Download Stakeholders in Promoting Competition - Competition Law - Lecture Slides and more Slides Competition Law and Policy in PDF only on Docsity! Role of Stakeholders in promoting competition and consumer protection reforms Docsity.com โKey stakeholdersโ in competition and consumer protection reforms process 2 POLICYMAKERS, COMPETITION AGENCY, CONSUMER PROTECTION AUTHORITY, CIVIL SOCIETY, ACADEMIA, SECTOR REGULATORS, MEDIA, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, LEGAL FRATERNITY, JUDICIARY, ETC. Docsity.com Consumer Protection Authority โข Institution with legal backing for consumer interest โข Expected Roles โ Effective enforcement of consumer law; โ Establish linkages with other consumer movements โ Promotion general awareness about consumer issues โ Advocacy with relevant Ministries โข Conditions Precedent โ Subject knowledge and skills, โ human and financial resources โ functional autonomy โ Good interface with complementary institutions 5 Docsity.com Civil Society/Consumer Organisations โข Refers to voluntary social organizations and institutions that advocate for rights of consumers โข Expected Roles โ Watchdogs for competition and consumer authorities โ Awareness generation on competition and consumer issues โ Mobilising consumers voice on need for protection โ Advocacy and pressure on competition and consumer protection reforms โข Conditions precedent โ understanding on competition and consumer issues; โ Structures and capacity for interaction with various stakeholders โ Support from development partners โ Recognition by the relevant authorities 6 Docsity.com Academia โข University and other research institutions โข Expected Roles โ Policy research on competition and consumer policy issues โ Training courses on competition and consumer issues for human resource improvement โ Capacity building programmes for officials โข Conditions precedent โ Acceptance of competition and consumer issues into the curricular โ Knowledge of competition and consumer issues by researchers 7 Docsity.com Media โข All avenues of communication with general public (print, electronic, etc) โข Expected Roles โ Promote greater public awareness of issues โ Awareness on institutions and legal framework โ Hint on possible anticompetitive areas and consumer violations โ Constructive criticism โข Conditions precedent โ Availability of trained reporters โ Capacity building courses for media โ Willing contributors (articles, reports, etc) โ Good interaction with institutions (press releases etc) 10 Docsity.com Legal Fraternity โข Legal practitioners (for business and competition agency) also carry a heavy burden โข Expected Roles โ educate clients on compliance mechanisms โ Help judiciary establish case laws โ Ensure careful enforcement of laws by guarding against carelessness โ Help identify loopholes in the administration system โข Conditions precedent โ proper understanding of the provisions of the law, and its overall goal โ Training programmes for the lawyers โ Quick justice delivery system 11 Docsity.com Judiciary โข The buck stops at the judiciary, hence determines efficiency of system โข Expected Roles โ Efficient disposal of related trials/cases โ Establish case laws โข Conditions precedent โ knowledge on the subjects โ Conducive platform for presiding cases (e.g different from common criminal cases) 12 Docsity.com
