16th meeting of the Research Partnership Platform
7 July 2025, 10:00 – 13:00 (CEST)
Geneva, Switzerland Venue: Room XIX, E-Building, Palais des Nations
The Research Partnership Platform (RPP), created in 2010, serves as an informal forum that brings together scholars to enhance UNCTAD’s research and policy analysis on competition and consumer protection. The United Nations Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection, in its 8th session held in 2020, recognized the role of the platform in strengthening UNCTAD’s research and policy analysis capacities and linking research findings to its technical cooperation pillar. In its 16th meeting, RPP will gather scholars to discuss consumer protection in a changing world and commemorate 40 Years of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection with a view to reflect on its global impact.
In the second part of themeeting, the audience will hear from scholars on their current research projects on competition and consumer protection, including competition law and the State, different legal cultures and implications for compoetition law enforcement and consumer protection in digital markets. Finally, there will be a presentation of Digital Policy Alert, which is a digital policy database developed by St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity through Trade.
