On November 1-2, CLDP, in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Business Facilitation Program and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Gender & Economic Inclusion, led the Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment Working...

On October 21, 2021, CLDP, in partnership with Tunisia’s Ministry of Women, launched an e-commerce working group with representatives from the Tunisian government, private sector, and civil society. The purpose of the working group is to discuss legal and regulatory barriers and propose solutions to...

On April 22, CLDP, in coordination with the General Directorate for Public Contracting and the Dominican Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises, organized a roundtable with representatives from the small business sector to discuss the difficulties they face with the public procurement system...

On March 30, CLDP, in cooperation with the Dominican Confederation of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, conducted a consultation focused on identifying issues and potential solutions in the country’s current public procurement law that impacts small businesses. The participants represented a...

On June 9, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in cooperation with U.S. Embassy in Moldova, will host a roundtable for women-owned and operated businesses in Moldova to discuss government contracting. The roundtable will include officials from Moldova’s...

On April 13-15, 2021, CLDP organized the second virtual meeting of the WEE Working Group and invited private sector women entrepreneurs from the five Central Asian countries. Experts for the 3-day virtual program included U.S. government officials, international NGOs, American and local companies...

Since 2018, the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) has been actively focused on creating Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programs. CLDP’s technical assistance strives to improve the legal and business enabling environment for women entrepreneurs, lawyers, and other public and private stakeholders in host countries overseas. CLDP’s WEE programs also emphasize improving economic strategies...