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Competition Advocacy

July 12th, 2015

In June, the World Bank celebrated the award-winning stories from the 2014-2015 Competition Advocacy Contest organized by the World Bank Group in collaboration with the International Competition Network (ICN).  Check out the winners here.

Update: Hungary

July 7th, 2015

The Hungarian GVH recently used an improved methodology to quantify the benefits of its activities. Read about it here.

The Portuguese Competition Authority will host the IV Lisbon Conference on 22-23 October 2015. The program of the conference includes panels on leniency and other means of detecting cartels, restrictions by object and by effect, public procurement, and innovative technologies and business models. The IV Lisbon Conference will also examine common issues for competition authorities […]

Did you know? Singapore

May 27th, 2015

Among its many educational resources, the Competition Commission of Singapore offers an online e-learning module about Singapore’s Competition Act titled “Competing on Merit.”

Did You Know? Sweden

May 19th, 2015

The Swedish Competition Authority is the supervisory body for public procurement in Sweden. It offers extensive online resources that include the fundamental principles for public procurement and common features of public procurement.

The sharing economy: US

May 13th, 2015

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on June 9 to explore issues relating to emerging internet peer-to-peer platforms—often called the “sharing” economy—and the economic activity these platforms facilitate. The workshop will examine competition, consumer protection, and economic issues arising in the sharing economy to promote more informed analysis of its competitive dynamics […]

Compliance – Japan

May 9th, 2015

Read the JFTC’s press release about Compliance Efforts of Japanese Companies for Foreign Competition Laws.

Update: New Zealand

May 1st, 2015

Find out more about the Competition Commission of New Zealand’s upcoming 2015 Competition Matters conference in July.

On 19-20 March 2015 the Italian Competition Authority and the World Intellectual Property Organization jointly organized an “International Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry” on the premises of the Authority in Rome. Materials are available here.

Awareness: Hong Kong

April 7th, 2015

See the Hong Kong Competition Commission’s educational and training awareness materials (including videos) here. http://www.compcomm.hk/en/usefulresources_competition.html http://www.compcomm.hk/en/advertisements_publicity_videos.html