On April 27–28, CLDP, in coordination with the U.S. Departments of Treasury, State, and Energy, as well as CEISD Romania and the CELIS Institute, convened a regional workshop on investment screening in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Delegations from Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro...

In coordination with U.S. Embassy Pristina, CLDP will host a workshop on investment screening in Kosovo. In September 2024, Kosovo enacted the Law on Sustainable Development, which establishes a national investment screening mechanism. CLDP, in close coordination with the U.S. interagency, provided...

CLDP will lead a delegation from the Western Balkans to the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening in Berlin to support regional efforts to strengthen foreign investment review mechanisms and align with international best practices. As countries in the region move toward deeper integration with the...

CLDP in cooperation with the U.S. interagency and international experts, will host a regional workshop on investment screening mechanisms in the Balkans. Participants from each country will examine the legal and institutional frameworks necessary to implement transparent and effective investment...

Investment screening is a vital tool for protecting national security and fostering a safe and transparent environment for U.S. investments. Over the past three days, CLDP, together with the U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of State, CEISD (Romania), and Ministry of Industry and Trade of...

CLDP, in partnership with the Romanian Competition Council, organized a workshop in Bucharest, Romania with the goal of assisting EU candidate countries with developing investment screening mechanisms. CLDP will sponsor the attendance of participants from Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, and...

From September 17-18, 2024, CLDP, in partnership with US interagency colleagues, Montenegrin Ministry of Economic Development, and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, conducted a workshop on investment screening best practices.  The program provided an in-depth introduction...

From October 14-15, 2024, CLDP, in partnership with US interagency colleagues, the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry, and the OECD, hosted a high-level delegation of Kosovar government officials to discuss best practices in investment...

From June 12-19, 2024, CLDP held two government-to-government workshops to assist both the Albanian and the Montenegrin governments with developing an investment screening mechanism. The purpose of these workshops, which brought together officials from several ministries, was to inform the various...

From January 24-26, CLDP and colleagues from the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, State, and Homeland Security, conducted a workshop on Sectoral Aspects of Investment Screening for North Macedonian government officials. The workshop, which focused on how investment screening laws and procedures...