On October 27-29, CLDP led a three-day training for law schools in Bosnia-Herzegovina to support the first phase of its Willem C. Vis Moot Competition (Vis Moot) program..

On October 26, 2017, CLDP hosted a roundtable with Law Schools from prominent academic institutions in the West Bank to discuss potential contributions that academia influenced IP can have on the local economy.  Currently, Law School offer IP as an elective subject.  However, the c

CLDP held workshops on the marketing of Moroccan handicrafts in the United States in Rabat from October 24-25, Fez on October 27, and Marrakech on October 30, 2017.

On October 24-25, 2017, CLDP hosted a conference in Ramallah, West Bank, that brought together local stakeholders to identify policy and regulatory reforms that would support the growth of Palestinian technology startups.

On October 23, 2017, CLDP, working in collaboration with US ConGen Jerusalem, supported the formation of an Entrepreneurship Working Group that are leading the technology transfer industry in the West Bank.  The Committee members are instrumental in providing private sector perspective to th