Capacity Building in New Competition Systems

Explore key concepts, knowledge types, and skills for enhancing competition systems. Uncover the importance of human capital in agency leadership and learn about the life cycles and challenges of competition systems.

• Capacity building
• Competition systems
• Agency leadership
• Skills training
• Economic conditions

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1. Capacity Building in New Competition Systems William E. Kovacic George Washington University Law School CUTS International 30thAnniversary Lecture Washington, D.C., 23 September 2013

2. This Evenings Agenda Necessary Capacity Emphasis here: human capital Building It: What Works, What Needs Work Contributions of CUTS Contact: wkovacic@law.gwu.edu

3. Capacity: Six Types of Knowledge Concepts of Competition Law and Economics The Local Economy and Business Skills Training Agency Administration Agency Leadership Competition System Life Cycle Phenomena

4. Concepts Competition Law Goals Substantive Commands Tradeoffs and choices in the national statute Industrial Organization Economics

5. Local Economy and Business General Economic Conditions Sector-Specific Knowledge Firm Behavior

6. Skills Training Case Development and Management Investigation methods: e.g., interviews, Drafting legal instruments: complaints, orders Analysis, testing , presentation of evidence Advocacy and Report Writing

7. Agency Administration Organization Human Resources Information Management Ethics and Conflicts Confidentiality and Disclosure Public Relations Evaluation

8. Leadership Strategy Priorities Outreach Interaction with the Political Process Relations with Other Government Agencies Special Case: Multi-member Governance

9. Life Cycles: What to Expect and How to Deal With It Predictable Phenomena Challenges to authority Staff turnover Transitional discontinuities Realistic Expectations Measurement Benchmarks

10. Capacity: How to Build It Hits Misses Off the rack programs Unconnected one offs The wrong team Rookies, out of position Foreign orientation only Unrelated conditions Personality mismatch External advisors only Giant conferences Link aid to needs Long term engagement Right Team Relevant experience Local knowledge Similar conditions Suitable personality Local co-production Small group discussion

11. Trends What s Getting Better Project Design Longer term view More follow up Better benchmarking Teaching materials Practical orientation Regional specialization Focus on sensitive issues Linking experience bases What Needs Work Donor cooperation Schedules Projects Outcomes Credit-claiming Choice of advisors Institutional memory Using local knowledge

12. CUTS: Contributions Microeconomic Research Projects Attention to Local Conditions Long-Term Engagement Invoking Comparative Perspectives