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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting: The role of competition law and policy in fo
 stering sustainable development and trade through the enhancement of domes
 tic and international competitiveness of developing countries
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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 1980
 \, the United Nations Conference on Restrictive Business Practices approve
 d the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the 
 Control of Restrictive Business Practices (the so called &quot\;UN Set on 
 Competition Policy&quot\;)\, a multilateral agreement providing a set of e
 quitable rules for the control of anti-competitive practices\, recognizes 
 the development dimension of competition law and policy\, and provides a f
 ramework for international operation and exchange of best practices.As ack
 nowledged by the Accra Accord (paragraph 104)\, UNCTAD is the focal point 
 for work on competition policy and related consumer welfare within the Uni
 ted Nations system. It provides a forum to member States for intergovernme
 ntal policy dialogue and consensus-building in the area of competition law
 s and policies. UNCTAD should continue to be a forum to discuss competitio
 n issues on the multilateral level\, with close linkages to existing netwo
 rks of competition authorities\, and to promote the use of competition law
  and policy as tools for achieving domestic and international competitiven
 ess.In this context\, UNCTAD is organizing an Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the
  Role of Competition Policy in Fostering Sustainable Growth and Developmen
 t\, 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.Aware 
 of the fact that growth and development depends on efforts carried out in 
 many different fields and of the close linkages between competition\, trad
 e\, IP and good governance policies\, UNCTAD has invited officials from OE
 CD\, WIPO and WTO to discuss issues including Innovation\, competitive neu
 trality and good governance policies (part I of the meeting)\, and Trade l
 iberalisation\, global value chains\, IP rights and competitive neutrality
  within trade agreements (part II).Short interventions by the four organiz
 ations on the above-mentioned themes will allow for strong debates and exc
 hanges of experiences among themselves and the delegates attending the mee
 ting\, who are kindly encouraged to actively participate in the discussion
 s./official-document/chapter-5-legal-issues-and-regulatory-developments-9\
 n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert-me
 eting-role-competition-law-and-policy-fostering-sustainable-development-an
 d
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