The Design of Technical Assistance Programs

The work of the Subgroup on Technical Assistance has been focused on the recognition that the expansion of competition law around the world in the past 20 years has meant that capacity building is a central challenge for the vast majority of the International Competition Network's members. Capacity building is a significant endeavor that includes not only the effective functioning of the competition authority itself but also other institutions such as the judiciary, sectoral regulators, and civil society itself. While recognizing the importance of building capacity outside of the competition agency, the principal focus of the Subgroup has been on the effectiveness of that component of capacity building directed to developing competition authorities.