Regional Confrence

Capacity Building on Competition Policy in Select Countries of
Eastern and Southern Africa
(7Up3 Project)
March 27-28, 2006, Hilton Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Meeting Agenda

0900-0930 hrs Registration and badge collection
0930-1000 hrs Opening Session
 
  • Alemu Jotie, President, AHa Ethiopian Consumer Protection
    Association (AHaECoPA), Ethiopia
  • Harka Haroye, Chairman, Trade Practice Investigation Commission,
    Ethiopia
  • Karen Ellis, Investment Climate and Enabling Environment
    Team, DFID, UK
  • Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
1000-1300 hrs Session One Competition Scenario in project countries of Eastern and Southern Africa
1000 – 1115 hrs   – Botswana :
Monnane M Monnane, BIDPA

Presentation

–Malawi:
Maxton G Tsoka, Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi,

Presentation

–Mauritius:
Sunil Bundoo, University of Mauritius

Presentation,
Survey
I, Survey
II, Results

Chair S. L. Rao, ISEC,
India
  Floor discussion (30mins)
1115-1130 hrs TEA/COFFEE BREAK
1130-1300 hrs Session One (contd…) –
Ethiopia:
 Abebe Asamre, AHaECoPA

–Mozambique:
Alberto Bila, EJC

–Namibia:
Rehabeam Shilimela, NEPRU

–Uganda:
Shaban Sserunkuma, CONSENT

Chair S. L. Rao, ISEC,
India
  Floor discussions
(30 mins)
1300-1400 hrs LUNCH
1400-1515 Session Two Panel Discussion
on “Key Findings” from the Research on competition in E&S
African countries
  Presentation – Nitya Nanda, CUTS International (15 mins.)
  Panellists
  –
John Preston, DFID, UK

-Thula
Kaira, ZCC, Zambia

– Zablon
Ngugi Kahura, Monopolies and Prices Commission, Kenya

– David
Ong’olo, Adviser, CUTS Nairobi
Moderator CezleySampson, National Director, Energy Efficiency, Jamaica
  Floor Discussions (30 mins)
1515-1530 hrs TEA/COFFEE BREAK
PROJECT REVIEW WORKSHOP
AND THE WAY FORWARD
1530-1630hrs

Session One

 Review of Phase I
   

– Achievements
and shortcomings

     

1630-1730 hrs

Session Two

Group Discussion
on emerging recommendations and the way forward

   

Participatory discussion
between PCMU representatives, Project Partners and PAC members
 

 

  

1730 – 1800 hrs

Closing session

Workshop Wrap-up

Tuesday,
March 28, 2006

0900-1015
hrs

Session Three

Regional Perspectives
on competition policy and law in eastern and southern Africa
 

– COMESA:
Thula Kaira, ZCC, Zambia

(Paper prepared by George Lipimile, ZCC, Zambia)

– EAC: David Ong’olo, Adviser,
CUTS Nairobi, Kenya (Paper prepared by Flora Musonda, EAC,
Tanzania)

Chair

Karen Ellis,
DFID, UK
 

Floor Discussions
(30 mins)
     

1015-1145 hrs

Session One

Ensuring Competition
in the utility sector

 

Electricity

–Competition
concerns in the electricity sector in developing countries:
S L Rao, ISEC, India

-Encouraging
competition in the electricity sector in Kenya
– Ndungu Gabriel Kimani, IEA, Kenya

Telecom

– Competition
issues in the telecom sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, Cezley Sampson,
National Director, Energy Efficiency, Jamaica 
 

Chair

Zablon Ngugi
Kahura, MPC, Kenya
   

Floor discussion
(30mins)
     

1145 – 1200 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

  
     

1200-1300 hrs

Session Two

Encouraging competition
in the pharmaceutical sectors
 

– Competition
issues in the pharmaceutical sector in Mauritius,
Mosadeq Sahebdin, ICP, Mauritius

Presentation

– Competition
policy and law as a tool to deal with anti-competitive practices
in the Indian pharma sector and health delivery systems, Nitya
Nanda, CUTS International, India

 

Chair

S. L. Rao, ISEC,
India
   

Floor discussion
(30mins)
     

1300-1400 hrs

LUNCH

  
     

1400-1500 hrs

Session Three

Competition issues in
the agricultural sectors

 

Case studies:

MALAWI
– Temwa Gondwe, MEJN, Malawi

NIGERIA
– Aderibigbe S. Olomola, NISER, Nigeria
 

Chair

Thula Kaira,
Zambia Competition
Commission
   

Floor discussion
(30mins)
     

1500-1515 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK
     

1515-1700 hrs

Round Table

Promoting
a Healthy Competition Culture – How to move ahead in Africa
 

Invited
Observations

– Academia

S. L. Rao, ISEC, India

– Competition
Agency

Thula Kaira, ZCC, Zambia

Wegayehu G/Hanna, Trade Practice Investigation Commission,
Ethiopia

– Development
Partner

John Preston, DFID, UK

Menbere Tesfa, The World Bank, Ethiopia

– Civil
Society

Abiodun Babatunde Adedeji, CAMON, Nigeria

Barulaganye Mogotsi, BOCONGO, Botswana
 

Moderation and Conclusion

Pradeep
S Mehta