South Africa

CLDP to Conduct Masterclass on Investment and Export Readiness Under the AfCFTA

April 13 - 19, 2023

The United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), through the Africa Women and Youth Empowerment Group (AWYEG), and in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of Women in...

Trade

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Africa: CLDP Conducts Workshop on AfCFTA Empowerment of Women and Youth: The Potential Impact in the Innovative Sectors

June 23 - 24, 2022

On June 23-24, CLDP, in coordination with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AWYEG), Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) and the Africa Technology and Creatives Group (ATCG), conducted a two-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop focused on the impediments and challenges...

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Global: CLDP Kicks Off the 12th Annual Vis Moot Preparatory Workshop

October 18 - 22, 2021

CLDP, in cooperation with the Center for International Legal Education (CILE) of the University of Pittsburgh College of Law, is hosted a virtual Vis Moot training workshop for the incoming 2021-2022 CLDP sponsored university teams who will compete in the 29th Annual Willem C. Vis International...

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Vis Moot

South Africa: "Understanding Power Purchase Agreements" Launch Event

March 26, 2015

On March 26th in Johannesburg, South Africa, CLDP Chief Counsel Stephen Gardner led a launch event to introduce the recently published Understanding Power Purchase Agreements handbook to the South African power sector.

Trade

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa

Regional Africa Workshop on the Practical Approaches to IP Utilization and Protection

March 19 - 21, 2013

About 170 East, West, and Southern African IP officials, IP practitioners, IP stakeholders, and private sector, from 19 Anglophone and Francophone African countries gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 19-21, 2013 to discuss and learn about the practical approaches, successes, challenges and...

Intellectual Property

CLDP 20th Anniversary Event!

February 23, 2012

Begun as a small joint venture between USAID and Commerce to help the Former Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe transition to more market-oriented economies, CLDP has expanded to help meet the legal technical assistance needs of more than 50 countries in Eurasia, Africa, the Middle East and...

Transparency & Governance

Trade

Standards/Technical Barriers to Trade

Intellectual Property