The Research Partnership Platform on Competition and Consumer Protection (RPP), created by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2010, provides a collaborative forum to strengthen research and policy analysis on competition and consumer protection. It aims to connect academics, policymakers and practitioners to create synergies among them, share their insights and foster evidence-based policymaking.
Responding to new challenges in consumer protection
In its 16th edition, the RPP will bring together leading scholars and researchers 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.
Latest research on competition law and policy
In this segment of the meeting, scholars will present ongoing and recent research projects addressing key issues in competition law and policy, including how to address business practices of the State in markets through competition law.
Linking research findings to policy advice and technical assistance
The Research Partnership Platform aims to contribute to UNCTAD’s broader mandate to achieve inclusive and sustainable development by creating synergies among scholars and practitioners in exploring how competition and consumer policies can ensure that markets work for development.
Participation and registration
The meeting will be held in person only on 7 July 2025, from 10:00 to 13:00 (CEST), in Room XIX of the Palais des Nations, back-to-back with the 9th United Nations Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection.
Registration to the Conference is mandatory for all meeting attendees and required to be included in the official participant list.
For those unable to attend in person, the live audio stream of the meeting will be available in all six official languages of the United Nations.
To receive the link for the live audio stream, please contact [email protected] and [email protected].
Related meeting
9th United Nations Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection
As the highest-level meeting on competition and consumer protection at the multilateral level, this Conference will engage ministers, heads of competition and consumer protection authorities and senior officials from member States.
In line with General Assembly resolution 79/195, the Conference will provide an opportunity for the participants to discuss competition and consumer protection issues at the national, regional and international levels. It is an opportunity for the global community to continue advancing the welfare of consumers through open, fair, dynamic and inclusive markets, leaving no one behind.
