FCIC has organized the “Regional Workshop on the Consulting Sector in central Asia” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 29-30 April, 2009. The workshop has been sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to formulate a capacity building program targeting the consulting sector in the Central Asian republics to improve their skills in project management, quality management and to increase their knowledge of working with international procurement procedures in order to prepare them for cooperation with the international donors in local and regional development projects. With the attendance of consultants from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, the workshop was a beneficial event for the region.