In collaboration with the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Transportation, CLDP conducted a two-day workshop from September 24-25, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand for high-level members of port authorities within the region. The workshop focused on both capacity building and facilitated discussions...

On September 12-13, in Manila, CLDP conducted a workshop on port concession agreements for the Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Public-Private Partnership Center. Participants reviewed and drafted key clauses of concession agreements. International experts provided recommendations on...

In collaboration with the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Transportation, CLDP conducted a two-day roundtable in Bangkok, Thailand from September 23-24, 2024, for CEOs and Chairpersons of regional port authorities in South Asia to foster dialogue between the major points in the Bay of Bengal...

From October 14-16, CLDP, in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center, conducted the Infrastructure Contracts Certificate Course. This was the fifth cohort to complete the course since the inaugural cohort in September 2023. The course is part of the Quad Infrastructure Fellowships Program...

From August 18-22, CLDP, in partnership with USAID, provided support to the Ministry of Finance and other Maldivian government ministries to draft a Public Private Partnerships (PPP) law. The drafting workshop convened key stakeholders based on a CLDP policy paper supported by the Minister of...

On May 22-23, CLDP, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Development Finance Corporation, and the United States Trade and Development Agency, conducted a workshop exchange focused on Port Financing. Public and private sector experts presented policies and infrastructure...

On May 29-30, CLDP, a workshop exchange focused on FIDIC Contracts and Disputes for participants from the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure. The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) produces standard-form contracts that are widely used in the construction and...

On May 27, CLDP, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), held a launching workshop for the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS). MAPS is an international standard assessment designed to evaluate a country’s public procurement system. The MAPS assessment will be...

From May 19-21, CLDP conducted a workshop on Commercial Mediation with participants from the Attorney General's Office of the Maldives. As a form of alternative dispute resolution, commercial mediation allows parties to efficiently and amicably work towards win-win solutions. The workshop included...

From June 19-28, CLDP partnered with the Philippines Department of Transportation and Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center to conduct consultations in the U.S. on transport-related infrastructure development and the development of recent PPP projects. This included attending the 2024...