Background Information CLDP’s Trans-Caspian Trade Route (TCTR) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supports the C5+1 goals to expand and develop alternative trade routes for Central Asian countries to mitigate trade disruptions and diversify export destinations. The project involves government and private sector representatives from the Central Asian countries, as well as Georgia...

On September 24, 2024, CLDP, in coordination with Armenia’s Corporate Governance Center, the Center for International Private Enterprise – Armenia, and the Ministry of Economy, Armenia, conducted a workshop on the “New RA Corporate Governance Code: Implementation and Enforcement.” Along with...

On September 16-18, CLDP and the Competition Protection Commission of Armenia (CPC) conducted an expert roundtable on digital markets regulation and enforcement in the Republic of Armenia. This roundtable was the culmination of several months of work undertaken by CLDP, CPC, and competition experts...

Tunisia: CLDP Hosts Roundtable with Private Sector to Discuss Tunisia’s PPP Legal Framework

On January 8, in Tunis, CLDP, in partnership with Tunisia’s Instance Générale de Partenariat Public-Privé, organized a roundtable with representatives from the Tunisian private sector – including la...

Following a workshop on international best practices for Advance Rulings program, CLDP will provide a one-week workshop, the week of January 28, 2024, for the Egyptian Customs Authority Advance Rulings Working Group designed to assist them in creating a process for an Advance Rulings system from...

On February 14th CLDP met with Ambassador Viorel Ursu at Moldova's Embassy to the United States in Washington, DC. CLDP's multiple workstreams, areas of future cooperation, and Moldova's transitioning government were all topics of the discussion. Ambassador Ursu will be participating in CLDP's...

From April 11-13^th, CLDP will host a program on Commercial Diplomacy in Chisinau, Moldova for 40 Moldovan Ambassadors. The goal of this program is to promote Moldova’s exports, investment, and tourism by working with Moldova’s diplomatic corps and private sector. The program will also promote closer...

On December 14-15, 2022 CLDP and the Armenian Competition Protection Commission (CPC) held a workshop on Anticompetitive Agreements and Mergers in Regulated Sectors to further develop CPC’s capacity in these critical areas of competition law enforcement. The Workshop brought CPC officials involved...

On March 14-15, 2022, CLDP hosted a virtual meeting of the Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group gathering over 72 expert-level government officials and private sector women representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...

On March 19-20, 2022, CLDP, in coordination with Association ARBITRI and the University of Zenica, held a two-day Pre-Moot competition to prepare law students for the 29th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place virtually in April 2022. There was a total of 14 universities...