On 22 April, Mr. Pierre GUISLAIN, Head of Investment Climate Department, World Bank Group (WBG) has officially announced the winners for the World Bank GroupĂ™s 2013 COMPETITION ADVOCACY CONTEST, where the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova was selected for the Honorable Mention in the thematic category of ĂœRaising awareness of private sector stakeholders and empowering consumers to deter anticompetitive behavior .
The announcement was made on the occasion of the 13th Annual Conference of the International Competition Network, which was held from April 22 to 25, 2014, in Marrakech, Morocco.
The aim of this contest was to highlight the role of the Competition Authorities in promoting competition culture. Within the contest were presented success stories of competition authorities around the world, including the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova.
The success stories have been focused on the activities conducted by the competition authorities to promote and encourage a competitive business environment not through mechanisms of coercion but by promoting good relations with other public entities and increasing awareness of the society on competition benefits.
The WBG Honorable Mention is particularly important for the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova, being the result of joint efforts by the whole team of the competition authority in Moldova for the successful implementation of the actions and policies and also the evidence of international appreciation of these actions.
Competition Council
April 29, 2014