CLDP hosted a delegation of 15 Tunisian franchising stakeholders, including representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and private sector executives, in Paris, France from March 21-24, 2014. The program is part of a larger initiative aiming to liberalize franchising in Tunisia.

On March 20 in Manama, Bahrain, CLDP in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) conducted the second Consultation Session for Bahraini Parliamentarians and Shura Council officials, as well as members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) and representative

March 17-21, 2014, CLDP worked in cooperation with the World Trade Organization (Accessions Division ; Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation) to hold an intensive workshop for the Iraq WTO Accession Task Force.

On March 17, CLDP held a one-day workshop in Dubai for delegations from Yemen, Morocco, and Bahrain made up of judges, government officials, private sector representatives, and legal advisors on the implementation of insolvency legislation using international best practices.CLDP experts provided

CLDP, in partnership with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, and hosted by the Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC), held a franchise trade mission, the first of its kind in recent years to Iraq.