Central Asia faces considerable frictions in electronic cross-border payments that curtail domestic transactions, trade and ecommerce. At the same time, the region seeks to build an inclusive ecommerce framework, to promote women’s full participation in digital trade and economic activity.  To...

CLDP facilitated a program for a delegation of Central Bank colleagues from Uzbekistan to visit Washington D.C. from September 25 – 29, 2023 for an exchange on risk-based supervision, cross-border payment, and cybersecurity practices for CBU. CLDP worked with private sector and government partners...

CLDP is building on a cybersecurity workshop it hosted in 2022 for the Department Heads and leadership of the Ministry of Finance in Kyrgyz Republic to design additional cybersecurity technical assistance training programs for the Ministry. CLDP is working with the Training Institute at the Ministry...

From September 4 - 8, 2023, 80 Government officials, civil society, and private sector representatives from Central Asia and the United States will gather for a Central Asia Regional Inclusive Digital Trade Program co-organized by CLDP and UNESCAP. This program will include U.S.-Central Asia...

From May 15-21, 2023, 30 Government officials, civil society, and private sector representatives from Central Asia will travel to Malaysia and Singapore for a digital trade case study and Working Group Meeting. CLDP is collaborated with USAID Future Growth Initiative (FGI), and USAID Trade Central...

On March 28-29, 2023, CLDP facilitated a Regional Cybersecurity Conference and Workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Experts and partners include DHS, AmCham, HP, MasterCard, Boeing, World Bank, and AUCC. The conference also launched the Regional Cyber Champions Network.

On March 28-29, 2023, CLDP facilitated a Regional Cybersecurity Conference and Workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Experts and partners include DHS, AmCham, HP, MasterCard, Boeing, World Bank, and AUCC. The conference also launched the Regional Cyber Champions Network.

From January 17 to 20, CLDP held a workshop on stakeholder engagement for digital trade related policymaking for participants from the government and non-government sectors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the United States. Government officials from...

On December 8-10, 2022, CLDP, Georgian National Competition Agency (GNCA), and the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) held a three-day workshop on Competition in Telecommunications: Workshop on Mergers and Anticompetitive Agreements in the Telecom Sector (“Workshop”) to further...