On 15 May, CERRE will organise two exclusive events on the interplay between public service obligations (PSO) and competition. In the afternoon, a CERRE Expert Workshop will present and discuss the findings of a recent CERRE study on "PSO and competition", conducted under the supervision of Prof. Catherine Waddams (CERRE & Centre for Competition Policy, UEA) by Dr Michael Harker and Antje Kreutzmann. The discussants will include Prof. Pierre Bauby (Université Paris 8 & Sciences Politiques), Dirk Segers (Mobistar) and François Degorge (SNCF). In the evening, a CERRE Regulation Forum will address the issue "Is there a future for Public Service Obligations in a competitive market?". The speakers include Dr Alexander Italianer (Director General of DG Competition), Prof. Angelo Cardani (President of AGCOM) and Bernard Damiens (Director, Strategic and Regulatory Affairs at BPost).
Is there a future for Public Service Obligations in a competitive market?
CERRE study on PSO and competition
A new CERRE study on "Public Service Obligations and Competition" has been co-authored by Prof. Catherine Waddams, Dr Michael Harker and Antje Kreutzmann from the Centre for Competition Policy (University of East Anglia). It looks at the impact of PSOs and universal service provisions on competition in liberalised markets. The findings of this study will be presented and discussed in an upcoming CERRE Expert Workshop.