A total of 35  participants will be selected to attend  the training workshop. About 20  participants will  be  from  developing  countries, ISESCO member  countries,  IDB  member  countries and CIS countries and 15 participants will be  from Kazakhstan. The combination of participants from developing countries,  ISESCO member countries, IDB member countries, CIS countries and Kazakhstan  will  allow for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences as well as opportunities for discussions, networking and possible collaboration.Participants are required to seek travel grant from their organizations to pay their travel expenses to Astana, Kazakhstan. Limited travel grant from organizer is available for participants who are really in difficulties in getting travel grant from their organization which is to be based on merit and need on case by case consideration.The five-day workshop will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 13 to 17 October 2014