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GSR14 Agenda Day 3

Thursday 5 June 2014

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Regulators' Day
10.00 – 11.15	Session 7: Regulatory impact assessment: spurring regulatory efficiency • What can regulators do to assess the impact of future regulation? • What are the methods regulators can use to perform regulatory impact assessment? • What elements need to be considered in such an assessment? • What are the benefits of conducting such an assessment? Presentation: GSR discussion paper on using regulatory impact analysis to improve decision-making in the ICT sector│Presentation, Prof. Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium Moderator: Dr Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria Panelists: • Dr Dražen Lučić, President of Council, Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM), Croatia • Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi, Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Uganda • Mr Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Bangladesh • Eng. Saddig Al Tayeb, Deputy Governor for Competition Affairs, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia
Coffee break
10.30 – 12.45	Session 8: Taking the regulatory model to the next level • Case studies on new types of converged regulators. Addressing convergence of media, broadcasting and competition authorities • Adapting to change: Institutional design, functions, responsibilities and enforcement powers • Best practices and lessons learned, country experiences • How regulators from developed countries can assist regulators in developing countries to address regulatory challenges in dealing with advanced technologies Moderator: Ms Kathleen Riviere-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), Bahamas Panelists: • Ms Adriana Labardini, Commissioner, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT), Mexico • Mr Antonio Preto, Commissioner, Autorità per le Granzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), Italy • Mr Diego Rodríguez, Member of the Board, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), Spain • Dr Kemal Huseinović, Director General, Communications Regulatory Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Mr Thari G. Pheko, Chief Executive & Ex-Officio Board Member, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), Botswana
*Lunch break*
14.15 – 15.30	Session 9: How to monitor broadband plan/digital agendas' implementation? • Setting KPIs and measuring progress expanding beyond coverage, speed and availability to consider adoption levels • Who is in charge? What is the role of the regulator? • What are the reporting mechanisms to the government, consumers, industry? • Is the plan making a difference? Moderator and Presentation: Mr Colin Oliver, Senior ICT Expert GSR discussion paper on Monitoring the implementation of the broadband plans and strategies│Presentation Panelists: • Dr Milan Jankovic, Director, Republic Agency for Electronic Communications (RATEL), Serbia • Mr Feliksas Dobrovolskis, Chairman of the Board / Director General, Communications Regulatory Authority, Lithuania • Prof. John Nkoma, Director-General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.00	Way forward and closing