Third Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Jeju, Korea, 16-17 October 2002

The APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform provides a forum for multidisciplinary policy discussion to deepen understanding of regulatory reform as a vector for stimulating economic productivity and growth.

The Jeju Workshop was held on 16-17 October 2002 and focused on the role of transparency in regulatory reform and on the state and future regulatory reform in key economic sectors. The Workshop was followed by an international high-level conference on 18 October which appraised progress and discussed future steps for the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform on Regulatory Transparency and on Regulatory Reform in the Financial, Telecommunication and Electricity Sectors. The conference was opened by the Korean Prime Minister, the Secretary General of the OECD, the Vice President of IBRD, the Vice President of ADB, and the President of the Board of the Peruvian competition authority (INDECOPI), and was an opportunity to discuss and exchange views on the future direction of regulatory reform and the furthering of the APEC-OECD Co-perative Initiative.

The Third Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative was the follow-up of the Singapore Launching Conference of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative (February 2001), the First Workshop in Beijing, China (September 2001) and the Second Workshop in Merida, Mexico (April 2002).

Documents

• Agenda, Jeju, Korea
• Report of the first Workshop, Beijing, China
• Report of the second Workshop, Merida, Mexico
• Report of the third Workshop, Jeju, Korea

Background material

• Recommendation of the Council of the OECD on Improving the Quality of Government Regulation
• APEC Principles
• 1997 OECD Report on Regulatory Reform: Synthesis
• 1997 OECD Report on Regulatory Reform: Summary
• OECD Brochure on Regulatory Reform

Presentations

Session 1

• Rex Deighton-Smith, Jaguar Consulting, Assuring Regulatory Transparency
• Manuel-Maria Santiago-Dos-Santos, Principal Advisor, European Commission, The European Unions Action Plan on Regulatory Quality
• Junsok Yang, Senior Researcher, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Regulatory Transparency: What We Learned in Korea
• Stuart Carre, Vice-Chair of the OECD Trade Committee Working Party and former Canadian Deputy Senior Official to APEC, Regulatory Reform, Transparency, and Doha

Session 2

• Paul Crampton, Head, Outreach Unit, Competition Division, OECD, Striking the Right Balance between Competition and Regulation: The Key is Learning from Our Mistakes 
• Striking the Right Balance between Competition and Regulation: The Key is Learning from Our Mistakes

Panel 1

• John Thompson, Financial Counselor, Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, Regulatory Reform in the Financial Sector
• Richard Martin, Head of Financial Reporting, ACCA, Trends in regulation of the financial sector: Accountancy
• Ming Yen Tseng, Deputy Director, Fair Trade Commission, Regulatory Reform in the Financial Sector
• Thomas Schmitz-Lippert, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, New Financial Supervisory Structure in Germany

Panel 2

• Chong Hoon Park, Director of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Policy Division at the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), Regulatory Reform in Telecom Services
• Stephen Farago, Assistant Director, Telecommunications, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, The Evolution of Telecommunications Regulation and Competition in Australia
• Cui Shutian, Division Director, Ministry of Information Industry, Regulatory Reform in the Telecom Sector in China

Panel 3

• Armando Caceres, Consultant in Competition and Regulatory Policies, Former Convenor Competition Policy and Deregulation Group of APEC, Regulatory Reform in the Electricity Sector: The Experience of the APEC Economies
• Mr. Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Minister, Ministry for Anti-Monopoly Policy and Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Russian power sector reform: prospects and directions
• Mr. Shing Daw Tsai, Senior Specialist, Fair Trade Commission, Electricity Industry Deregulation in Taiwan
• Tetsuzo Yamamoto, Professor at the School of Commerce, Waseda University, Regulatory Reform in Japan