As part of its continued cooperation with the Tunis Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Government of Tunisia, CLDP helped organized the third annual TunisMed Franchise Expo in Tunis December 7-9, 2011.

CLDP experts educated Gulf Cooperation Council countries' technical law writers regarding those laws that are likely to be modernized in the Arabian Peninsula over the next few year, as part of an annual GCC Legislative Drafters conference held in Muscat, Oman.

CLDP, in close coordination with the State Departments Bureau of Energy, conducted shale gas consultations in the US for a delegation of key officials from the Government of Indias Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) November 7-11, 2011.

CLDP organized a half-day working session on October 26, 2011 in Muscat, Oman with Omani officials and private sector attorneys to address ongoing difficulties facing U.S. and other foreign firms attempting to establish branch offices and subsidiaries in the Sultanate of Oman.

On October 11 28, CLDP hosted Iraqs Inter-Ministerial Committee on Innovation, Research, and Development on a program titled Innovation Ecosystem.

At the request of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Foreign Trade (MOFT), CLDPand MOFT jointly conducted a four day workshop (October 23-26) in Abu Dhabi entitled Trade Diplomacy and Its Associated Perceptions.The workshop was designed for commercial attaches and ambassadors to enhance their...

From July 18-26, 2011, CLDPs Deputy Chief Counsel Marc Tejtel and International Program Specialist Adam Al-Sarraf conducted a seminar for Iraqs State Shura Council and representatives of key Iraqi agencies responsible for treaty drafting and negotiation.

As part of CLDPs ongoing support of the Iraqi judiciary in the area of commercial law, CLDP and the Federal Judicial Center in Washington DCorganized workshop for senior judiciary officials on judicial education forcurrent Iraqijudges.

CLDP organized a three week capacity building program for Iraqi officials from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and managers of ten Iraqi state owned enterprises on how to develop strategic partnerships with foreign firms.

From 9/25 through 9/27, CLDP conducted a CLDP workshop on Technology Valuation and Technology Licensing at Alexandria University in Alexandria, Egypt. Leading the training was a senior staff member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) acting as the main expert. The workshop...