Performance record of chronically ill children – having diabetes, asthma, epilepsy and other sicknesses that restrict their lives considerably – is on the increase is depressing enough. Young people have to adapt their lives to the illness, learn to deal with not being the same as other children and still cope with their everyday lives most of which they spend in school. Chronically ill children at school Let us help these children and create a suitable environment for them. Of course, the parents have to make the most important contribution but teachers are also important contact persons who support children and provide them with important information for their lives. Unfortunately, the chronic illnesses of the children expand the sphere of responsibility of the teachers. They should also be able to recognise emergencies and provide simple medical help. The concern of teachers with regard to being held liable is understandable. In such cases, public liability should be applied, to ensure that teachers are no longer liable themselves. The implementation of a “school nursing” system as in Great Britain, i.e. the presence of a medical contact person in every school, would also be reassuring for the teachers. Legal solutions are necessary for the future, because unfortunately chronic illnesses in children are on the rise and there is no sign of this trend changing. Children are the future columns on which our society stands but they first need our support. I have summarised the results of the symposium held in Parliament on this topic in May 2015 and the most important recommendations in a publication which can be accessed on the AOB website. AOB in police training 34 In 2016, the AOB finalised a project that will make a major contribution to bringing its work closer to those who deal with it on a professional level. A set module on the work of the AOB both in the preventive monitoring and control of human rights and in the monitoring of public administration was included in the two-year police training programme. From 2017 onwards, all police cadets who might have dealings with the AOB both within the framework of ex-post control and visits by the NPM commissions will receive four hours of instruction in their second year of training. I am convinced that the AOB can remove uncertainties and reservations and build trust – a win-win situation for both sides.