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APECSymposium‘GoodPolicyandRegulatoryPracticesforFacilitatingTradeandInvestmentinServices–TowardtheAPECServicesRoadmap’
May24-252016
GrandHyattKualaLumpur,12,JalanPinang,KualaLumpurCityCentre,50450KualaLumpur,WilayahPersekutuanKualaLumpur,Malaysia
Objectives
• Examinethekeyoutcomes;learningsand‘goodpolicyprinciplesandregulatorypractices’addressedthroughouttheservicesectorspecificsymposiainclusiveofAccountancy,Legal,Financial,InternationalEducation,TransportandLogistics,TelecommunicationsandICT,MiningandEnergy,andArchitecturalandEngineeringServices.
• Explorebarrierstowomen’seconomicparticipationthroughservices-relatedpoliciesandregulationstofacilitategreaterparticipationbywomenintheservicesector;
• Finalisetheworkundertakenthroughouttheservicesectorspecificsymposiathroughtheredraftingoftheworkshopcompendiumto;
• FinaliseasetofGoodPolicyPrinciplesforeconomiesintheAPECRegiontoinformtheAPECServicesRoadmap
Introduction
ServicesproviderswithintheAPECregionwanttransparency,simplicity,flexibility,certainty,equalityandcoherenceindomesticregulationimpactingonservicestradeandinvestment.Mostserviceproviderswanttheopportunitytotradeservicesandinvestineachother’seconomiesthesamewaytheyprovideservicesdomestically.
Aseriesof8regionalsymposiaonfacilitatingtradeandinvestmentinspecificservicessectors(accounting,legal,architecturalandengineering,logisticsandtransport,telecommunicationsandICT,miningandenergy,financialandhighereducationservices)havebeenheldsince2009.Thekeyoutcomefromthesepastsymposiaisthedevelopmentofa‘compendium’ofgoodpolicyandregulatorypracticesinservicestradetobediscussedinthisfinalwrap-upmeetinginKualaLumpur.
Manyofthebarrierstotradeandinvestmentinservicesarefoundbehind-the-borderindomesticregulatoryregimes.Pastsymposiaaddressedtrade-relatedimpedimentstoservicescompetitivenessandworkedtoidentifygoodpolicyandregulatorypracticesthatwouldfacilitatetradeandinvestmentintheservicesectorsunderconsideration.
Marketaccessandnationaltreatment,transparency,cross-bordermovementofbusinesspersons,domesticregulation(inparticularqualificationsandlicensingregimes)wereaddressedintermsofidentifyingprinciplescompatibleasfaraspossiblewithtradeagreements,acompetitiveenvironmentandservicestradeandinvestmentfacilitationatdomesticandinternationallevels.
ThissymposiumwillworktobringtogetherthegoodpolicyandregulatorypracticesfrompastsymposiaintoonesetofrecommendationstobeutilisedinformulatingtheAPECServicesRoadmap.
ThissymposiumisfundedbytheAustralianDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade.
DAYONE:Tuesday24May2016GrandSalon2,Level1,GrandHyattHotel
8.45am–9.00am:Registration
9.00am–10.30amSessionOne:WelcomeandIntroductionSessionFacilitator:PeterLovelock
9.00am1.1Welcomeandintroduction(10mins)
RoccoWeglarz,AssistantDirector,APECBranch,DepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade,Australia
9.10am1.2OverviewofpastsymposiaandIntroductiontoCompendium(20mins)
EdwardSulikowski,Facilitator,EJSConsultingServices,Australia9.30am1.3Therighttoregulateservices,makingregulationlessburdensomeand
theimportanceofregulatoryefficiencyandcoherence(30mins)HildegunnNordas,SeniorPolicyAnalyst,OECD
10.00am1.4DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
10.30am–11.00am:MorningTea&GroupPhoto
11.00am–12.30pmSessionTwo:OverviewofGoodPolicyandRegulatoryPrinciplesinServicesPanelFacilitator/Lead:EdwardSulikowski
11.00am2.1Panel(60mins)
§ EdwardSulikowski,Director,EJSconsulting§ PeterLovelock,FounderandDirector,TRPC§ ChrisZiguras,DeputyDean,International,SchoolofGlobalUrban
andSocialStudies,RMITUniversity§ JaneDrake-Brockman,ConveneroftheAsiaPacificServices
CoalitionandDirector,EUCentreofGlobalAffairs,UniversityofAdelaide
12.00pm2.2DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
12.30pm–1.30pm:Lunch,BuffetatLoftKitchen,Level1,GrandHyatt
1.30pm–3.00pmSessionThree:TowardtheAPECServicesRoadmapSessionFacilitator:PeterLovelock
1.30pm3.1TakingstockofAPECservices-relatedactivities(20min)
JaneDrake-Brockman,ConveneroftheAsiaPacificServicesCoalitionandDirector,EUCentreofGlobalAffairs,UniversityofAdelaide
1.45pm3.2ElementsofanAPECservicesroad-mapandhowitcanassistintheimplementationofgoodpolicyandregulatorypractices(20mins)RoccoWeglarz,AssistantDirector,TradeandInvestmentSection, APECBranch,DepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade
2.35pm3.3BusinessperspectiveontheAPECServicesRoadmap(20mins)
JoanneGuo,AssistantExecutiveDirector,StrategyandDevelopment,SingaporeBusinessFederation
DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
3.00pm–3.30pm:AfternoonTea
3.30pm–5.00pmSessionFour:BreakoutSession-TowardtheAPECServicesRoadmap–IntroductiontoDraftGoodPolicyandRegulatoryPractices
3.30pm4.1Inbreakoutgroups–ExamineandreportbackontheGoodPolicy
andRegulatoryPrinciplesfromCompendiumandSession3
GroupFacilitators:JaneDrake-Brockman,PeterLovelock,AsmidarAbdulRahman&MargotKilgour
4.30pm4.2DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
5.30pm–6.30pm:WelcomeCocktailReceptionSkyLounge,40thFloor,GrandHyattKualaLumpur
DAYTWO:25May2016GrandSalon2,Level1,GrandHyattHotel
9.10–10.30amSessionFive:EmergingServiceSectorsandtheDigitalEconomyPanelFacilitator/Lead:PeterLovelock
9.10am5.1Panel(60mins)
§ PeterLovelock,FounderandDirector,TRPC§ NatashaBeschorner,SeniorICTPolicySpecialist,WorldBank§ JaneDrake-Brockman,ConveneroftheAsiaPacificServices
CoalitionDirector,EUCentreofGlobalAffairs,UniversityofAdelaide
§ HildegunnNordas,SeniorTradeAnalyst,OECD10.10am5.2DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
10.30am–11.00am:MorningTea
11.00am–12.30pmSessionSix:PerspectivesonDevelopmentsinServicesandBarrierstoTradeSessionFacilitator:JaneDrake-Brockman
11.00am6.1RegionalTradeAgreements(20mins)
PaulMurphyAssistantDirectorNorthAsiaInvestmentandServicesBranch,FreeTradeAgreementDivision,AustralianDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade
11.20am6.2Importanceof,andBarriersto,ParticipationofWomenintheServices
Sector(20mins)GloriaPasadilla,SeniorAnalyst,APECSecretariat
11.40am6.3Importanceof,andBarriersto,ParticipationofSME’sintheServices
Sector(20mins)DeevyaDesai,RegionalHeadofPublicAffairs,GrabTaxi
12.00am6.4DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
12.30pm–1.30pm:MalaysianBuffetLunchatJPTeres,GroundFloor,GrandHyatt
1.30pm–3.00pmSessionSeven:BreakoutSession-TowardtheAPECServicesRoadmap–ReviewofGoodPolicyandRegulatoryPracticesCompendium
1.30pm7.1Inbreakoutgroups-ReviewingtheGoodPolicyandRegulatoryPrinciples
recommendationsfromdayone,incorporatingfeedback,genderconsiderationsandnewandemergingservicesectors.
GroupFacilitators:JaneDrake-Brockman,PeterLovelock,AsmidarAbdulRahman&MargotKilgour
1.50am7.2DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
3.00pm–3.30pm:AfternoonTea
3.30pm–5.00pmSessionEight:NextSteps-GoodPolicyandRegulatoryPracticesinServicesSessionFacilitator:RoccoWeglarz
3.30pm8.1ReportingfromtheSymposium,FeedingintotheAPECServices
RoadmapandFollowup(30mins)PaulMurphyAssistantDirectorNorthAsiaInvestmentandServicesBranch,FreeTradeAgreementDivision,AustralianDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade
4.15pm8.2DiscussionandQ&A(30mins)
5.00pm:Conclusion