49 It is expected that the lack of the required number of employees working on NPM’s tasks shall lead to a reduction of future activities of Serbian NPM, which can decrease effectiveness of the prevention of torture in the Republic of Serbia. Past results of the work of the NPM are the consequence of the fact that the Protector of Citizens, in this initial phase, redirected the existing resources envisaged for to the performance of its general competence, to the performance of NPM’s tasks. Due to performance of duties of the NPM, capacities for carrying out other tasks in competence of the Protector of Citizens were reduced. Modification of the staffing scheme in the Expert Service of the Protector of Citizens should foresee the creation of the special organizational unit for performing tasks of the NPM – NPM Secretariat, outside of the Expert Service of the Protector of Citizens. Not having specific budget lines within the budget of the Protector of Citizens for the needs of the NPM, as well as a series of measures introduced in the Republic of Serbia which includes approval of budget spending, leads to an inefficient operation of the NPM in 2014. In order to provide the conditions for the efficient operation of the NPM, it is necessary in the coming period to establish a separate budget line within the budget of the Protector of Citizens for the needs of the NPM work. Until providing the abovementioned conditions for the work of the NPM in terms of organization, number of employees and the necessary financial resources, including its functional and financial independence, NPM is forced to reduce activities related to the performance of duties of the NPM in the next period. Such reduction of NPM activities in the coming period will have negative repercussions to the prevention of torture in the Republic of Serbia. It is expected that the shortage of necessary means for the work of NPM and the absence of its financial independence shall lead to a reduction of future NPM activities, which will weaken the prevention of torture in the Republic of Serbia.