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ICN WORKSHOP ON CAPACITY BUILDING:
Strengthening co-operation with Donor Bodies

11 February 2004

PROGRAMME

10.00 - 10.15

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Mr. Philip LOWE
Director-General, DG Competition, European Commission
10.15 - 11.15

PANEL 1
CASE STUDIES – RECIPIENTS’ NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES

Ms Graciela ORTIZ
Project Manager, Andean Community

Mr. James MUSONDA
Trade and Integration Advisor, COMESA Secretariat

Dr Sutrisno IWANTONO [Attachment]
Chairman, Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU), Indonesia

Ms Vesselka KOSSERSKA
Senior Expert, European Integration Department, Commission on Protection of Competition, Bulgaria

Mr. Adham KUCHKAROV
Director, Antimonopoly Policy Improvement Center at the State Committee on Demonopolization and Competition Development, Uzbekistan

11.15 - 11.30
QUESTION & ANSWER TIME
11.30 - 13.00
PANEL 2
DONOR BODIES – UNDERSTANDING PRACTICES AND PRIORITIES

Mr. Hassan QAQAYA
Chief, Advisory Services and Capacity Building Section, Competition Law and Policy Branch, UNCTAD

Mr. Nicholas KLISSAS
Senior Legal Reform Advisor, US Agency for International Development

Mr. Frank TIBITANZL
Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Germany

Mr. Toni IHLAU
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt), Germany Ms Maria

Ms. Maria FERNANDEZ
Competition Negotiator, DG Enlargement, European Commission

13.00 - 15.00

LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
“Le Flandrin”
80, ave. Henri Martin, 75116 Paris

15.00 - 15.45

QUESTION & ANSWER TIME
Introduction:

Mr. Simon MIZRAHI
Administrator, Development Directorate, OECD
Presentation:
“Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery”
(OECD Development Assistance Committee DAC, 2003)

15.45 - 16.45

PANEL 3
HOW BEST TO INVOLVE MATURE COMPETITION AGENCIES IN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS?

Mr. James HAMILL
Senior Counsel for International Assistance, US Federal Trade Commission

Mr. François SOUTY
Chargé de mission, Affaires multilatérales, Conseil de la Concurrence, France

Mr. Takashi WADA
Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Japan Fair Trade Commission

Mr. Toshio NAMAI
Resident Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency, France Office

Ms Hilary JENNINGS
Head of International Affairs, Markets and Policy Section, Office of Fair Trading, UK

16.45 - 17.30

OPEN FLOOR DEBATE

IDENTIFYING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE WORKING ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN AGENCIES AND DONOR BODIES
Introduction and Moderator:

Prof. Paul COOK
Director, Centre on Regulation and Competition, University of Manchester

17.30 - 18.00

PANEL 4

CONCLUDING REMARKS FROM CONSTITUENCIES’ PERSPECTIVES Chair:

Mr. Philip LOWE
Director-General, DG Competition, European Commission

Mr. George LIPIMILE
Executive Director, Zambia Competition Commission

Mr. John PRESTON
UK Department for International Development

Mr. William E. KOVACIC
General Counsel, US Federal Trade Commission

20.15

DINNER
“Le Petit Victor Hugo”
143, ave. Victor Hugo, 75116 Paris

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