On June 29 and 30, 2023, in collaboration with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), CLDP co-hosted and participated in the Corporate Governance Center’s (CGC) 2023 annual conference, “Collaboration for Sustainable Corporate Governance.” The event drew together over 80 private...

From February 22-26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot with three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, and Germany to...

From March 28-April7, 2023, CLDP will sponsor six teams from the Western Balkans, and 3 teams from the Southern Caucasus to attend the 30th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place in Vienna, Austria from March 31-April 7, 2023. On March 28-29, the teams will participate in the...

On December 14-15, 2022 CLDP and the Armenian Competition Protection Commission (CPC) held a workshop on Anticompetitive Agreements and Mergers in Regulated Sectors to further develop CPC’s capacity in these critical areas of competition law enforcement. The Workshop brought CPC officials involved...

On November 17-19, 2022, CLDP, in partnership with Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG), conducted a three-day workshop on writing concepts in commercial arbitration as part of CLDP’s preparation programming for the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot. The workshop brought together the coaches and...

On September 20-21, 2022, CLDP, in partnership with Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG), conducted a two-day Training of Trainers Workshop for the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot. The workshop brought together the coaches of Vis Moot teams from Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for training...

From August 29^th – September 16^th CLDP will conduct a series of consultations on the digitalization of trade corridors in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. The goal of CLDP’s Eastern Europe Regional Customs portfolio is to boost connectivity amongst the portfolio countries and to provide them with...

CLDP partnered with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and the American Chamber of Commerce Armenia to hold a two-day consultation in Yerevan, Armenia on July 26-27, 2022. This program assessed franchise market opportunities in Armenia and identify prospective investors interested in...

On June 13th – 20th, CLDP completed an initial assessment mission in Armenia to identify appropriate technical assistance and gaps in Armenia’s digitalization strategy to include data protection, e-government initiatives, cybersecurity, and future 5G deployment. In addition, CLDP also assessed the...

On May 12, 2022, CLDP convened the first formal meeting of a working group on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the South Caucasus. The mission of the new working group, which consists of members from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, is to help make ADR an affordable, available, and effective...