On April 19-22, CLDP, in partnership with the International Road Transport Union, hosted the Central Asia Regional Customs Working Group meetings gathering over 20 expert-level customs officials and the private sector representatives of transport operators from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic...

On March 14-15, 2022, CLDP hosted a virtual meeting of the Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group gathering over 72 expert-level government officials and private sector women representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...

On March 18, CLDP, in close partnership with the International Road Transport Union, supported the first digital TIR (the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets) transport of goods from Uzbekistan to the Kyrgyz Republic replying upon digital TIR...

On May 13, 2022, CLDP and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Georgia co-hosted the Eastern Europe & CIS International Arbitration Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference was attended by leading arbitration specialists from within and outside of Georgia, including the President of...

Tashkent, Uzbekistan | April 18 - 19, 2022 | Digital Trade

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law and Development Program (CLDP) hosted digital trade meetings with government, private sector, and civil society as part of the U.S.-Central Asia Regional Digital Trade Working Group...

On March 11-15, in partnership with the Astana International Financial Center's (AIFC) International Arbitration Center (IAC), CLDP held its first Central Asia Vis Pre-Moot for 22 teams, including 7 teams from Central Asia. 11 teams joined in person, with the other 11 joining virtually. The U.S...

From March 11-19, CLDP, hosted bilateral stakeholder roundtables in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for the Regional Expert Level Working Group on Digital Trade. The goal of the Digital Trade Working Group is to engage with stakeholders in the region to develop an open, inclusive, and...

CLDP, in cooperation with the Tashkent State University of Law, will host Central Asia Vis Moot Phase I training in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Vis Moot is an international arbitration competition, which takes place annually in Vienna, Austria (https://vismoot.pace.edu/). The December Phase I training...

CLDP, in cooperation with the Astana International Financial Center’s International Arbitration Center (IAC) and the Caspian University, is conducting Central Asia Vis Moot Phase I training in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Vis Moot is an international arbitration competition, which takes place annually in...

LDP traveled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Almaty and Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, and Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic as part of the official CLDP visit to Central Asia to launch Central Asia Vis Moot program. As a result of the visit, CLDP selected 3 Vis Moot teams from Kazakhstan: KIMEP University and Caspian...