APEC Training Course on Advocacy of Competition Law and Policy
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks - Bach Van Mung, Director General, Vietnam Competition Authority

Opening Remarks - CPLG Convenor

Plenary Session: Conceptual framework of competition advocacy

The Role of Advocacy Activities in sound competition policy and effective Enforcement of Competition Law
Tim Hughes, USFTC

Needs of Advocacy and Public Outreach for Introducing Competition Law
Representative of selected economy

Tea break

How to define targets and communication tools?
Speaker from ICN Advocacy Working Group

Q&A

Lunch

Plenary Session: International dimension of competition advocacy

The role of regional and international competition forums, dialogues
Speaker from OECD

Country experience in effective implementation of competition advocacy
Representative of selected economy

Teabreak

How to make cross - border cooperation channels for competition advocacy effective?
Speaker from Canada

Q&A

Divide into groups for breakout session the following day

Group 1: Advocacy in the Regulatory and Legal framework
Moderator, Representative from Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Group 2: Advocacy for increasing public awaireness
Moderator, Representative from New Zealand Commerce Commission

Presentations on best practices of competition advocacy (from all members of group 1)

Presentations on best practices of competition advocacy (from all members of group 2)

Tea break

Tea break

Cont'd

Cont'd

Lunch

Lunch

Cont'd

Cont'd

Teabreak

Teabreak

Preparation of presentation: group working and select a presenter from group 1

Preparation of presentation: group working and select a presenter from group 2

Plenary Session
Panelists: CPLG Convenor, 2 speakers and 2 moderators for breakout session

Presentation from a representative of group 1 and discussion

Tea break

Presentation from a representative of group 2 and discussion

Closing Remarks