The Chief Economist of the Commission for Protection of Competition, Siniša Milošević, PhD, attended a three-week professional development program in Japan, part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) program in cooperation with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC).

The professional development program incorporated all segments of competition law and policy, including theoretical and practical implementation. Experiences regarding implementation of the competition policy in the United States of America, South Korea and Taiwan are presented, alongside experiences of the Japanese competition authority.

The goal of this program is improvement of competition law and policy implementation, but also implementation of acquired knowledge for more efficient promotion of competition environment in the Serbian market.

Experiences and knowledge that Siniša Milošević, PhD, as the Head of the Department for Economic Analysis of the Commission for Protection of Competition, gained during his stay in Japan will be implemented in enacting competition rules in the territory of the Republic of Serbia.