NPM INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL BODIES. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES. In 2019, the Ombudsman acting as NPM actively participated as a member in the SouthEast Europe Network of National Preventive Mechanisms. Representatives of NPM took part in the meetings of the network members on the subject “NPM Policies on Supervision Measures” (June 2019) and “Special Needs of Children in Places of Detention” (October 2019). Other forums in which experts from NPM took part were the meeting of the Network of Ombudspersons for Children in South East Europe on the subject “Migration and Children” (October 2019) and the Second Regional Meeting of the European Network of Ombudspersons (December 2019). In the beginning of November 2019, an expert of NPM attended the training for European observers on forced return, which was delivered in the framework of the FReM III project and was organised by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development. Along with the participation in international forums, NPM experts participated in many meetings, round tables and conferences at national level, organised by public authorities and non-governmental organisations, regarding problems with: the places of deprivation of liberty, persons seeking international protection, migrants and other issues directly related to the NPM activities. 46