CLDP, in partnership with the Romanian Competition Council, organized a workshop in Bucharest, Romania with the goal of assisting EU candidate countries with developing investment screening mechanisms.CLDP will sponsor the attendance of participants from Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, and...

CLDP is hosting a Regional Western Balkans Judicial Capacity Building Workshop in Tivat, Montenegro focused on best practices in commercial dispute resolution, from both a litigation and mediation perspective. This workshop will feature a US federal judge, 2 Croatian judges, a Montenegrin judge, and...

CLDP hosted a Regional Western Balkans Customs Workshop in Zagreb, Croatia in partnership with the Croatian Customs Administration from September 11-13, 2024. Officials from Croatian Customs presented an overview of Croatian practices in post-clearance audit, digitization and IT, and NCTS. The...

From June 12-19, 2024, CLDP held two government-to-government workshops to assist both the Albanian and the Montenegrin governments with developing an investment screening mechanism. The purpose of these workshops, which brought together officials from several ministries, was to inform the various...

On October 10-13, 2023, CLDP conducted a Regional Workshop on Developing Effective Investment Screening Mechanisms in the Western Balkans. The main objective of the four-day program was to assist relevant stakeholders within governments in the Western Balkans to consider the appropriate legal and...

On September 6-9, CLDP conducted a workshop focused on regionally coordinated approaches to best practices in the interdiction of goods by customs agencies and the relevant legal processes that follow such interdictions. The Western Balkans region is particularly prone to the production, important...

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 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...

On April 28, CLDP, in coordination with Embassy Skopje, hosted a webinar on bid protests in public procurement with judges and government officials from the Balkans.  The workshop focused specifically on best practices in adjudicating bid protests. A robust bid protest system has the potential to...

On April 28, CLDP, in coordination with Embassy Skopje, hosted a webinar on bid protests in public procurement with judges and government officials from the Balkans.  The workshop focused specifically on best practices in adjudicating bid protests. A robust bid protest system has the potential to...