Tourism, Transport and Competition

The OECD-GVH Regional Competition Centre (RCC) (1), in cooperation with the Basque Competition Authority and the Deusto University, is organizing a seminar in Bilbao from 18th to 20th March 2025 to address specific competition law issues related to the Tourism and Transport sectors. The beneficiaries of the program are the authorities of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo (2) , Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of the Eurasian Commission. Will participate as speakers: Cani Fernández. President of the CNMC Ainara Herce. President of the Basque Competition Authority. María Pilar Canedo. Academic Director of the OECD-GVH Regional Centre. Mirta Kapural. President of the Croatian Competition Authority Beatriz Marques. Policy advisor OECD Eugenio Olmedo. Professor of Commercial Law. University of Malaga Mate Staber. Case handler GVH Dunkan Kernohan. Transport Economist. European Bank of Reconstruction and Development One of the main objectives of the OECD Regional Centre's seminars is to build a community within the beneficiary authorities. Therefore, the methodology is based on workshops with a practical approach in which participants and experts exchange experiences, problems and reflections interactively. (1) The RCC is a collaborative project between the OECD and the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) that provides capacity building in competition policy and enforcement in South Eastern and Eastern Europe. (2) This designation does not prejudge positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence.