7 trainings to the officials of the Commission for Protection of Competition in Bulgaria starting from 15 January

As part of the technical assistance project to the Bulgarian competition authority, Lear’s team will provide a sequence of classroom-based training aimed at strengthening the skills and competencies of the authority’s officials and case handlers. The trainings will cover both legal and economic aspects of competition policy and public procurement, and in particular:

1. The basic econometrics theory
2. Micro-economic applications with Stata
3. Abuse of superior bargaining power
4. Ex-post evaluation of the effects of mergers control decisions
5. Sector inquiries and market monitoring
6. Protection of rights in public procurement systems
7. The optimal design of tenders in public procurement