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...

On December 15-17, CLDP and a group of stakeholders will conduct a series of interactive lectures and trainings for Ukrainian law students. This will build off of a September in-person training for students that introduced them to high-level concepts in IP law. This program will focus more...

On December 20-21, CLDP along with expert advisors will conduct a virtual training for the Moldovan Public Procurement Agency and Moldovan procurement officials on best practices and legal considerations associated with procuring social services. This project will help Moldova implement new...

CLDP hosted a workshop on the fundamentals if international and Ukrainian IP law focused on law students from throughout Ukraine. This workshop was the kick-off event for a school-year-long IP Moot competition that CLDP will sponsor along with local Ukrainian partners including key universities and...

CLDP hosted a workshop for Ukrainian investors on best practices in identifying and attracting U.S. franchises to Ukraine. The participant group was identified and selected by the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service at Embassy Kyiv (FCS-Kyiv). Most participants are either current Ukrainian franchisors...

On September 23-24, CLDP held assessment meetings in Vilnius, Lithuania with counterparts from the Belarusian legal community. This included a brief workshop at the European Humanities University (EHU), a Belarusian university that has relocated to Vilnius, Lithuania due to academic freedom concerns...

On September 20-21, CLDP, in coordination with USPTO, several Ukrainian universities, and the Ukrainian National Bar Association hosted a workshop for Ukrainian law students on intellectual property law and legal writing/oral advocacy. This event was the kick-off event for the CLDP-organized 2021-22...

On September 20-24, CLDP will be conducting interviews with various Albanian government agencies to craft an assessment of gaps in foreign direct investment (FDI), procurement, and tech procurements. Additionally, CLDP will present to Post an assessment of legislation on untrusted vendors in other E...

On July 19, 2021, CLDP, in coordination with USAID and Embassy Pristina, held a webinar on international arbitration. The webinar featured an expert on international arbitration from Kosovo, Ms. Njomeza Zejnullahu, who provided an overview of status and application of international arbitration in...

On June 15-16, 2021, CLDP hosted the fourth meeting of the Western Balkans Trade Facilitation Working Group. Utilizing the expertise of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the meeting focused on regional and international best practices in post-clearance audits and risk analysis. CBP...