📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
SCSC_107_2025A
Project Title
18th Conference on Good Regulatory Practice (GRP18)
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Publication (if any)
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: General Fund
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
131,355
Co-funding Amount
0
Total Project Value
131,355
Sponsoring Forum
Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)
Topics
Standards and Conformance
Committee
Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Korea
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Australia; Canada; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; New Zealand; Peru; Philippines; Thailand; United States; Viet Nam
Expected Start Date
01/06/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Kim Hyo-Joong
Job Title 1
International Cooperation Officer
Organization 1
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
Postal Address 1
Not Applicable
Telephone 1
+82438705316
Fax 1
Not Applicable
Email 1
hyo0061@korea.kr
Project Proponent Name 2
Kisoo Oh
Job Title 2
Director
Organization 2
TBT R&I Center
Postal Address 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
+82 1087756739
Fax 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Bruceoh1@kotica.or.kr
Declaration
Kim Hyo-Joong
Project Summary
Korea will host APEC’s 18th Conference on Good Regulatory Practices (GRP18) at SOM III in Incheon, Korea in August 2025. New technologies have the capacity to make life easier and more convenient. For example, artificial intelligence can simplify tasks and can secure transactions. Digital technology can accelerate regulatory development by speeding processing and providing ways for remote stakeholders to be engaged.
However, when these technologies are unregulated or regulated differently between economies, trade may be disrupted and economic growth may be uneven. It is important to examine how economies are approaching the regulation of new technologies and how such technologies can be applied to regulatory development.
This project will organize a conference centered around the effect of technology on regulatory development and the regulation of new technologies. It will survey the work on digital technologies, such as AI, Big data etc., in other APEC bodies to identify the key issues of importance to economies. This will serve as the starting point for agenda development.
Relevance
Region
Policymakers and regulators throughout the region have both opportunities and challenges in today’s rapidly evolving policy environment. They need to design regulatory approaches that allow for innovation and competition, balance domestic considerations with global issues, promote trade and economic development, while also working to ensure that policies are balanced and equitable and do not place undue burdens on groups.
Emerging technologies drive productivity, digital transformation, and
