On March 3rd, CLDP led a conference addressing the challenges to private-sector growth in Kuwait. The program, held in cooperation with Kuwaits Supreme Council of Planning Development (SCPD) and the Arab Planning Institute, brought together government officials, private-sector representatives...

CLDP organized a US Study Tour on Harnessing the Benefits of Technology Transfer and Innovation-based Entrepreneurship for Economic Growth in Algeria and Tunisiain Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, from February 29-March 3, 2016.

On March 17-24, 2016, CLDP sponsored three Middle East law schools: University of Baghdad,Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, andUniversity of Jordan to participate in the 23rd Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria.

On February 23 and 24, CLDP organized two workshops on eRegulation in collaboration with the Moroccan National Committee on Business Climate (CNEA)

CLDP and AC Franchise organized a one-day Franchise Business Club Workshop directed toward current and future franchisors in Tunis, Tunisia on February 15, 2016.

On February 9-13, 2016 in Manama, CLDP hosted the 6th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Moot, in coordination with Bahrain Center of Disputes and Resolutions (BCDR), the Royal University for Women, Mena Chambers, and the University of Pittsburg (CILE).

As Iraq looks to increase economic growth and development, the need to attract local and foreign investment is ever more clear and present. From investing in infrastructure to the housing sector, energy to public services, one thing is clear: the opportunities in Iraq are abundant and the country is...

CLDP, in close cooperation with the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and U.S. embassy Tunis, co-organized a Workshop on Franchising in Algiers, Algeria on January 25, 2016.

CLDP sponsored the participation of technology transfer specialists from Pakistan and Tunisia to attend the 2016 Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California from 14-17 February 2016.