Oecd Competition Law And Policy

The Competition Division is part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation based in Paris, France. The OECD Competition Division’s objective is to contribute to the advancement of competition law and policies, working with established, emerging and transitioning economies by promoting pro-competition regulatory reforms, building enforcement capacities and assisting with the drafting of competition law. To achieve this the Division works under the supervision of the OECD Competition Committee and benefits from the experiences and inputs of more than 100 Member and non-Member jurisdictions in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The Division supports the Committee through high-quality analytical work on issues such as cartels and anti-competitive agreements, the abuse of dominance and monopolisation, merger control, competition enforcement, regulation and competition intervention in regulated sectors, and pro-competitive policy reforms. The OECD provides opportunities for policy dialogue, consensus building and networking across competition authorities through the following fora: • Competition Committee and Working Parties • Global Forum on Competition • Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum We are engaged in ongoing capacity building work through the OECD’s Regional Centres on Competition in Budapest, Seoul and Lima, which provide regional hubs for the training of competition enforcement officials. The Division works in partnership with other international organisations and networks, including the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Competition Network (ICN) and the World Bank and it engages in a number of initiatives in the Asian region alongside the Asian Development Bank. The Division also leads a number of in-country and competition assessment projects to identify regulatory restraints to competition, and it works extensively on tools to fight bid rigging.