n response to a request from the Libyan Government, CLDP planned and implemented the second seminar of a four-phase program intended to build the judiciary's capacity to adjudicate fairly and consistently international trade/investment disputes and enforce arbitral awards.

CLDP sent an arbitration advisor to Muscat to provide training to lawyers and legal researchers at the Ministry of Legal Affairs in Oman and discuss arbitration case studies and their application under Omani law.

CLDP conducted a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 26 for 17 (one-half of the total) preparatory Egyptian judges, followed by a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 27 for a remaining 16 preparatory judges on advanced commercial mediation concepts.

CLDP conducted a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 22 and 23 for 85 Economic Court Egyptian judges on bankruptcy adjudication and mediation, followed by a second two-day workshop in Cairo on May 24 and 25 for a further 85 Economic Court judges.

CLDP provided an advisor to present at the Egyptian Competition Authority's Workshop for General Prosecutors on May 31 and June 1, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. The DOJ advisor spoke to the working relationship with US Attorney's offices in cartel and bid-rigging cases in the U.S.

CLDP organized three weeks of US consultations, June 14-July 2, 2010, for a Pakistani delegation representing science and technology universities led by Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology.

CLDP hosted a Kyrgyz delegation of five influential handicrafts producers to participate in the Aid to Artisans (ATA) Market Readiness Program at the biannual New York International Gift Fair.

On October 15th, 2010, CLDP concluded a three-week intensive training program in Washington DC and New York City for Iraqi judges on adjudicating complex commercial cases.

William Kovacic, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and former Professor of Competition Law at George Washington University School of Law, will travel to Cairo to preview and implement a curriculum designed to prepare legal and economic graduates for work in the protection of competition...

In October 2010 in Luxor, Egypt, CLDP advised on and supported two two-day conferences that included the Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency and Egyptian NGO leadership and staff in the region.