On January 27 and 28, 2008 CLDP and the Oman Ministry of Justice organized a regional conference on Commercial Law and Company Regulation in Muscat, Oman.

Following up on Textile Sourcing Consultations held by CLDP in June of 2007, CLDP advisors from the North Carolina textile industry traveled to Morocco to work with the instructors of the Moroccan School for Textile and Apparel Engineers (ESITH) in the areas of technology development and supply...

In CLDP's continuing work in support of technical training for the staff of the newly formed Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA), four ECA staff members were sponsored to attend a workshop dedicated to Merger Notification and Procedures in Brno, Czech Republic on March 18-19, 2008.

Three officials from the Egyptian Competition Authority participated in the Antitrust Law Conference in Washington DC from March 25-28, 2008.

CLDP designed a three-phase, multilocale program to help develop the commercial diplomacy skills of a cadre of future Algerian diplomats.

In response to a request from the Moroccan Ministry of Finance and Privatization, CLDP organized a three-day seminar, from April 21 to April 23, 2008, for 80-90 officials from various Moroccan Government Ministries and private sector participants. The workshop focused on Investor State Dispute...

Following on several training programs and workshops for the newly organized Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA), CLDP sponsored the participation of legal and economic staff from the ECA to attend a workshop on Antitrust and Economics to be held from May 13-16, 2008 in Washington, DC.

CLDP and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) visited Manama, Bahrain to hold consultations with Bahrain Customs Affairs and provide a training session on the Rules of Origin and Customs Administration chapters of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

Beginning in 2006, CLDP has worked with the Oman Information Technology Authority (ITA) on the development of the Electronic Transaction Law in Oman. CLDP's legislative e-commerce drafting programs provided officials with guidance and practical experience in the development of effective e-commerce...

CLDP supported the Algerian government's Agency for Technology Transfer (ANVREDET) in an international conference on the theme of research and innovation in the economic world that will be held May 19-21, 2008 in Algiers.