In Sudan, the convening of the 5th Islamic Financial Industry Forum is going to take place during the period April 25-26 under the theme "Role of Islamic financial institutions in funding economic development projects.” Many international and Islamic financial institutions have been invited to attend the forum, including Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Development Fund, Abu Dubai Development Fund, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development among others. Delegations representing the Oman Sultanate, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to take part in this annual event which is organised by the Khartoum-based Bayan Centre for Islamic Financial Engineering.