Bangkok Agenda

PROJECT FINAL REVIEW CONFERENCE
Advocacy and Capacity Building on Competition Policy and Law in Asia (7up2 Project)
27-28 June 2006
Bangkok, Thailand

AGENDA

TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2006

0830-0900 hrs	Registration and badge collection
0900-0945 hrs	Opening Session
	Siripol Yodmuangchareon, Director General of the Department of Internal Trade, Thailand – Welcome speech Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International – Opening remarks Jean-Michel Jordan, Humanitarian Coordinator for Southeast Asia, Swiss Embassy in Thailand Karen Ellis, Investment, Competition & Business Development Services Team, DFID,UK Dinh T. My Loan, Director General, Competition Administration Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam Philippe Brusick, Head, Competition and Consumer Policy Branch, UNCTAD
0945-1045 hrs	Session One	Competition Policy and Its Relationship to Development: The Asian Experiences
	*Deunden Nikomborirak* (TDRI, Thailand) – Competition Policy and Its Relationship to Development: An Overview of the Linkages Marc Proksch (UNESCAP) – Competition Policy and Cross-border Investment: An Asian Perspective *Douglas Brooks* (ADB) – Competition Policy and Development: Evidence from the Asian Region
	Chair	Le Dang Doanh, MPI, Vietnam
1045-1100 hrs	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
1100-1230 hrs	Session Two	Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries
	*Le Dang Doanh* (MPI, Vietnam) – Why Should a Developing Economy Adopt a Competition Policy and Law? – The Case of Vietnam *Leeber Leebouapao*(NERI, Lao PDR) – Lao PDR: How Would a Small Landlocked Least Developed Economy Embrace Competition Policy and Law?
	Chair	Dinh T. My Loan, Competition Administration Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam
1230-1400 hrs	LUNCH
1400-1530 hrs	Session Two	Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries
	*Atiur Rahman* (Unnayan Shamannay, Bangladesh) – Would Competition Policy Promote Pro-Poor Development in a Least-Developed Economy? – The Case of Bangladesh *Bharath Jairaj* (CAG, India) – India’s New Competition Regime: Competition Policy in a Large-Emerging Economy
	Chair	S. Chakravarthy, CUTS C-CIER, India
1530-1545 hrs	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
1545-1715 hrs	Session Two	Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries
	*Nuth Monyrath* (EIC, Cambodia) – Cambodia At the Threshold of International Integration and Economic Reform: Is Competition Policy and Law Needed? *DhrubeshChandra Regmi* (SAWTEE, Nepal) – Promoting Competition Policy and Law for Development in a Least Developed Economy: Insights from Nepal
	Chair	John Preston, DFID, UK

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2005

0900-1030 hrs	Session Three	Competition Policy and Regional Integration
	*Philippe Brusick* – Competition Policy & RTAs: An Overview **Erlinda Medalla – Competition Policy Issues in the ASEAN Context Malathy Knight John**– Competition Policy Issues in Regional Cooperation Arrangements: The Case of SAARC and BIMSTEC
	Chair	Sitesh Bhojani, Australia
1030-1045 hrs	TEA/COFFEE BREAK

1045-1200 hrs	Session Four	Capacity Building and International Cooperation on Competition Policy
	*John Preston* – International Cooperation and Capacity Building on Competition: DFID Experiences *Patrick Krauskopf* – International Cooperation and Capacity Building on Competition: A Swiss Perspective *Pradeep S Mehta* – Trilateral Development Cooperation: An Emerging Trend
Chair	Karen Ellis, DFID, UK
1200-1330 hrs	LUNCH

1330-1700 hrs	WORKSHOP ON PROJECT EVALUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD
1330-1400 hrs	*Alice Pham* – Project Progress, Achievements and Lessons Learnt *Nitya Nanda* – Competition Scenario in Select Asian Developing Countries – A Synthesis Report
1400-1430 hrs
1430-1445 hrs	TEA/COFFEE BREAK
1445-1630	Roundtable discussion on The Way Forward as the Closing Session
	Chair	Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International