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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 sectorPresentation, 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 

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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 strategiesPresentation


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