Joint Gos Structural Tender

Project No.
EC-GOS 02 2022S
Project Title
Joint EC and GOS Project: Services and Structural Reform
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
Self-Funded
Project Year
2022
Sponsoring Forum
Economic Committee (EC)
Topics
Legal Infrastructure; Structural Reform; Services Trade
Committee
Economic Committee (EC)
Other Fora Involved
Group on Services (GOS)
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved

Proposing Economy(ies)
Australia
Co-Sponsoring Economies

Expected Start Date
01/12/2022
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
James Dalton
Job Title 1
Assistant Director
Organization 1
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Postal Address 1
Not Applicable
Telephone 1
(61-2) 62611111
Fax 1
Not Applicable
Email 1
james.dalton@dfat.gov.au
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
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Organization 2
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Postal Address 2
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Telephone 2
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Fax 2
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Email 2
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Declaration
James Dalton
Project Cost (US$)
$0.00
Project Summary
Policymakers from APEC’s Economic Committee (EC) and APEC’s Group on Services (GOS) have a common interest in the structural reform process which brings together policy and regulatory intervention (both at the border and behind-the-border in domestic settings) affecting services competitiveness.

In June 2021, the EC was tasked by Ministers at the Structural Reform Ministers Meeting (SRMM) to coordinate the implementation of the Enhanced APEC Agenda for Structural Reform (EAASR) including structural reform efforts in the services sector for the period of 2021-2025. Separately, the mid-term review of the APEC Services Competitiveness Roadmap (ASCR), endorsed by Ministers in the joint AMM statement in November 2021, prioritized activities to make services regulation and policy reform a central focus of APEC’s structural reform agenda.

Building on the success of ‘Joint EC and GOS Symposium on Services and Structural Reform’ (EC-GOS 01 2022S), this project will assist officials, academics and industry in formulating, prioritizing and implementing services structural reform. This will be done including through events (in-person and/or virtually). The project will complement and strengthen the implementation of EAASR and the ASCR and will encourage economies to take advantage of existing APEC structural reform capacity building sub-funds.
) have a common interest in the structural reform process which brings together policy and regulatory intervention (both at the border and behind-the-border in domestic settings) affecting services competitiveness.