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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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