Training and Civilian Crisis Management Centre under the Ministry of Interior of Hungary provided experts for the course. During 2011, the PCUz also organized short-term training courses for Uzbek law enforcement officers in Hungary, France and Italy. During these courses, mid-level officers of the Uzbek National Security Service, the Ministry of Interior and the State Customs Committee learned best practices and obtained relevant practical knowledge in combating drug trafficking based on contemporary experiences of European law enforcement agencies. On 29-30 March, the PCUz and the NCDC organized a workshop in Gulistan that brought together NCDC regional experts from the Djizak and Syrdarya provinces. Participants learned about latest national regulations and respective government agencies’ preventive measures supporting the fight against trafficking of illicit drugs and chemical precursors. In April, the PCUz, in co-operation with the NCDC, organized a series of workshops in Tashkent for the heads of the organizational and methodological departments of the Drug Abuse Prevention Centres, chief pharmacologists, social workers, and secretaries of district committees for drug control. The participants increased their knowledge about the potential role of social workers in addressing drug addiction based on national and international experiences; forms of social rehabilitation and support; the latest instructions and methods in reporting on registered cases of drug addicts to better monitor and develop preventive measures and individual plans for drug addicts that had been issued by corresponding authorities; and recent national regulations and reform steps of the Drug Abuse Preventions Centres to respond to current realities. 126