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SUMMARY:Tenth International Consumer Protection Forum\, COMPAL Programme
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DESCRIPTION:The Tenth Edition of the International Consumer Protection Foru
 m will be held online and in Spanish on 7 September 2021 from 3.30 to 6 p.
 m. CEST (Geneva time). \n\nIt will address two major policy issues in Lat
 in America: improving policymaking in consumer protection and consumer dat
 a protection\, successful experiences and emerging challenges. Consumer pr
 otection requires the participation of a variety of public and private ins
 titutions with an interest in consumer protection to ensure effective and 
 homogeneous protection.\n\nThe first session will share the techniques tha
 t consumer protection agencies in Latin America use to inform the formulat
 ion of public policies\, such as the behavioral insights\, surveys and stu
 dies\, and consumer profiles\, among others. The protection of consumer da
 ta is a priority for government agencies\, consumer associations and busin
 esses\, especially in the context of the digital economy. Given the rise o
 f regulations in this regard\, the second session will discuss both succes
 sful experiences and emerging challenges that consumer protection agencies
  must face.\n\nSince 2011\, UNCTAD&#039\;s COMPAL Programme has been hosti
 ng the annual International Consumer Protection Forum\, which has grown to
  be the major public forum on consumer protection issues in Latin America 
 annually gathering more than 300 participants.\n\nIt aims to provide a spa
 ce for policy makers and other relevant stakeholders such as businesses\, 
 consumer associations\, academia\, practitioners and the public at large t
 o exchange views on current and future challenges and trends to the welfar
 e of consumers. Past editions were hosted in Guayaquil\, Lima\, Santo Domi
 ngo\, Bogotá\, Cuzco\, Guanacaste\, Mendoza\, Guadalajara\, and San José
 .\n\nSince 2017\, the Forum is held jointly with the country that holds th
 e Pro Tempore Presidency of the Ibero-American Forum of Government Consume
 r Protection Agencies\, currently Portugal.\n\n                  
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 -----------\n\nUNCTAD:  Arnau Izaguerri\, Economic Affairs Officer\, Com
 petition and Consumer Policies Branch\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Tenth Edition of the
  International Consumer Protection Forum will be held online and in Spanis
 h on 7 September 2021 from 3.30 to 6 p.m. CEST (Geneva time).&amp\;nbsp\;&
 lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;It will address two major policy issues in Latin
  America: improving policymaking in consumer protection and consumer data 
 protection\, successful experiences and emerging challenges. Consumer prot
 ection requires the participation of a variety of public and private insti
 tutions with an interest in consumer protection to ensure effective and ho
 mogeneous protection.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The first session will sha
 re the techniques that consumer protection agencies in Latin America use t
 o inform the formulation of public policies\, such as the behavioral insig
 hts\, surveys and studies\, and consumer profiles\, among others. The prot
 ection of consumer data is a priority for government agencies\, consumer a
 ssociations and businesses\, especially in the context of the digital econ
 omy. Given the rise of regulations in this regard\, the second session wil
 l discuss both successful experiences and emerging challenges that consume
 r protection agencies must face.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Since 2011\, UN
 CTAD&#039\;s &lt\;span lang=&quot\;EN-GB&quot\; style=&quot\;font-size:10.
 0pt\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/tenth-intern
 ational-consumer-protection-forum-compal-programme
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