Activities Ombudsman as an Institution of Administrative Reform'), the seminar of the EU Citizens Commissioner from June 18 – 20, 2006 (' Upholding Fundamental Rights – Sharing best practice') in Strasburg and the OSCE Meeting from October 11 - 13, 2006 ('Human Dimension Implementation Meeting') and the 'Ombudsman against Double Discrimination of Women' organised by the ombudsman for the region of Vojvodina and the OSCE, from November 15 – 16 in Novi Sad. Bilateral contacts The ombudsman for the Republic of Albania, Emir DOBJANI, visited the Ombudsman Board from May 13 – 16, 2006 for working meetings. During this, it was announced that the Ombudsman Board would support the training and further education of employees of the Albanian ombudsman within the scope of its possibilities. With the financial support of the KTC ('Know-how-TransferCenter') of the Austrian Federation of Cities, financed by the BM f EIA (Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs), the first employees will be familiarising themselves with the mode of operation of the Ombudsman Board in spring 2007. A high-ranking delegation of parliamentarians and employees of the ombudsman of Uzbekistan showed particular interest in the work of the Ombudsman Board, during discussions with the ombudsmen on December 13, 2006 in Vienna. In particular, this also involved issues surrounding portrayal in the media, within the context of the ORF broadcast, 'Ombudsman – Equal Rights for Everyone'. As already announced in the last Report of the Ombudsman Board to the National Council and the Federal Council, two employees of the Ombudsman Board went on a three-day study visit to the Slovakian ombudsman institution (February 2006). International Ombudsman Institute (I.O.I.) The focal point of the meetings of the IOI Europe Board, which take place at regular intervals, to which, in addition to the Vice President of the IOI, Ombudsman Dr. Kostelka, the parliamentary ombudsmen from Finland, Sweden, Northern Ireland and Catalonia belong, was on questions regarding the future content of activity and possibly necessary organisational changes within the IOI, as the world’s largest association of parliamentary ombudsmen. At the board meeting of all regional directors of the IOI, which took place in Barcelona in October 2006, a working group was set up, which is intended to provide recommendations by the end of 2007. 22 International Ombudsman Institute