The Austrian Competition Authority is now online with a new English Website.  Click here to visit this new site.

  Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies. Chile Russia US DOJ US FTC EU Nordic Cooperation Japan Canada Brazil Australia

Many agencies dedicate space on their homepage to the latest news and updates, here are a few samples: Colombia El Salvador Fiji Finland France Iceland Japan Korea Lithuania Pakistan Singapore Slovakia Taiwan Ukraine

  The New Zealand Commerce Commission has a new website. View it here. Read about their international relations here.

  Using the media is an effective way to educate the public. If people see the benefits of competition authorities’ actions in the media, they will gain a better understanding of the role competition policy plays. Here is a presentation of “A Reporter’s View on Covering Competition Policy” from the 2003 ICN Annual conference. This […]

  The Turkish Competition Authority hosted the ninth Annual Conference of the ICN from April 27-29, 2010. Five hundred delegates, representing more than 80 competition agencies, and over 100 NGAs from the legal, business, consumer, and academic communities, and international organizations attended the conference. Working groups and participants addressed the successes of the ICN from […]

The Agency Effectiveness Working Group (AEWG) has prepared a handbook chapter on agency strategic planning and prioritization, addressing the objectives of strategic plans, the prerequisites of and constraints related to effective strategic planning, internal processes and external consultations, communication on strategic planning, and the use of prioritization criteria and the process of prioritization. The chapter […]

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has a unique way of publicizing its involvement in the ICN – press releases. Here are a few recent examples of how FAS has gotten the word out about its ICN involvement: ICN cartel call series on criminalization ICN Steering Group meeting ICN annual conference ICN advocacy teleseminar

As one of its first projects, the ICN recognized the importance of competition advocacy “in fostering competitive markets and promoting social welfare” in its 2002 Advocacy and Competition Policy report. In 2009, the ICN revisited members’ competition advocacy efforts in this report. Today’s links illustrate how some agencies present and publicize their competition advocacy work. […]

Today’s Web Wednesday returns the favor and recognizes member agencies that highlight their involvement in the ICN. To varying degrees, member agencies describe their international work, their participation in the ICN and the work of the ICN more generally, post contributions or their ICN templates, or just provide a link to find the ICN. The […]