on competition policy and related consumer welfare within the U nited Nations system. It provides a forum to member States for intergovern mental policy dialogue and consensus-building in the area of competition l aws and policies. UNCTAD should continue to be a forum to discuss competit ion issues on the multilateral level\, with close linkages to existing net works of competition authorities\, and to promote the use of competition l aw and policy as tools for achieving domestic and international competitiv eness.In this context\, UNCTAD is organizing an Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on t he Role of Competition Policy in Fostering Sustainable Growth and Developm ent\, to be held in Geneva (Palais des Nations\, Room XVII) on Monday July 7 2014\, preceding the 14th session of the IGE on Competition Policy.Awar e of the fact that growth and development depends on efforts carried out i n many different fields and of the close linkages between competition\, tr ade\, IP and good governance policies\, UNCTAD has invited officials from OECD\, WIPO and WTO to discuss issues including Innovation\, competitive n eutrality and good governance policies (part I of the meeting)\, and Trade liberalisation\, global value chains\, IP rights and competitive neutrali ty within trade agreements (part II). Short interventions by the four orga nizations on the above-mentioned themes will allow for strong debates and exchanges of experiences among themselves and the delegates attending the meeting\, who are kindly encouraged to actively participate in the discuss ions./official-document/chapter-5-legal-issues-and-regulatory-developments -9\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/reunion-ad-ho c-de-expertos-el-papel-de-las-leyes-y-las-politicas-de-competencia-en-la DTSTAMP:20261020T163003Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR