BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8c347c1d39b DTSTART:20251119T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251119T130000Z LOCATION:Tirana International Hotel\, Albania SUMMARY:Competition compliance in Albania: Launching the competition compli ance manuals CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:To support Albania’s efforts to strengthen its economic gover nance and promote a culture of fair competition\, the Albanian Competition Authority (CAA)\, in collaboration with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) \, is launching a set of Competition Compliance Manuals tailored to the ne eds of key economic actors: business associations\, telecommunications ope rators\, and health sector providers. These resources provide practical gu idance to help businesses and institutions identify competition risks\, pr event infringements\, and build trust with regulators\, investors\, and co nsumers.This project is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affair s (SECO).  This two-day event will bring together government officers\, p rivate-sector actors\, regulators\, and international experts to explore h ow compliance can be a driver of integrity\, resilience\, and competitiven ess in the Albanian economy. Participants will engage in interactive works hops with real-life sector scenarios\, strategic guidance\, and policy dis cussion.Day 1: Business associations play a vital role in Albania’s econ omy — but collective activities can inadvertently create risks such as p rice coordination\, sharing commercially sensitive information\, or market allocation. This first day will focus on building responsible governance practices within associations\, ensuring that cooperation among members s upports innovation and growth rather than collusion. The workshop will in troduce the Competition Compliance Manual for Business Associations\, offe ring practical tools and red-flag detection to help associations guide the ir members\, strengthen trust with regulators\, and protect the business e nvironment from harmful conduct.  Day 2: Telecommunications and health ar e strategic sectors with high consumer impact and complex regulatory frame works. This day will address sector-specific risks\, including anti-compe titive pricing and access issues in telecommunications markets\, as well a s bid rigging\, coordination on services\, and the misuse of exclusive rig hts in health procurement. Through interactive case scenarios\, participa nts will apply the guidance from the competition compliance manuals for te lecommunications operators and for the health sector. Competition lenienc y programme of Albania This video shows the competition leniency programm e proposed by the Albanian Competition Authority. It was prepared under th e UNCTAD technical cooperation project to foster competition law and polic y\, and competition culture in Albania.<\;p>\;To support Albania’s e fforts to strengthen its economic governance and promote a culture of fair competition\, the Albanian Competition Authority (CAA)\, in collaboration with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, is launching a set of Competitio n Compliance Manuals tailored to the needs of key economic actors: busines s associations\, telecommunications operators\, and health sector provider s. These resources provide practical guidance to help businesses and insti tutions identify competition risks\, prevent infringements\, and build tru st with regulators\, investors\, and consumers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This project is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm ent (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). &a mp\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This two-day event will bring together go vernment officers\, private-sector actors\, regulators\, and international experts to explore how compliance can be a driver of integrity\, resilien ce\, and competitiveness in the Albanian economy. Participants will engage in interactive workshops with real-life sector scenarios\, strategic guid ance\, and policy discussion.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Day 1: Business assoc iations play a vital role in Albania’s economy — but collective activi ties can inadvertently create risks such as price coordination\, sharing c ommercially sensitive information\, or market allocation.&\;nbsp\;<\; /h4>\;<\;p>\;This first day will focus on building responsible gover nance practices within associations\, ensuring that cooperation among memb ers supports innovation and growth rather than collusion.&\;nbsp\;<\; /p>\;<\;p>\;The workshop will introduce the Competition Compliance M anual for Business Associations\, offering practical tools and red-flag de tection to help associations guide their members\, strengthen trust with r egulators\, and protect the business environment from harmful conduct. &am p\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Day 2: Telecommunications and health are strategic sectors with high consumer impact and complex regulatory framewo rks.&\;nbsp\;<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;This day will address sector-speci fic risks\, including anti-competitive pricing and access issues in teleco mmunications markets\, as well as bid rigging\, coordination on services\, and the misuse of exclusive rights in health procurement.&\;nbsp\;<\ ;/p>\;<\;p>\;Through interactive case scenarios\, participants will apply the guidance from the competition compliance manuals for telecommuni cations operators and for the health sector.<\;br>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/ p>\;<\;h4>\;Competition leniency programme of Albania<\;/h4>\;&l t\;drupal-media data-entity-type="\;media"\; data-entity-uuid=&quo t\;cf3850b9-2a84-4eb3-97fd-469e1f842f41"\; data-align="\;center\n\ nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/competition-compli ance-albania-launching-competition-compliance-manuals DTSTAMP:20260824T120932Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8c347c1d3ed DTSTART:20251120T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251120T130000Z LOCATION:Tirana International Hotel\, Albania SUMMARY:Competition compliance in Albania: Launching the competition compli ance manuals CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:To support Albania’s efforts to strengthen its economic gover nance and promote a culture of fair competition\, the Albanian Competition Authority (CAA)\, in collaboration with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) \, is launching a set of Competition Compliance Manuals tailored to the ne eds of key economic actors: business associations\, telecommunications ope rators\, and health sector providers. These resources provide practical gu idance to help businesses and institutions identify competition risks\, pr event infringements\, and build trust with regulators\, investors\, and co nsumers.This project is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affair s (SECO).  This two-day event will bring together government officers\, p rivate-sector actors\, regulators\, and international experts to explore h ow compliance can be a driver of integrity\, resilience\, and competitiven ess in the Albanian economy. Participants will engage in interactive works hops with real-life sector scenarios\, strategic guidance\, and policy dis cussion.Day 1: Business associations play a vital role in Albania’s econ omy — but collective activities can inadvertently create risks such as p rice coordination\, sharing commercially sensitive information\, or market allocation. This first day will focus on building responsible governance practices within associations\, ensuring that cooperation among members s upports innovation and growth rather than collusion. The workshop will in troduce the Competition Compliance Manual for Business Associations\, offe ring practical tools and red-flag detection to help associations guide the ir members\, strengthen trust with regulators\, and protect the business e nvironment from harmful conduct.  Day 2: Telecommunications and health ar e strategic sectors with high consumer impact and complex regulatory frame works. This day will address sector-specific risks\, including anti-compe titive pricing and access issues in telecommunications markets\, as well a s bid rigging\, coordination on services\, and the misuse of exclusive rig hts in health procurement. Through interactive case scenarios\, participa nts will apply the guidance from the competition compliance manuals for te lecommunications operators and for the health sector. Competition lenienc y programme of Albania This video shows the competition leniency programm e proposed by the Albanian Competition Authority. It was prepared under th e UNCTAD technical cooperation project to foster competition law and polic y\, and competition culture in Albania.<\;p>\;To support Albania’s e fforts to strengthen its economic governance and promote a culture of fair competition\, the Albanian Competition Authority (CAA)\, in collaboration with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, is launching a set of Competitio n Compliance Manuals tailored to the needs of key economic actors: busines s associations\, telecommunications operators\, and health sector provider s. These resources provide practical guidance to help businesses and insti tutions identify competition risks\, prevent infringements\, and build tru st with regulators\, investors\, and consumers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This project is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm ent (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). &a mp\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This two-day event will bring together go vernment officers\, private-sector actors\, regulators\, and international experts to explore how compliance can be a driver of integrity\, resilien ce\, and competitiveness in the Albanian economy. Participants will engage in interactive workshops with real-life sector scenarios\, strategic guid ance\, and policy discussion.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Day 1: Business assoc iations play a vital role in Albania’s economy — but collective activi ties can inadvertently create risks such as price coordination\, sharing c ommercially sensitive information\, or market allocation.&\;nbsp\;<\; /h4>\;<\;p>\;This first day will focus on building responsible gover nance practices within associations\, ensuring that cooperation among memb ers supports innovation and growth rather than collusion.&\;nbsp\;<\; /p>\;<\;p>\;The workshop will introduce the Competition Compliance M anual for Business Associations\, offering practical tools and red-flag de tection to help associations guide their members\, strengthen trust with r egulators\, and protect the business environment from harmful conduct. &am p\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Day 2: Telecommunications and health are strategic sectors with high consumer impact and complex regulatory framewo rks.&\;nbsp\;<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;This day will address sector-speci fic risks\, including anti-competitive pricing and access issues in teleco mmunications markets\, as well as bid rigging\, coordination on services\, and the misuse of exclusive rights in health procurement.&\;nbsp\;<\ ;/p>\;<\;p>\;Through interactive case scenarios\, participants will apply the guidance from the competition compliance manuals for telecommuni cations operators and for the health sector.<\;br>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/ p>\;<\;h4>\;Competition leniency programme of Albania<\;/h4>\;&l t\;drupal-media data-entity-type="\;media"\; data-entity-uuid=&quo t\;cf3850b9-2a84-4eb3-97fd-469e1f842f41"\; data-align="\;center\n\ nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/competition-compli ance-albania-launching-competition-compliance-manuals DTSTAMP:20260824T120932Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR