Background Information CLDP’s Trans-Caspian Trade Route (TCTR) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supports the C5+1 goals to expand and develop alternative trade routes for Central Asian countries to mitigate trade disruptions and diversify export destinations. The project involves government and private sector representatives from the Central Asian countries, as well as Georgia...

From May 12-16, CLDP sponsored the participation of a delegation of women leaders and entrepreneurs from the Western Balkans and Azerbaijan to form a women’s economic security working group and participate in the International Trade Administration’s Tradewinds Forum in Türkiye. The delegates...

From February 14-18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Germany to compete in the annual Willem C. Vis International...

On January 31-February 1, CLDP hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR) for practicing lawyers and law students in Baku, in conjunction the American Chamber of Commerce - Azerbaijan conference on the enforcement and protection of IPR. The workshop included sessions on international...

From July 12-14, 2023, CLDP co-hosted a workshop on international commercial arbitration with the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 50 attorneys in Baku. The comprehensive three-day program raised awareness among legal professionals of the benefits of arbitration as an...

From February 22-26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot with three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, and Germany to...

From March 28-April7, 2023, CLDP will sponsor six teams from the Western Balkans, and 3 teams from the Southern Caucasus to attend the 30th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place in Vienna, Austria from March 31-April 7, 2023. On March 28-29, the teams will participate in the...

On November 17-19, 2022, CLDP, in partnership with Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG), conducted a three-day workshop on writing concepts in commercial arbitration as part of CLDP’s preparation programming for the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot. The workshop brought together the coaches and...

On September 20-21, 2022, CLDP, in partnership with Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG), conducted a two-day Training of Trainers Workshop for the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot. The workshop brought together the coaches of Vis Moot teams from Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for training...

From August 29^th – September 16^th CLDP will conduct a series of consultations on the digitalization of trade corridors in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. The goal of CLDP’s Eastern Europe Regional Customs portfolio is to boost connectivity amongst the portfolio countries and to provide them with...