Third Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum - Madrid, 19-20 July 2005

Agenda and Introductory Remarks

• Agenda
• Introduction - Mr. Dennis Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
• Introduction - Mr. Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Sustainable Development Department, IDB

SESSION I - Fighting Hardcore Cartels

• Country Contributions:

      - Argentina [ English / Español ]

      - Brazil  [ English ]

      - Chile [ English / Español ]

      - Costa Rica [ English / Español ]

      - Ecuador [ Español ]

      - Jamaica  [ English ]

      - Venezuela [ English / Español ]

• Issues paper: Fighting Hard Core Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean

SESSION II - Peer Review of Brazil's Competition Law and Policy

• Peer Review: [ English / Español ]
• Policy Brief: Competition Law and Policy in Brazil

SESSION III - The Role of Merger Control in Latin America

• Country Contributions:

      - Argentina [ Español ]

      - Chile [ Español ]

      - Dominican Republic [ Español ]

      - Mexico [ English ]

      - Panama [ English ]

      - Peru  [ English / Español ]

      - Venezuela [ Español ]

• Issues Paper: Merger Control Laws and Procedures in Latin American and the Caribbean

SESSION IV - Organizational Development through Assessment

• Using Evaluation to Improve the Performance of Competition Policy Authorities
• A Pilot Project for the Institutional Assessment of the Portuguese Competition Authority