Draft programme

13:00–13:30

Walk-in and registration

13:30–14:00

Session 1: Intro-50 years OECD Guidelines & 25 years NL NCP

Welcome - By chair of the day Roel Nieuwenkamp

Keynote speech: the importance of 50 years OECD Guidelines: looking back and looking ahead - By Mark Jacobs Director of International Market Regulation and Trade Policy

Presentation NCP - By NCP Chair Rutger Goethart and NCP member Liesbeth Enneking

14.00 – 15.00

Session 2: What is effective remedy?

The OECD Guidelines, what they expect - By Emily Norton, OECD Secretariat

Effective remedy, what have we learned? - By Kari Otteburn, PhD postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven

Upcoming legislation, CSDDD on access to remedy - By the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)

Joint Q&A and plenary discussion

15.00 – 15.20Break
15.20 – 16.30

Session 3: From policy to practice - How do you set up an effective grievance mechanism?

Setting up a complaint mechanism - By Kirstine Drew Chief Complaints Officer, International/Pakistan Accord complaints mechanism

The corporate perspective: Complaint mechanisms in practice

The complainant’s perspective: Complaint mechanisms in practice from perspective of (potential) complainant

Joint Q&A and plenary discussion

16.30 – 16.45Session 4: Wrap‑up - what do we take from 50 years of practice?
16.45 – 18.00Drinks and networking