Tentative Program

______2010/EC/WKSP3/001

Tentative Program

Submitted by: Korea

Workshop on Enforcing Contracts Seoul, Korea 21-22 June 2010

Tentative Program

Day 1: 6.21 (Mon)

Program Speaker

08:30 - 9:00 Arrival & Registration

9:00 - 9:20 Welcome Address & Opening Address

9:20 - 9:50 Introduction - Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Initiative - (tbc) - Multi-year program for “Enforcing Contracts” in- Ministry of Justice, Korea the context of the APEC EoDB Action Plan

9:50 -10:40 Understanding the World Bank’s “Doing- Expert from the World Bank Business” Indicators, particularly of "Enforcing Contracts" and its sub-indicators - Procedures, Time, Cost - Q&A

10:40-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:50 Case Studies - Korean Judge : Reform Efforts of APEC Member Economies - Case Study of Korea 12:00-14:00 Welcome Lunch - tbc 14:00-15:20 Case Studies : Reform Efforts of APEC Member Experts from HK China and Economies 1 Malaysia (government officials or scholars) 15:20-15:40 Coffee Break 15:40-16:40 Case Studies - U.S., Singapore, : Reform Efforts of APEC Member New Zealand, Japan Economies 2

16:40-17:00 Wrap-up and Overview of Day 2

Day 2: 6.22(Tue) Time Program Speaker

8:30 - 9:00 Arrival

9:00 - 9:10 Introduction : Participants will be divided into three sub- groups to work through pre-developed topics. Each sub-group will be led by an experienced practitioner in the area concerned.

9:10 - 12:10 Breakout Discussion Session: How do we implement reforms in our own economies? : Group exercise for participants to have in- depth and practical discussions on the case- Expert from the World Bank studies, Discussions may focus on the- Experts of the ‘contract-enforcement following topics: process’ 1 Elements of sub-indicators (Time and Procedures) and other ideas to improve the※ Discussion on each topic outcomes of reform activities mentioned above will take place 2 Social, legal and political dimensions in concurrently in the breakout implementing reforms sessions from 9:10-10:10, 10:10- 3 The role of IT in improving EoDB indicators 11:10, and 11:10 - 12:10. ※ Coffee break in between 12:10 - 14:00 Luncheon

14:00 - 15:30 Report on the Breakout Discussion Session - Presentations on the outcomes of the sub- group discussions led by practitioners - Q&A

15:30 - 16:30 Wrap up - Summary of the breakout discussion and the lessons learned - What have we learned from this Workshop?

16:30 - 16:45 Workshop Evaluation and Closing