2024 ICN Advocacy Workshop
The ICN Advocacy Workshop will be hosted by the Competition Authority of Kenya in Nairobi from 22-23 February 2024.
The website is online, please click on the e-shot below.
ICN Statement of Achievements 2022-2023
The ICN Statement of Achievements 2022-2023 is now available. Please click on the button below.
22nd ICN Annual Conference – Record participation expected in Barcelona
The 22nd Annual Conference of the International Competition Network (ICN) will be hosted by the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) in Barcelona from 18 to 20 October 2023. Rising close to an unprecedented 100, the number of jurisdictions represented by the members and NGAs attending the event will be larger than ever before.
At the conference, participants will discuss and exchange experiences in Working Group sessions and address cross-cutting issues, including the interaction with courts, intersection of competition and data, food markets with a focus on developing countries, artificial intelligence, and sustainability.
For further information on the ICN Annual Conference, please visit the conference website. The livestreams of the plenary sessions will be available here without prior registration.
ICN Virtual Spotlight with Doris Tshepe, Commissioner Competition Commission, South Africa
ICN Virtual Spotlight – July 4
Today’s challenges on different levels
Doris Tshepe, Commissioner Competition Commission, South Africa
Andreas Mundt, President Bundeskartellamt and ICN Chair
45 minutes, 1:1
Public interest, digital markets and inclusive economic growth – listen to Doris Tshepe and Andreas Mundt when they discussed these topics from the perspective of different competition agencies. #ICN Spotlight
Please click the link below for video of the Spotlight.
2023 ICN-WBG Competition Advocacy Contest
*********************************************
2023 ICN-WBG Competition Advocacy Contest
The International Competition Network and the World Bank Group are pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 Competition Advocacy Contest, which follows the successful experience of the previous eight joint editions.
We are looking for success stories from competition agencies, other government bodies or non-governmental organizations that demonstrate the tangible results of competition advocacy regarding:
Theme 1 – Embedding competition principles in public policies, especially when responding to crises
Theme 2 – Advocating for competition across borders to meet global challenges
Theme 3 – Reinforcing market institutions to deliver better market outcomes
Theme 4 – Supporting the climate change agenda through competition policy
The deadline for submissions is JULY 14, 2023.
For more information and details on how to apply please visit the following web-page: https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2023/05/22/competition-advocacy-contest-2023
We welcome your participation!
*********************************************
Recording: Merger Working Group webinar on nonhorizontal theories of harm
The Merger Working Group organized a webinar on Non-horizontal theories of harm in March 2023.
A recording of that webinar is available via the link below for review.
2023 ICN Virtual Itinerary
The ICN’s Virtual Itinerary keeps you up-to-date with the schedule of upcoming ICN events, including seminars, workshops, and the annual conference. This list is updated monthly, and other additions and changes are made when available, so check back often for confirmation.
2023 ICN Unilateral Conduct Workshop
The ICN Unilateral Conduct Workshop will be hosted by the Japan Fair Trade Commission in Tokyo, Japan, on March 7-8, 2023.
Seminar: Merger Working Group seminar on empirical evidence in digital mergers
As a part of the Merger Working Group’s project on Digital Mergers, consisting of four webinars in total, we are pleased to invite you to the third webinar on the topic Empirical Evidence. The webinar will be held on 26 January 2023 at 14:00-15:30 CET.
The line-up for the webinar is:
- Mr Grashum Mutizwa, Principal Merger Analyst at COMPCOM (South Africa) – Moderator
- Mr Patrick Krauskopf, Partner at Agon Partners and Professor at Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (Switzerland, NGA) – Speaker
- Mr Gabor Koltay, Senior Economist in the Chief Economist Team at DG COMP (European Commission) – Speaker
- Mr Ioannis Lianos, President at HCC (Greece) – Speaker
- Mr Daniel Bosa, SIC (Colombia) – Speaker
Please use the dial-in details below.
Microsoft Teams-møte
Join from link
Klikk her for å bli med i møtet
Meeting number: 346 225 111 923
Meeting password: 6iePwT
Last nedTeams | Join on the web
Eller ring inn (bare lyd)
+47 21 40 20 33,,31860319# Norway, Oslo
Telefonkonferanse-ID: 318 603 19#