136 12. The NPM’s international relations On March 12-13, one of the staff members of the Department attended the training session entitled “Monitoring homes for the elderly” held in Trier, Germany and organised by the Council of Europe, as well as the Austrian and German national preventive mechanisms. On May 17-18, 2018, one of the staff members of the Department attended the seminar entitled “Financial instruments related to disability” held in Trier, Germany and organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA), supported by the European Union. On October 5, 2018, Serbian Ombudsman Zoran Pašalić paid a visit to the Office. The participants of the meeting discussed the experience that they had gained during the performance of the tasks of the national preventive mechanism. On October 12, 2018, one of the staff members of the Department attended a meeting with the experts of the GRETA delegation, which was held in the Ministry of the Interior as part of the country visit paid on October 9-12, 2018,267 with a view to assessing how Hungary implemented the provisions set out by the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. On November 16, 2018, one of the staff members of the Department met with the members of the International Organisation for Migration at the Office and answered the questions asked as part of their regional project called “PROTECT – Preventing sexual and gender-based violence against migrants and strengthening support to victims”. On November 19, 2018, the CPT’s delegation to Hungary met with the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and his colleagues.268 On November 29, 2018, the head and deputy head of department participated in the closing meeting of CPT, which was held at the Ministry of the Interior. On December 4, 2018, one of the staff members of the Department met with the experts of the US Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Office. 267 268 Convention of the Council of Europe on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings announced by Act XVIII of 2013. On the CPT’s visit to Hungary between November 20-29, 2018, see: https://www.coe.int/ en/web/cpt/-/council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-visits-hungary