APEC Symposium Good Policy and Regulatory Practices for Facilitating Trade and Investment in Services Toward the APEC Services Roadmap.

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1 APEC Symposium Good Policy and Regulatory Practices for Facilitating Trade and Investment in Services Toward the APEC Services Roadmap May Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, 12, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Objectives Examine the key outcomes; learnings and good policy principles and regulatory practices addressed throughout the service sector specific symposia inclusive of Accountancy, Legal, Financial, International Education, Transport and Logistics, Telecommunications and ICT, Mining and Energy, and Architectural and Engineering Services. Explore barriers to women s economic participation through services-related policies and regulations to facilitate greater participation by women in the service sector; Finalise the work undertaken throughout the service sector specific symposia through the redrafting of the workshop compendium to; Finalise a set of Good Policy Principles for economies in the APEC Region to inform the APEC Services Roadmap Introduction Services providers within the APEC region want transparency, simplicity, flexibility, certainty, equality and coherence in domestic regulation impacting on services trade and investment. Most service providers want the opportunity to trade services and invest in each other s economies the same way they provide services domestically. A series of 8 regional symposia on facilitating trade and investment in specific services sectors (accounting, legal, architectural and engineering, logistics and transport, telecommunications and ICT, mining and energy, financial and higher education services) have been held since The key outcome from these past symposia is the development of a compendium of good policy and regulatory practices in services trade to be discussed in this final wrap-up meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Many of the barriers to trade and investment in services are found behind-the-border in domestic regulatory regimes. Past symposia addressed trade-related impediments to services competitiveness and worked to identify good policy and regulatory practices that would facilitate trade and investment in the service sectors under consideration. Market access and national treatment, transparency, cross-border movement of business persons, domestic regulation (in particular qualifications and licensing regimes) were addressed in terms of identifying principles compatible as far as possible with trade agreements, a competitive environment and services trade and investment facilitation at domestic and international levels. This symposium will work to bring together the good policy and regulatory practices from past symposia into one set of recommendations to be utilised in formulating the APEC Services Roadmap. This symposium is funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

2 DAY ONE: Tuesday 24 May 2016 Grand Salon 2, Level 1, Grand Hyatt Hotel 8.45am 9.00am: Registration 9.00am 10.30am Session One: Welcome and Introduction Session Facilitator: Peter Lovelock 9.00am 9.10am 9.30am 10.00am 1.1 Welcome and introduction (10 mins) Rocco Weglarz, Assistant Director, APEC Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia 1.2 Overview of past symposia and Introduction to Compendium (20 mins) Edward Sulikowski, Facilitator, EJS Consulting Services, Australia 1.3 The right to regulate services, making regulation less burdensome and the importance of regulatory efficiency and coherence (30 mins) Hildegunn Nordas, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD 1.4 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 10.30am 11.00am: Morning Tea & Group Photo 11.00am 12.30pm Session Two: Overview of Good Policy and Regulatory Principles in Services Panel Facilitator/Lead: Edward Sulikowski 11.00am 12.00pm 2.1 Panel (60 mins) Edward Sulikowski, Director, EJS consulting Peter Lovelock, Founder and Director, TRPC Chris Ziguras, Deputy Dean, International, School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Jane Drake-Brockman, Convener of the Asia Pacific Services Coalition and Director, EU Centre of Global Affairs, University of Adelaide 2.2 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 12.30pm 1.30pm: Lunch, Buffet at Loft Kitchen, Level 1, Grand Hyatt

3 1.30pm 3.00pm Session Three: Toward the APEC Services Roadmap Session Facilitator: Peter Lovelock 1.30pm 1.45pm 2.35pm 3.1 Taking stock of APEC services-related activities (20min) Jane Drake-Brockman, Convener of the Asia Pacific Services Coalition and Director, EU Centre of Global Affairs, University of Adelaide 3.2 Elements of an APEC services road-map and how it can assist in the implementation of good policy and regulatory practices (20mins) Rocco Weglarz, Assistant Director, Trade and Investment Section, APEC Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 3.3 Business perspective on the APEC Services Roadmap (20mins) Joanne Guo, Assistant Executive Director, Strategy and Development, Singapore Business Federation Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 3.00pm 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea 3.30pm 5.00pm Session Four: Breakout Session - Toward the APEC Services Roadmap Introduction to Draft Good Policy and Regulatory Practices 3.30pm 4.1 In breakout groups Examine and report back on the Good Policy and Regulatory Principles from Compendium and Session 3 Group Facilitators: Jane Drake-Brockman, Peter Lovelock, Asmidar Abdul Rahman & Margot Kilgour 4.30pm 4.2 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 5.30pm 6.30pm: Welcome Cocktail Reception Sky Lounge, 40 th Floor, Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur

4 DAY TWO: 25 May 2016 Grand Salon 2, Level 1, Grand Hyatt Hotel am Session Five: Emerging Service Sectors and the Digital Economy Panel Facilitator/Lead: Peter Lovelock 9.10am 10.10am 5.1 Panel (60 mins) Peter Lovelock, Founder and Director, TRPC Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank Jane Drake-Brockman, Convener of the Asia Pacific Services Coalition Director, EU Centre of Global Affairs, University of Adelaide Hildegunn Nordas, Senior Trade Analyst, OECD 5.2 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 10.30am 11.00am: Morning Tea 11.00am 12.30pm 11.00am 11.20am 11.40am 12.00am Session Six: Perspectives on Developments in Services and Barriers to Trade Session Facilitator: Jane Drake-Brockman 6.1 Regional Trade Agreements (20 mins) Paul Murphy Assistant Director North Asia Investment and Services Branch, Free Trade Agreement Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 6.2 Importance of, and Barriers to, Participation of Women in the Services Sector (20 mins) Gloria Pasadilla, Senior Analyst, APEC Secretariat 6.3 Importance of, and Barriers to, Participation of SME s in the Services Sector (20 mins) Deevya Desai, Regional Head of Public Affairs, GrabTaxi 6.4 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 12.30pm 1.30pm: Malaysian Buffet Lunch at JP Teres, Ground Floor, Grand Hyatt

5 1.30pm 3.00pm Session Seven: Breakout Session - Toward the APEC Services Roadmap Review of Good Policy and Regulatory Practices Compendium 1.30pm 7.1 In breakout groups - Reviewing the Good Policy and Regulatory Principles recommendations from day one, incorporating feedback, gender considerations and new and emerging service sectors. Group Facilitators: Jane Drake-Brockman, Peter Lovelock, Asmidar Abdul Rahman & Margot Kilgour 1.50am 7.2 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 3.00pm 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea 3.30pm 5.00pm Session Eight: Next Steps - Good Policy and Regulatory Practices in Services Session Facilitator: Rocco Weglarz 3.30pm 8.1 Reporting from the Symposium, Feeding into the APEC Services Roadmap and Follow up (30 mins) Paul Murphy Assistant Director North Asia Investment and Services Branch, Free Trade Agreement Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 4.15pm 8.2 Discussion and Q&A (30 mins) 5.00pm: Conclusion