On 15-19 March and on 6-9 April, the PCUz organized a “Workshop on Drug Control” for approximately 100 regional representatives of the NCDC. On 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30 April, the PCUz, in co-operation with the NCDC, organized in the capital and in the regions a series of workshops for social workers and heads of organizational and methodological departments of Drug Abuse Prevention Centres. The workshop in Tashkent on 22-23 April was addressed by the PCUz. In the workshops, the 46 participants increased their knowledge about potential role of social workers in prophylactics of drug abusers based on national and international experiences, forms of social rehabilitation and support; latest instructions and methods in reporting on registered cases of drug addicts in order to better monitor and develop preventive measures and individual plans for drug addicts; recent national regulations and the reform process of Drug Abuse Preventions Centres in response to current realities. On 8-9 July, the PCUz facilitated the participation of an official delegation in the “Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and Strengthening Control of Precursor Chemicals” in Vienna (see also 2.). The delegation comprised representatives from the NCDC, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 9-10 August, the PCUz organized a workshop for eight provincial secretaries of the NCDC. The PCUz also facilitated technical support to the NCDC. Donated equipment included: HDD-3; UPS-1; UPS Battery-1; Random access memory-4; Internal HDD-2. The PCUz also supported the publication of the Information Bulletin on the Drug-Related Situation in Central Asia in 2010 as well as the publication of the manual on the “Prevention of Drug Abuse”. Sustainable Co-operation On 20-21 May, the PCUz supported the participation of the delegation from Uzbekistan at the OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting “Opportunities for Further enhancing OSCE police related activities”, held in Vienna and organized by the SPMU (see also 2.). The Uzbek delegation included representatives of the National Security Council and Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2010, PCUz also supported the publication of handbooks, toolkits and specific literature as well as started to strengthen the technical base of the Academy under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ****** 112