Special Programs


In addition to the Washington Training Program, the Institute designs special programs at the request of international organizations, national governments, and other institutions, for practical professional training both in the USA and on-site.

Following is a small selection from the several dozen programs organized by the institute in recent years

Theory and Practice of Enforcing Competition Policy. In cooperation with the World Bank. Training in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov-on-Don, Orenburg, Cheliabinsk, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk for the Russian Antimonopoly Committee.

Judicial Training, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Republika Srpska), in Washington, DC, for six sitting judges from the Republika Srpska to observe the internal operations of state and federal courts in the United States. 

Development Program for Senior Civil Servants from the Republic of China. A study of reinventing the government and administrative reform in Taiwan. The training was organized in Washington, DC in cooperation with the government of Taiwan and Duke University. Included site visits and a field trip to New York.

Slovakian Procurement Reform. Customized training in Bratislava and other cities for Slovakian officials drafting a revised public procurement law and implementing regulations with support from the World Bank.

Bankruptcy Law Training in Mongolia, for more than sixty legal professionals, including judges, attorneys, trustees, legal advisers and businessmen, followed by lectures and site visits in Washington, DC for representatives of the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia. Funded by the World Bank. 

Legal Issues in Private Financing of Infrastructure. A regional conference in Santo Domingo. In cooperation with the United Nations Commission on International Trade and the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investment in the Dominican Republic.

International Procurement and Private Finance of Infrastructure, a workshop for senior staff of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

ILI serves as as an advisor for specific negotiations, problems, and special assignments, such as drafting of agreements, focused studies, regulation, revision, contract standardization, legislative drafting, and project management and execution.

Requests concerning special programs should be addressed to Kim Phan, Director of Business Development.