In consistency with its policy to focus on Africa and further to the recent appointment of two senior African experts as new members of CRCICA Board of Trustees, CRCICA concluded on 31 March 2015 a cooperation agreement with the Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry. One of the salient objectives of the agreement is to enable the two cooperating parties to conduct training programs and workshops on international arbitration in Mogadishu for Somalians with various backgrounds.