Sofia Competition Forum

Fifth meeting of the Sofia Competition Forum on 13 – 14 November

The fifth meeting of the Sofia Competition Forum will take place on 13 – 14 November in Sofia. Invited experts include Ms. Carolyn Galbreath, ...
The Fourth meeting of the Sofia competition forum under the auspices of the UNCTAD Secretary General

On 16 May 2014 the Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) will host the fourth meeting of the Sofia Competition Forum (SCF) which brings ...
SCF enhances cooperation with judiciary

On 7 November 2013, during the third meeting of the Sofia Competition Forum, the CPC and UNCTAD signed a trilateral cooperation agreement with the Bulgarian ...

Sofia Competition Forum

The Sofia Competition Forum is a joint initiative of the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. On 11 July 2012 the Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Mr. Petko Draganov, and the Chairman of the Bulgarian competition authority, Mr. Petko Nikolov, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, by which both institutions joined forces to establish and affirm the Sofia Competition Forum as an informal platform for technical assistance, exchange of experience and consultations in the field of competition policy and enforcement.

The Forum strives to foster cooperation and the development of regional ties in the Balkan region, thus ensuring a uniform application of competition rules. The SCF aims to assist countries in the region in adopting and enforcing competition law and to maximize the benefits for these countries of well-functioning markets. Besides the competition authorities of the region as the main target group ...