“The path to a more democratic Egypt started with many important positive measures, including a willingness to combat corruption and  institutionalize a fair system across all government entities,” remarked Walter North, the USAID Mission Director, at the opening ceremony.

As part of its continued collaboration with the State Customs Service of Ukraine, CLDP conducted the second of a series of workshops on specific issues and procedures in customs valuation on October 31-November 4, 2011 in Kyiv.

As part of CLDP's ongoing support of the Iraqi judiciary in the area of commercial law, CLDP and the Federal Judicial Center in Washington DC organized a workshop for senior judiciary officials on judicial education for sitting judges.

CLDP held a Eurasia Intellectual Property Customs Enforcement and Coordination Workshop, October 26-28, 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

CLDP Senior Counsel James Filpi, Attorney-Advisor Drew Miller, Mayer Brown Counsel Tom Jersild, World Bank Regulatory Policy Consultant Andrii Palianystia, and USTR Regional Director Jason Buntin organized a half-day working session on October 26, 2011 in Muscat, Oman with officials of the Omani