BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa5c747274cf DTSTART:20221201T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221201T110000Z LOCATION:Libreville\, Gabon SUMMARY:Kick-off of the Voluntary Peer Review on Consumer Protection Law an d Policy of Gabon CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Republic of Gabon volunteered to undertake UNCTAD’s Volun tary Peer Review on Consumer Protection Law and Policy. \n\nThese reviews provide an external and independent assessment of the effectiveness of co nsumer protection law and policy\; identify the challenges to be addressed and areas to be improved in the legal and institutional frameworks\, ther eby contributing to enhancing quality\, efficiency and consumer protection regimes\; assess the consumer protection awareness of relevant stakeholde rs and their contributions in this area\; formulate and recommend appropri ate measures\, designed in consideration of the economic and developmental particularities of each country\, to address these challenges\; and assis t countries in implementing the recommendations by developing a capacity-b uilding project in consultation with the country concerned.\n\nGabon will officially launch its review in a public event on 1 December 2022 in the A RAMBO Auditorium in Libreville. The event will gather government official s\, industry representatives\, consumer groups and academia to raise aware ness about this exercise among all interested stakeholders and encourage t he improvement of national policies and enforcement mechanism.\n\nGabon’ s review will also encompass a series of interviews in Libreville from 26 November to 2 December to collect information on the legal and institution al frameworks in the country. A background report will follow.\n\nThe Peer Review will be held at the seventh session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy on 3 and 4 July 2023.\n\ nList of Speakers\n•    H.E. Ms. Nicole Jeanine Lydie Roboty épouse Mbou\, Minister of Economy\n•    Ms. Savina Ammassari\, United Nation s Resident Coordinator (tbc)\n•    Mr. Henri Claude Oyima\, Chairman and Director General of the BGFI Bank Group\, Chairman of the Gabonese \n      Business Federation\n•    Mr. Ibrahim Tsendjiet Mboulou\, Cha irman of the Gabonese Consumer Association\n•    Mr. Arnau Izaguerri\ , Economic Affairs Officer\, Competition and Consumer Policies\, UNCTAD\n  \n<\;p>\;The Republic of Gabon volunteered to undertake UNCTAD’s V oluntary Peer Review on Consumer Protection Law and Policy.&\;nbsp\;< \;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;These reviews provide an external and independent assessment of the effectiveness of consumer protection law and policy\; id entify the challenges to be addressed and areas to be improved in the lega l and institutional frameworks\, thereby contributing to enhancing quality \, efficiency and consumer protection regimes\; assess the consumer protec tion awareness of relevant stakeholders and their contributions in this ar ea\; formulate and recommend appropriate measures\, designed in considerat ion of the economic and developmental particularities of each country\, to address these challenges\; and assist countries in implementing the recom mendations by developing a capacity-building project in consultation with the country concerned.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Gabon will officially lau nch its review in a public event on 1 December 2022 in the ARAMBO Auditori um in Libreville.&\;nbsp\;The event will gather government officials\, industry representatives\, consumer groups and academia to raise awareness about this exercise among all interested stakeholders and encourage the i mprovement of national policies and enforcement mechanism.<\;/p>\;\n\n <\;p>\;Gabon’s review will also encompass a series of interviews in Libreville from 26 November to 2 December to collect information on the le gal and institutional frameworks in the country. A background report will follow.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Peer Review will be held at the seve nth session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protecti on Law and Policy on 3 and 4 July 2023.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;str ong>\;<\;u>\;List of Speakers<\;/u>\;<\;/strong>\;<\;br /& gt\;\n•&\;nbsp\;&\;nbsp\; &\;nbsp\;H.E. Ms. Nicole Jeanine Lydi e Roboty épouse Mbou\, Minister of Economy<\;br />\;\n•&\;nbsp\; &\;nbsp\; &\;nbsp\;Ms. Savina Ammassari\, United Nations Resident Co ordinator (tbc)<\;br />\;\n•&\;nbsp\;&\;nbsp\; &\;nbsp\;Mr. Henri Claude Oyima\, Chairman and Director General of the BGFI Bank Group \, Chairman of the Gabonese&\;nbsp\;<\;br />\;\n&\;nbsp\; &\; nbsp\; &\;nbsp\;Business Federation<\;br />\;\n•&\;nbsp\;&\ ;nbsp\; &\;nbsp\;Mr. Ibrahim Tsendjiet Mboulou\, Chairman of the Gabone se Consumer Association<\;br />\;\n•&\;nbsp\;&\;nbsp\; &\;n bsp\;Mr. Arnau Izaguerri\, Economic Affairs Officer\, Competition and Cons umer Policies\, UNCTAD<\;br />\;\n&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView m eeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/kick-voluntary-peer-revie w-consumer-protection-law-and-policy-gabon DTSTAMP:20260912T214231Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR