On May 31, CLDP, in collaboration with the EBRD, OECD, MAPS Secretariat, UNCITRAL, WTO Secretariat, World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, organized a procurement workshop for Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Leading procurement specialists from multilateral development organizations and...

CLDP, in coordination with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, supported a series of seven trainings for over 80 Uzbek government officials from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Capital Markets Development Department (CMDD), the Central Bank, the Ministry of Justice, and several judicial...

From July 20- 27, CLDP held bilateral trainings in partnership with the Cyber Readiness Institute for SMEs, MSMEs, NGOs, and Public Sector bodies in Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Trainings focused on the human behavior aspect of cybersecurity and enabled participants to develop and implement...

Background Information The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) has been tasked by the U.S. Department of State in coordination with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to provide technical assistance to facilitate trade and economic connectivity in and among the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan...

CENTRAL ASIA CLDP facilitates meetings of expert level working groups comprised of relevant interested stakeholders from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Aligning with the goals of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, the C5+1 Platform, and other U.S. government initiatives, the working groups seek to promote regional approaches...

In April 2022, CLDP held four separate in-person roundtable meetings on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan respectively. Roundtables were attended by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Agency for Plant Protection and...