Global Forum on Competition

February 19-20, 2009 

February 21-22, 2008

February 8-9, 2006

February 17-18, 2005

February 12-13, 2004

February 10-11, 2003

February 14-15, 2002

October 17-18, 2001

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The ninth meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Competition (GFC) will be held in Paris on 18-19 February 2010. The draft agenda will include the following topics: i) State Aids and Subsidies; ii) Peer Review of Brazil's Competition Law and Policy; iii) Predatory Pricing; and iv) Public Procurement and Bid Rigging. 

This program brings together high-level competition officials from around the world on a regular basis. Close to ninety Competition Authorities from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia and the Americas currently participate in the Forum.

The GFC provides an opportunity for policy dialogue between OECD member countries and non-members. The discussion  benefits from the input of the Competition Committee whose work has already generated substantial results in many countries, such as the voluntary adoption of  ‘best practices’, substantial analytical convergence, the establishment of strong networks of enforcement authorities, and enhanced co-operation in international merger reviews, cartel investigations and other cases. The GFC provides a venue in which these important issues can be debated with competition authorities and other representatives of the developing world. At the same time, given its broad focus on development, the GFC promotes a wider dialogue that encompasses the linkages between competition policy and other cornerstones of economic development.

Like other OECD activities, the Forum is inter-governmental, but regional organisations like COMESA or WAEMU and other international organisations such as the World Bank, UNCTAD, and the WTO also participate. Through the Business and Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) and Consumers International, representatives of the business community and consumers also have an input and are invited to selected discussions.

For further information about the Forum, contact us.

Permanent URL: www.oecd.org/competition/globalforum