On December 7-8, 2019, in Telavi, Georgia, CLDP, in collaboration with the Georgian Association of Arbitrators, held a two-day roundtable to promote arbitration in Georgia. Twenty-six stakeholders attended the roundtable, including members of the Georgian judiciary, Georgian government officials...

On October 29-31, CLDP, in coordination with the Public Procurement Agency of Moldova, facilitated a roundtable focused on the professionalization of public procurement in Chisinau, Moldova. Thirty-four participants attended the roundtable, including representatives from national and regional...

On October 14-15, 2019, CLDP, in cooperation with the Competition Agency of Georgia, and in conjunction with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, conducted a two-day workshop on merger control. The workshop trained 35 participants from the Competition Agency and...

On February 12-13, 2020, CLDP, in coordination with the State Procurement Agency of Georgia, facilitated a two-day workshop on transparent and efficient procurement in Tbilisi, Georgia. The workshop brought together approximately sixty participants from the State Procurement Agency and national and...

On July 22-26, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) hosted Government representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington, DC, and Houston, TX. The purpose of the ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE) consultations was to enhance...

On December 12, in Manama, Bahrain, CLDP held a workshop focused on technology transfer for representatives from government, academia, and the startup community.

On September 24-25, 2019, CLDP conducted a workshop for the Honduran energy regulator, energy ministry and electricity utility on technical aspects of microgrid regulations. The workshop covered electricity rate design, energy efficiency, and interconnection. The workshop was a follow-up to the CLDP...

On October 22-23, 2019, CLDP and USTR conducted a workshop on Building Effective Marketing Strategies and Practices, for approximately 100 government officials, academics, and industry representatives from El Salvador and Guatemala in San Salvador, El Salvador. Participants included Guatemalan and...

On June 30 and July 1, in Manama, CLDP, in cooperation with the Bahrain Economic Development Board and the Central Bank of Bahrain, will conduct a workshop for lawyers and businesspeople regarding the recently drafted Secured Lending Law. CLDP assisted with the drafting of the new law, which was...

On June 26-27, in Manama, CLDP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Finance (BIBF) and the Bahrain Ministry of Justice, conducted insolvency law training for local bankers and business people. This program is an extension of CLDPs efforts to support the development of a modern...