Regional Co-operations among Regulators

Regulators are today increasingly involved in transnational cooperations organised at the regional level. The EU is a case in point, but there are several other networks of regulators of this kind. What is the purpose of these various forums: sharing experiences and best practices, working on harmonisation, empowering national regulators? What are their characteristics in terms of legal status, membership, modus operandi? How to qualify and assess their outcomes?

The purpose of this workshop will be to benchmark various experiences in different regions and industries, and to highlight the trends and the lessons that can be drawn.

Confirmed speakers

• Alberto Biancardi (President, European Water Regulators - Wareg & Commissioner, Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity Gas and Water);
• Carlos de Regulès (Executive Director, Mexican National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector);
• René Dönni Kuoni (Network of Telecommunications Regulators in Francophone Countries - FRATEL & Director of the Telecom Services Division, Swiss Federal Office of Communications);
• Anatoly Golomolzin (Deputy Head, Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service & CIS competition authorities’ cooperation, Eurasian Economic Union); 
• Veronica Lenzi (Research and Scientific Manager, Mediterranean Energy Regulators - MedReg);
• François-Louis Michaud (Deputy Director General of Micro-Prudential Supervision IV, European Central Bank);
• Märt Ots (Chairman, Energy Regulators Regional Association - ERRA & General Director, Estonian Competition Authority);
• Andrea Renda (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies);
• Jacques Stern (Member of the Board, French Telecommunications Regulatory Authority - ARCEP & Co-operation between Telecommunications Regulators of the Mediterranean area - EMERG)

Programme

Organised in cooperation with the OECD Network of Economic Regulators