On June 15, CLDP, at the behest of the U.S. Consulate in Basrah, led a meeting with the Governor of Basrah, Dr. Maged Al-Nasrawi, and 20 other Governorate officials to develop the next programmatic steps in implementing the recently signed Sister-City Agreement between Houston and Basra.

On August 9-13, CLDP, in close cooperation with USAID and Iraqs Ministry of Planning, led a Workshop on Drafting Effective Government Contracts for Iraqi officials.

On June 16-20 in New York, in cooperation with the Foreign Commercial Service, CLDP conducted a franchise program for a 20-member delegation of prospective franchise investors from Iraq.

CLDP hosted a high-level delegation of Iraqi officials for consultations in Houston, Texas and the signing of a Sister City Agreement between Houston and Basrah. The consultations and signing, held from May 4-7, included the Governor of Basrah, a delegation of federal and governorate officials, and...

OnApril 15-16, CLDP, in coordination with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-MENA and the UAE Ministry of Justices Institute of Training Judicial Studies, conducted a regional arbitration seminar ontherole of judges in enforcing arbitration agreements and awards.

On March 26 - April 2, CLDP sponsored teams from the Al-Nahrain College of Law of Iraq and the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis to participate in the 22nd Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria

On May 9-11, CLDP conducted a judicial training workshop on international sales contracts for a senior delegation of Iraqi appellate and commercial court judges.

CLDP conducted the first phase of a multi-phase public procurement program on dispute resolution in coordination with the Government Contracts Division of Iraqs Ministry of Planning.

On February23-27 2015, in cooperation with the International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, CLDP organized a workshop on trade and market analysis for fourteen officials of the Iraq Ministry of Trade.