recommendations and annual reports, as well as through printed media and audio-visual media. o Delivery of specific recommendations (i.e., on the hunger strike of foreigners in the Closed Center Kareç); o Recommendations at the end of visits; o Annual Report of the Ombudsman, year 2014; o Special Report of the NPM 2014; o Press Conference on the Special Report of the NPM 2014; o Publications of recommendations in the Ombudsman’s Journal; o Television Program with the participation of the General Director of Migration Mr. Merepeza, the representative of the Parliamentary Commission for human rights, Ms. Vasilika Hysi, and UNHCR Commissioner, Mr. Hortenc Balla. 3. It was addressed the issue of health services at the centers during the Workshop organized on 29-30 June 2015, by the Ombudsperson Institution, through NPM, with representatives of the health group of South East Europe Network Mechanisms in Albania, as well as the Directorate of Migration and Border, etc. 4. A cross-sectoral working group was set up in order to follow the development and design of materials for institutional attitudes. 5. An official letter was delivered on 08 September 2015, to the President of the European Commission, on the migration crisis by the President of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen, (AOM) Mr. Igli Totozani. 6. The Ombudsman Institution, in the role of the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture (NPM) and with support of the project “Support of Denmark to the Albanian people - Closer to local communities, civil society and media (2012-2015)” on 29th and 30th October 2015, developed a two-day activity with the theme: “The handling of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants returning to Eastern Europe - Discussions about common concerns and monitoring standards.” The main purpose of this event was that together with representatives of National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Torture, various international organizations and Albanian state authorities, to discuss the common challenges of monitoring the standards of handling irregular migrants and refugees in South-East European countries and further, in the region. Experts from national machineries from countries Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Albania, representatives of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), the Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (SPT), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation of External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), the Agency of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR), Presence in Albania of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE ), and the Directorate General of State Police, Border and Migration in Albania. 96