npm annual report 2016 / activities 2.5 Training Two public officials from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman attended a three-day training workshop for NPMs organised in Vilnius, in June 2016, by the Lithuanian ombudsman, the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and APT. The workshop a follow-up to a similar training organised in Riga the year before. This time the theme was “Monitoring of Psychiatric Facilities”. One of the coordinators at the Office took part in the third Jean-Jacques Gautier NPM Symposium on monitoring psychiatric institutions. The symposium was organised in Geneva by APT in September 2016. In addition to NPMs, the participants included experts by experience and representatives of various NGOs. In September 2016, two legal advisers from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman specialising in health care issues attended a two-day symposium on reducing risks and preventing violence, trauma, and the use of seclusion and restraint in psychiatric care. The symposium was organised by Niuvanniemi Hospital. The NPM organised a one-day induction training for its external experts in September 2016. In addition to the Office’s own staff, training was provided by psychiatrist Veronica Pimenoff, who has participated in visits conducted by the CPT as a medical expert and has since 2015 also acted as an external expert on the visits of the Finnish NPM. In September 2016, one of the NPM coordinators participated in an international training event organised in Helsinki. The training concerned best practices in forensic psychiatry, focusing on the theme “Modern forensic in-patient facility design standards”. The speakers included Professor Harry Kennedy from Ireland and Architect Christopher Shaw. One of the examples of modern psychiatric hospitals mentioned at the training was the Swedish hospital Helix, which the coordinator had visited in June in connection with the meeting of the Nordic NPMs. The theme is very topical in Finland, because a new hospital complex is being planned in Helsinki. The complex would include a psychiatric hospital and a unit of forensic psychiatry. In December 2016, the staff of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman were provided with training on the Non-Discrimination Act. The event included a presentation of the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman’s activities as the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings. Information was also provided on supervising the removal from the country of foreign nationals, i.e. the practical supervision carried out by the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman and its effectiveness. The topic was followed up in February 2017 when a representative from the police came to the Office to talk about the challenges associated with the return flights of foreign nationals and the use of force by the police in such situations. 17