February 9, 2021
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) will hold the 26th group training course on the Antimonopoly Act and competition policy for developing countries from February 15 to 19 and from March 1 to 5 online, in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
In recent years, many developing countries have introduced competition laws or enhanced their law enforcement. Under such circumstances, this training course takes place to provide officials in developing countries’ competition authorities with the opportunity to obtain the knowledge and expertise on the Antimonopoly Act and its enforcement, so as to support their efforts for introducing or amending competition laws and achieving effective law enforcement in their countries.
The JFTC has implemented the training course since 1994 in response to requests from developing countries.
1. Period: February 15 to 19 and March 1 to 5, 2021
2. Venue: Online
3. Lecturers: Academics, officials of the JFTC
4. Participants: 23 officials of competition authorities in 13 countries
5. Contents: Lectures mainly on
- Antimonopoly Act
- Investigation procedures and merger reviews
- Activities for competition advocacy and public relations
- Fact-finding survey
- International cooperation
- Discussion on hypothetical case
List of participants (Alphabetical order)
| Country | Number of Participants |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 2 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Kenya | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
| Mongolia | 1 |
| Myanmar | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Thailand | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Viet Nam | 1 |
| Total | 23 |
(Note) Officials of ASEAN Secretariat join as observers.
*It should be noted that this announcement is a tentative translation. Please refer to the original text written in Japanese.
