CLDP, in partnership with the Public Procurement Regulatory Commission of Kosovo (PPRC), held a Workshop on International Best Practices in Public Procurement in Pristina, Kosovo on June 6-7, 2013.

CLDP organized a regional conference on Best Practices and Good Governance in Public Procurement in Casablanca, Morocco in May 2013. CLDP worked with key government-procurement officials from Algeria, Libya, Morocco,and Tunisia to assist in the development of regulations and practices that contribute to transparent and efficient government-procurement systems.

CLDP, in partnership with the Competition and State Procurement Agency of Georgia (CSPA), held a Workshop on International Best Practices in Public Procurement in Tbilisi, Georgia. The program featured procurement experts from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Competition and State Procurement Agency of Georgia, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), to discuss a wide range of topics, including: (1) how the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) functions and the commercial benefits it can provide for Georgian suppliers; (2) an overview of the procurement system in Georgia; (3) an overview of the U.S. government procurement system, and that of U.S. state-owned enterprises such as the TVA; and (4) how the U.S. Government operates in the context of the GPA.

CLDP, in partnership with the Department of State, provided US consultations to Iraqi officials representing the Council of Representatives, Ministry of Oil, and the Ministry of the Environment on “Developing Adequate, Transparent, and Enforceable Environmental Protection Regulation.” The program comes at a critical time, when Iraq is re-defining its environmental protection policy and core regulations, while taking into account Iraq’s need economic growth and integration into the global economy.