Publications & Documents

Vertical mergers in the technology, media and telecom sector

In June 2019, the OECD Competition Committee will discuss how competition authorities can effectively use merger control to reduce the risk of competition harm posed by potentially problematic vertical mergers, without compromising the many efficiencies typically associated with vertical integration.

Competition concerns in labour markets

A recent fall in the labour share of income has helped fuel rising inequality and populist demand for dramatic reform of competition law and stirred a debate in the competition community on monopsony and labour market power retained by employers. In June 2019 the OECD will hold a hearing on this topic.

The standard of review by courts in competition cases

The OECD will hold a roundtable in June 2019 to examine the review of enforcement decisions and investigation steps by courts in relation to competition law, and will refer to methods ensuring that courts have access to expertise in competition law and economics.

Publicly funded education markets

Education services are fundamental for economic and social well-being. They not only directly boost public sector productivity, but also the productivity of workers across the economy by improving their skills, increasing their capacity to add value, and giving them the ability to adapt to new ways of working. In June 2019, the OECD will hold a roundtable discussion on publicly funded education markets.

FSCA-OECD 2019 International Conference on Financial Education

23-24 May 2019, Cape Town, South Africa

2019 OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management

23-24 April 2019, Paris - Discussions at the 2019 Global Forum will focus on the funding environment, the role of borrowing instruments in broadening the investor base, technological advances in finance for government bond markets and challenging debt dynamics.

2019 Forum on responsible mineral supply chains

23-25 April 2019 - This annual, multi-stakeholder forum provides the opportunity to review and discuss compliance and implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism and other initiatives to enable responsible mineral supply chains.

Strengthening the Anti-Bribery Convention: Review of the 2009 OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation

The OECD Anti-Bribery is the first and only international anti-corruption instrument focused on the ‘supply side’ of the bribery transaction. To ensure that it continues to respond to the challenges of fighting foreign bribery, the OECD has launched a review of the 2009 OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation).

OECD Reviews of Pension Systems: Portugal

Investment treaties and level playing fields

Paris, 11 March 2019 - Calls for a level playing field are a growing challenge for trade and investment treaty policy makers. Debates at the 5th annual OECD Investment Treaty Conference will focus on how level playing field concerns interact with investment policy.