On October 19, CLDP, together with experts from the WTO’s Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, conducted a workshop for food safety officials from Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After beginning with an overview of the WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Committee...

On November 9-10, CLDP held a workshop with the Sri Lanka Attorney General’s Department focused on arbitration under the UNCITRAL rules and investor-state disputes. The workshop helped build the capacity of government lawyers to better handle various types of arbitration disputes. This workshop is...

On November 9-10, CLDP held a public-private partnership (PPP) workshop with the Ministry of Water and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board. The workshop focused on PPP models and project development in the water sector, including attracting foreign investors, legal and financial aspects...

On November 7, CLDP held a Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) workshop with the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka (UDA). The workshop focused on practical PPP models and PPP project development in the urban sector, including business case development, attracting foreign investment, real...

From October 16-17, CLDP, together with experts from Ag Aligned Global, conducted a workshop on risk assessment, management, and communication for food safety officials from Sri Lanka’s Department of Agriculture in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The workshop focused in depth on scientific and risk-based...

Congratulations to the Vis Moot team representing the Royal Institute of Colombo, coached by The Moot Court Bench for making history as the first Sri Lankan team to win the Willem C. Vis East Moot!  After 8 months of intensive training, drafting memoranda, facing multiple practice rounds with...

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 April 24-28, CLDP, in coordination with the President’s Office of Sri Lanka, the National Agency for Public-Private Partnerships, and the Asian Development Bank, organized a workshop to draft an updated version of the law on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) based on international best...

From May 21-26, CLDP, together with experts from Ag Aligned Global, conducted two workshops on risk assessment, management, and communication for food safety officials from Sri Lanka’s Department of Agriculture in Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka. The workshops focused on scientific and risk-based...

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...