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...

CLDP partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold a hybrid workshop in Yerevan, Armenia on March 28-29, 2022. This program aimed to support the Public Policy Investment Division of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia’s green procurement initiatives and draws upon...

CLDP will facilitate the first virtual meeting of a regional working group on alternative dispute resolution (ADR).  The working groups is comprised of ADR professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and will focus on opportunities for regional collaboration on ADR issues. The initial meeting...

On March 4-6, CLDP, in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, will host the 11th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot, a hybrid simulated oral advocacy competition that helped law students from the Caucasus prepare for the 29th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. As the...

On March 19-20, 2022, CLDP, in coordination with Association ARBITRI and the University of Zenica, held a two-day Pre-Moot competition to prepare law students for the 29th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place virtually in April 2022. There was a total of 14 universities...

On March 15-18, 2022, CLDP, in coordination with Association ARBITRI, the University of Zenica and GIZ, held a three-day training on oral advocacy to prepare law students from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, and the Southern Caucasus for the 29th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that...

CLDP, in coordination with the Ministry of Economy in Armenia, launched a high-level capacity building webinar to serve as a forum for stakeholders from the public sector to address challenges to building a successful system of franchising in Armenia. This program explored the potential gaps in the...

CLDP, in collaboration with Association ARBITRI, continued supporting the Vis Moot students by conducting a series of webinars that aimed to help the students with their Claimant Memo submissions. Due to the legal culture, systems, and education, students are not generally well versed in persuasive...

CLDP, in coordination with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Armenia’s State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), held a capacity building webinar focused on best practices in identifying and preventing abuse of dominance. The webinar was led by attorneys and subject...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, conducted a three-part webinar series (June 25, July 07, July 19) that focused on public-private partnerships (PPPs) within the broader framework of...