59 National dialogue Advisory committee The NPM’s advisory committee was established in spring 2014 and comprises representatives of organisations with expertise in areas that are important to preventive work, such as human rights, children, equality and anti-discrimination, and knowledge about the conditions for inmates, patients and detainees etc. In 2016, four meetings of the advisory committee were held. The committee’s members have provided input and feedback on the preventive work, discussed relevant issues and shared their expert knowledge on a number of topics. The topics discussed include the follow-up of visits, particular challenges for people with disabilities in prison, practices at child welfare institutions, incorporating user and experience competence in the work and the priorities for 2017. The members of the advisory committee are representatives of the following organisations: ››The Norwegian National Human Rights Institution ››The Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman ››The Ombudsman for Children ››The Norwegian Bar Association's Human Rights Committee ››The Norwegian Medical Association, represented by the Norwegian Psychiatric Association ››The Norwegian Psychological Association's Human Rights Committee ››The Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS) Four meetings of the advisory committee are planned in 2017. ››The Norwegian Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (NFU) ››Jussbuss (free legal aid service) ››The Norwegian Association of Youth Mental Health ››We Shall Overcome ››The Norwegian Research Network on Coercion in Mental Health Care (TvangsForsk) ››The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) ››Retretten Foundation ››Amnesty International Norway Two new members have joined the committee during the year: The Norwegian Association of Youth Mental Health and the Retretten Foundation have replaced the Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People (FFO) and the Norwegian Centre against Racism.