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28 September 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION REFORM CONFERENCE, 6 & 7 OCTOBER 2020  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM  
The following communication, dated 24 September 2020, is circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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The UK Government's Office for Product Safety and Standards is holding its fifth international 
inspection reform conference as an online, virtual event, on 6 and 7 October 2020.  
  
The UK Government extends its invitation to you to attend and participate in interactive sessions on 
regulatory delivery, regulatory partnerships, trade facilitation, science and technology  and diversity 
and inclusion.  We hope you will find this conference a useful opportunity to continue to learn from 
and share with each other.  
  
We are delighted to announce that Paul Scully MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, 
Department for Busin ess, Energy and Industrial Strategy will deliver the keynote address at the 
opening conference session on Tuesday 6 October.  
 
The Minister will be joined in the opening plenary session by Graham Russell, Chief Executive of the 
Office for Product Safety and  Standards, Christine Qiang, Practice Manager, Investment Climate, 
Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment, World Bank Group and Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory 
Policy Division, OECD.  
 
On Wednesday 7 October there will be an opportunity for delegates to present on a reform or 
initiative that they are pursuing in their own country. These "individual country updates" present an 
opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other. Please see the flyer below for 
further details and d etails of how to make the most of this opportunity.  
 
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BOOK YOUR PLACE  
 
Registration for this virtual International Inspection Reform Conference, Global Partnerships for 
Global Growth, is now live.  
 
You can register for your virtual place at the online event and indicate your preferred workshop 
themes via the following Eventbrite  link. Please  forward this invitation on to any relevant colleagues.  
 
The full agenda, with more confirmed speakers, will follow shortly.  
 
Kind regards,  
 
OPSS RD International Team , UK Government  
 
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