24 4.7. Training of NPM members A representative of the NPM participated in two professional trainings on prevention of torture. In October 2014, the NPM of FYR Macedonia organised training for members of the Southeast Europe NPM Network titled “Monitoring of Psychiatric Institutions in the Context of Protection from Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment”, which was also attended by representatives of the Serbian NPM. In December 2014, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration in cooperation with the Institute of Humanitarian Right in Sanremo organised training for representatives of governmental institutions and NGOs as part of the project titled “Protection of Asylum-seekers and Refugees”. In the future work of the NPM it is necessary to focus more on professional training for members of the NPM. 4.8. Other forms of cooperation The Protector of Citizens has continued his cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia. A representative of the NPM took part in the workshop titled “Prevention of Torture”, organised in Belgrade in February 2014 by the OSCE Mission to Serbia in cooperation with Civic Solidarity organisation, the aim of which was to present the importance of regional cooperation and exchange of experiences of the West Balkans countries. With support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, a representative of NPM attended a two-day OSCE meeting titled “Prevention of Torture” held in Vienna in April 2014. Cooperation with the UNCHR Office in Serbia has been intensified, as well as cooperation with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the Group 484, with the aim of implementing the activities for improvement and protection against abuse of asylum-seekers in Serbia. In November 2014, acting in the capacity of NPM, the Protector of Citizens organised the first South-East OPCAT Forum and the conference titled “Prevention of Torture and Other Forms of Torture and Fight against Impunity“. 5. Exercise of NPM’s Mandate in 2014 5.1. Visits to places of detention In 2014, the NPM visited 79 places of detention. 38 scheduled and 41 visits with a specific purpose were made. As part of the scheduled visits, the NPM visited 25 police stations, 3 prisons, 2 psychiatric hospitals, 5 care homes for elderly. In addition, the NPM also performed 3 monitoring procedures in case of persons repatriated in the readmission process at the “Nikola Tesla” Airport. On the basis of these visits, the NPM sends reports to the visited institutions with recommendations for rectifying the identified shortcomings that result or may result in torture or mistreatment. In 2014, the NPM focused on visits with a specific purpose relating to the prevention of abuse of refugees and migrants in the Republic of Serbia. As part of oversight of compliance with the NPM’s recommendations for improving the treatment of refugees and migrants in the Republic of Serbia67, the NPM visited 41 institutions together with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights. 67 Recommendation number 75-6/14, available at: http://www.zastitnik.rs/index.php/lang-sr/2012-02-07-14-0333/3190-2014-02-14-08-47-05.