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Commission and NCAs benefit from Advanced Training in Competition Law
On 17-22 September 2015, the CARIFORUM Directorate and Equinoccio successfully conducted the first segment of training on competition law and policy under the EPA Capacity Building Project. The “Advanced Training of Trainers Programme in Competition Law” was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It was attended by representatives from:
• CARICOM Competition Commission
• Jamaica Fair Trading Commission,
• Barbados Fair Trading Commission,
• Pro competencia, the national competition authority of the Dominican Republic, and
• Legal Department of the CARIFOUM Directorate
The training programme was coordinated by Mr. Patrick Martens of Equinoccio and Dr. Taimoon Stewart of the University of the West Indies. Professor Frédéric Jenny delivered the training modules to regional competition practitioners. Dr Frédéric Jenny is Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School in Paris, Judge at the Supreme Court of France (Cour de Cassation) and Chairman of the OECD Competition Law and Policy Committee. He has written extensively on Industrial Organization, Competition law, Trade and Economic Development. Professor Jenny shared his wealth of experience from the enforcement, judicial and policy development spheres to give important insights on the nuances of the application of competition law and policy in different jurisdictions.
To secure the services of an international competition expert such as Professor Jenny was hailed by all of the participants as a step forward in advancing the enforcement of competition policy and law in CARIFORUM.
The Commission must commend the CARIFORUM Directorate, Equinoccio (Mr. Patrick Martens), Dr. Stewart and Professor Jenny for a thorough and thought provoking learning experience that improved the skill sets of staff from the CARICOM Competition Commission, and other National Competition Authorities. This type of training bodes well for the further development of a CARICOM jurisprudence on competition law and policy.