Training Workshop on Competition Law Enforcement For Ethiopia
12-16 May 2008
Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| Monday, 12th May 2008 |
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| 1100 to 1110 hrs: | Welcome and Opening Representative of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia |
| 1110 to 1120 hrs: | Introduction and purpose of the training: Setting the Stage Rijit Sengupta, Centre Coordinator and Deputy Head, CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (CUTS CCIER), CUTS International |
| 1120 to 1200 hrs: | Self-Assessment Questionnaires Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1200 to 1300 hrs: | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1300 to 1415 hrs: | Introduction to Competition Policy and Law – Rationale and Objectives with Illustrative Examples Resource Person: S Chakravarthy, Competition Expert, India - What is Competition Policy and how is it different from Competition Law? - Objectives and Scope of Competition Policy and Law - What are Anti-competitive Practices and how do they affect consumers? - Why does a country need competition law and authority? |
| 1415 to 1500 hrs: | Group/Floor Discussion |
| 1500 to 1530 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1530 to 1700 hrs: | Introduction to Competition Analysis Resource Person: S Chakravarthy, Competition Expert, India - Basic concepts - Market definition, relevant market and market structure - Calculation of market concentration |
| 1700 to 1730 hrs: | Group/Floor Discussion |
| 0900 to 1000 hrs: | Dealing with Unfair Trade Practices (UTPS) Resource Person: Carl Buik, Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC), Australia - What are UTPs - How they affect consumers - Ways of dealing with UTPs |
| 1000 to 1045 hrs: | Floor Discussions |
| 1045 to 1100 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1100 to 1300 hrs: | Unfair Trade Practices: Case Analysis, Group work & Presentation [The participants are divided into 3 or 4 groups; they are then provided a Real/Hypothetical Case on UTPs; each of the groups is expected to analyse the case internally and come up with prescriptions on how to deal with the same. A representative from each of the groups makes a presentation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] Resource Person: Carl Buik, Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC), Australia Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1300 to 1400 hrs: | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1400 to 1500 hrs: | Dealing with Abuse of Dominance Resource Person: S Chakravarthy, Competition Expert, India - Meaning of Dominant Market Position - Understanding Abuse of Dominance situations - Role of Competition law in addressing abuse of dominance |
| 1500 to 1530 hrs: | Floor Discussion |
| 1530 to 1600 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1600 to 1800 hrs: Abuse of Dominance: Case Analysis, Group work &
Presentation [The participants are divided into 3 or 4 groups; they are then provided a Real/Hypothetical Case on Abuse of Dominance; each of the groups is expected to analyse the case internally and come up with prescriptions on how to deal with the same. A representative from each of the groups makes a presentation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] Resource Person: S Chakravarthy, Competition Expert, India Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
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| 0900 to 1030 hrs: | Vertical Restraints/Agreements Resource Person: Kasturi Moodaliyar, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa - What are Vertical Restraints? - Understanding different types of Vertical Restraints - Competition law and vertical restraints |
| 1030 to 1100 hrs: | Floor Discussion |
| 1100 to 1115 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1115 to 1230 hrs: | Vertical Restraints/Agreements: Case Analysis, Group work & Presentation [The participants are divided into 3 or 4 groups; they are then provided a Real/Hypothetical Case on Abuse of Dominance; each of the groups is expected to analyse the case internally and come up with prescriptions on how to deal with the same. A representative from each of the groups makes a presentation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] ation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] Resource Person: Kasturi Moodaliyar, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1230 to 1330 hrs: | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1330 to 1445 hrs: | Horizontal Restraints/Agreements Resource Person - What are Horizontal Restraints? - Analysing different types of Horizontal Restraints - How does competition law address Horizontal Restraints |
| 1445 to 1515 hrs: | Floor Discussion |
| 1515 to 1545 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1545 to 1730 hrs: | Horizontal Restraints/Agreements: Case Analysis, Group work & Presentation [The participants are divided into 3 or 4 groups; they are then provided a Real/Hypothetical Case on Abuse of Dominance; each of the groups is expected to analyse the case internally and come up with prescriptions on how to deal with the same. A representative from each of the groups makes a presentation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] Resource Person: Peter Kanyi, MPC, Kenya Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 0900 to 1000 hrs: | Cartels and competition law Resource Person: Peter Kanyi, MPC, Kenya - What are cartels? - Addressing cartels through competition law - Cartel Investigations, Leniency provisions and penalties |
| 1000 to 1030 hrs: | Floor Discussions |
| 1030 to 1100 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1100 to 1300 hrs: | Cartels: Case Analysis, Group work & Presentation [The participants are divided into 3 or 4 groups; they are then provided a Real/Hypothetical Case on Abuse of Dominance; each of the groups is expected to analyse the case internally and come up with prescriptions on how to deal with the same. A representative from each of the groups makes a presentation. This is followed by a brief general discussion] Resource Person: Peter Kanyi, MPC, Kenya Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1300 to 1400 hrs: | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1400 to 1500 hrs: | Understanding Competition Laws of Select Countries (Presenting a brief overview of the salient features of each Act) • South Africa: Kasturi Moodaliyar, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa • Kenya: Peter Kanyi, MPC, Kenya |
| 1500 to 1530 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1530 to 1630 hrs: | Understanding Competition Laws of Select Countries (Presenting a brief overview of the salient features of each Act) • India: S Chakravarthy, India • Australia: Carl Buik, ACCC, Australia? |
| 1630 to 1700 hrs: | Questions and Answers |
| 0900 to 1100 hrs: | Structural and Functional Elements of Competition Agencies [In this session the resource persons would provide a brief perspective on specific issues related to certain structural and functional elements of a competition authority. These perspectives would be constructed drawing heavily from the knowledge and/or experience of their respective country’s competition regime, and/or by drawing from others] Courts/Commission/Tribunals (Different types of structures of competition authorities) Resource Person: Kasturi Moodaliyar, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa Functional Autonomy and Financial Independence Resource Person: Carl Buik, ACCC, Australia |
| 0950 to 1000 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| Competition Law and Sectoral Regulation Resource Person: Peter Kanyi, MPC, Kenya Competition Advocacy and Communications Resource Person: Carl Buik, ACCC, Australia Session to be moderated by: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
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| 1100 to 1200 hrs: | Questions and Clarifications |
| 1200 to 1300 hrs: | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1300 to 1400 hrs: | Assessment of the Training Programme (Feedback from the participants, etc. on various themes of the training workshop) Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1400 to 1430 hrs: | Self-Assessment Questionnaire (30 mins) Moderator: Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
| 1430 to 1500 hrs: | TEA BREAK |
| 1500 to 1530 hrs: | Summing Up & Closing Representative of MTI, Ethiopia Rijit Sengupta, CUTS International |
