On October 11 – 28, CLDP hosted Iraq’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on Innovation, Research, and Development on a program titled “Innovation Ecosystem”.  The program is part of CLDP’s larger effort is assisting the Committee in designing an ecosystem that supports commercialization of tec

On October 10-11, 2011 the National Seminar on the Revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. The seminar was co-sponsored by CLDP.

CLDP has partnered with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Center for International Legal Education (CILE) to aid Middle East law schools in preparing for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

CLDP organized a three week capacity building program for Iraqi officials from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and managers of ten Iraqi state owned enterprises on how to develop strategic partnerships with foreign firms.

CLDP led a three week workshop in Washington DC from October 3-19, 2011 on “Forming Durable Strategic Partnerships between Iraqi SOEs and Foreign Firms.” The program which was conducted by Deputy Chief Counsel Marc Tejtel and International Program Specialist Adam Al-Sarraf, is the fin