In collaboration with the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Transportation, CLDP conducted a two-day workshop from September 24-25, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand for high-level members of port authorities within the region. The workshop focused on both capacity building and facilitated discussions...

In collaboration with the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Transportation, CLDP conducted a two-day roundtable in Bangkok, Thailand from September 23-24, 2024, for CEOs and Chairpersons of regional port authorities in South Asia to foster dialogue between the major points in the Bay of Bengal...

From August 18-22, CLDP, in partnership with USAID, provided support to the Ministry of Finance and other Maldivian government ministries to draft a Public Private Partnerships (PPP) law. The drafting workshop convened key stakeholders based on a CLDP policy paper supported by the Minister of...

On May 22-23, CLDP, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Development Finance Corporation, and the United States Trade and Development Agency, conducted a workshop exchange focused on Port Financing. Public and private sector experts presented policies and infrastructure...

On May 29-30, CLDP, a workshop exchange focused on FIDIC Contracts and Disputes for participants from the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure. The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) produces standard-form contracts that are widely used in the construction and...

On May 27, CLDP, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), held a launching workshop for the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS). MAPS is an international standard assessment designed to evaluate a country’s public procurement system. The MAPS assessment will be...

From May 19-21, CLDP conducted a workshop on Commercial Mediation with participants from the Attorney General's Office of the Maldives. As a form of alternative dispute resolution, commercial mediation allows parties to efficiently and amicably work towards win-win solutions. The workshop included...

From March 19-26, 2023, law students representing 8 universities from Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic competed among 111 universities in the 20th Annual Willem C. Vis East Moot in Hong Kong. CLDP sponsored the teams' participation in this premier...

From March 20-22, CLDP held a regional workshop on port financing and logistics in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop convened port officials from the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Thailand, with officials from Singapore and the Philippines participating virtually. This program builds on CLDP’s...

On February 8-9, CLDP conducted a workshop on complaint management with the Maldives Ministry of Finance and other relevant agencies. The workshop focused on examples from the U.S. bid protest system and best practices in handling procurement complaints. CLDP’s programming with the Maldives seeks to...