In December 2006, CLDP in coordination with the Yemen Ministry of Justice presented a two-day workshop in Sana'a, Yemen focusing on contract law standards.

CLDP sponsored a one-day program of consultations for a delegation from Yemen that included Yemen's Minister of Civil Service and Insurance and the Minister of Finance. The day focused on state government and administrative reform and included an appointment with the Maryland Secretary of State...

CLDP sponsored the visit of two faculty members from Qatar University Law School and two faculty members from Sultan Qaboos University Law School to participate in the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting in Washington DC.

CLDP organized and presented, through its advisors from the FTC and DOJ, a five day training workshop and public outreach presentations in Cairo, Egypt.

Over a two-week period in Washington, DC and New York, NY, 15 Egyptian commercial attachés met with various USG officials, professional associations, and private sector representatives to discuss trade promotion and policy and foreign investment issues.

On February 25 and 26, 2007, over 200 participants attended the seminar and roundtable discussions organized by CLDP in cooperation with the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, Bahrain Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Bahrain Labor Fund, Bahrain Chamber of...

CLDP worked with legal stakeholders in Bahrain and Qatar to develop secured lending laws allowing entrepreneurs to borrow on real as well as movable property.

CLDP held a training workshop for Omani Customs officials on the Customs Administration and Rules of Origin Chapters of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the first week of March in Muscat.

A 3-day conference organized by CLDP brought together telecom regulators, vendors, and other stakeholders from 32 countries to hear the latest information regarding convergence of telecommunication services and discuss the challenges in regulation.

On April 2-4, 2007, as part of its assistance to modernize Algeria's business environment in the context of Algeria's WTO accession, CLDP conducted a workshop in Algiers, Algeria on Universal Services in the Telecommunications Sector, in conjunction with the Autorite de Regulation de la Poste et des...