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LOCATION:Geneva\, Suisse
SUMMARY:Eighth Meeting of the UNCTAD Research Partnership Platform 
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DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD created the Research Partnership Platform (RPP) in 2010 
 in order to respond to current challenges in the area of competition and c
 onsumer protection through joint research and policy analysis.UNCTAD aims 
 at contributing to the formulation of appropriate policies and legislation
 \, and sharing best practices for effective law enforcement and policy des
 ign with a view to achieve sustainable development goals.RPP is an initiat
 ive that brings together researchers from research institutions\, universi
 ties\, competition authorities and civil society. It provides a platform w
 here partners can undertake joint research and other activities with UNCTA
 D\, exchange ideas and solutions to tackle the 21th century challenges in 
 the area of competition and consumer protection. UNCTAD facilitates and pr
 ovides guidance on the research and analysis undertaken by researchers wit
 hin RPP. UNCTAD aims at benefiting from research findings in its technical
  assistance and capacity building activities in developing countries and e
 conomies in transition.   Register online for this meetingDownloads:Meetin
 g Registration Guidelines EnglishMap of Palais des NationsSo far\, UNCTAD 
 has produced two joint publications under its UNCTAD Research Partnership 
 Platform Publication Series: Competitive neutrality and its application in
  selected developing countries\, and Competition law and the State: Compet
 ition laws&#039\; prohibitions of anti-competitive State acts and measures
 . These are available on UNCTAD RPP website. Currently\, there are seven o
 ngoing projects within the RPP. RPP partners come together at the margins 
 of the annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competi
 tion Law and Policy since 2010 and share their project findings and presen
 t new research proposals. During this year&#039\;s RPP meeting\, we will d
 iscuss the preliminary findings of five RPP projects and hear three resear
 ch undertaken by our partners on various issues related to consumer protec
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