CLDP will lead a delegation from the Western Balkans to the CELIS Forum on Investment Screening in Berlin to support regional efforts to strengthen foreign investment review mechanisms and align with international best practices. As countries in the region move toward deeper integration with the...

CLDP in cooperation with the U.S. interagency and international experts, will host a regional workshop on investment screening mechanisms in the Balkans. Participants from each country will examine the legal and institutional frameworks necessary to implement transparent and effective investment...

Investment screening is a vital tool for protecting national security and fostering a safe and transparent environment for U.S. investments. Over the past three days, CLDP, together with the U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of State, CEISD (Romania), and Ministry of Industry and Trade of...

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 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 16-17, 2024, CLDP, in coordination with the University of Montenegro, will hold a two-day Pre-Moot competition to prepare law students for the 31^st Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place Vienna in March. There will be a total of 11 universities competing in the...

From January 24-26, CLDP and colleagues from the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, State, and Homeland Security, conducted a workshop on Sectoral Aspects of Investment Screening for North Macedonian government officials. The workshop, which focused on how investment screening laws and procedures...

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...