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LOCATION:Saint-Petersburg\, Russian Federation
SUMMARY:Russian Competition Day and a celebration of the  50th anniversary 
 of UNCTAD
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The The Russian Competition Day will take place in Saint-Peters
 burg from 6-11 September 2014.As part of this 3-day event\, the Federal An
 timonopoly Service (FAS) will hold a special session to celebrate UNCTAD&#
 039\;s 50th Anniversary and to explore ways to strengthen cooperation betw
 een Russia and UNCTAD. The Russian Competition Day represents a unique op
 portunity for UNCTAD to strengthen the fruitful cooperation with FAS and t
 o follow-up on the developments that have taken place since the Intergover
 nmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy (IGE) in July 2014.
 At the IGE 2014\, UNCTAD and FAS held a bilateral meeting where FAS reques
 ted UNCTAD to create:A Sectoral Databases in the framework of the Internat
 ional Working Groups\, co-chaired by the FAS RussiaA Regional Database on 
 Information Exchange between Competition Authorities of CIS countriesIn th
 is context\, negotiations are underway between the FAS Russia and UNCTAD t
 o sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the Sphere of Competition Policy.T
 he Russian Competition Day&quot\; will provide a platform to discuss curre
 nt issues on competition and to share experiences in implementation of nov
 el approaches to competition policy\, practices and enforcement.UNCTAD wil
 l participate in two events on 8 September:11:00-13:00 hrs. - Roundtable: 
 Russia-UNCTAD: enhancing cooperation14.30-17.00 hrs. - Plenary Session: Mo
 dern Aspects of Competition PolicyDuring the Plenary Session\, UNCTAD will
  deliver a presentation on Independence and Accountability of Competition 
 Agencies\, as well as formally present a Demo version of the UNCTAD Databa
 se on Competition cases\, which will serve the basis for the creation of a
  &quot\;sectoral Database&quot\; that will be used for the International W
 orking Group co-chaired by FAS Russia.The event will bring together repres
 entatives of the Federal State Authorities of the Russian Federation and r
 egional authorities\, including the Central and Regional Offices of the FA
 S Russia\, legal and business practitioners\, high-ranking officials from 
 foreign Competition Authorities and International Organisations such as OE
 CD and UNCTAD.UNCTAD will share its current work of Competition\, in parti
 cular:A presentation of the UNCTAD Secretariat Report on Independence and 
 Accountability of Competition AgenciesA presentation of the COMPAL GLOBAL 
 ProgrammeA presentation of the UNCTAD Database on Competition Cases\, with
  the possibility to include a &quot\;DEMO&quot\; in Russian languageFinali
 sation of a draft text for a MOU between UNCTAD and Russia on Cooperation 
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