34 present, is ongoing a competition for filling the vacancies for the positions of physicians at the Bucharest and Bacau zonal centers. In order to carry out the activities of the NPM, external collaborators are also coopted, based on service contracts. External collaborators are selected by the People's Advocate, based on the proposals received from the Romanian College of Physicians, the College of Psychologists in Romania, the Society of Sociologists in Romania, the National College of Social Workers or from other professional associations to which they belong. Thus, in 2019, the People's Advocate institution had 38 external collaborators (10 physicians; 8 social workers; 20 psychologists). According to Art. 36 paragraph (4) of Law no. 35/1997, republished at the activity of torture prevention, participate representatives of non-governmental organizations active in the field of human rights protection, selected on the basis of their activity, by the Ombudsperson. Currently, Collaboration Protocols are concluded with 28 non-governmental organizations. In 2019, the visiting teams within the NPM made 79 visits to places of detention (some of the visits carried out had as main objective the verification of the implementation of the recommendations made in the reports prepared following previous visits in the respective places of detention), as follows: ● Prisons - 10 visits: Târgu-Jiu Penitentiary; Găești Penitentiary; Craiova Pelendava Penitentiary; Tichilești Detention Center; Târgu-Mureș Penitentiary; Aiud Penitentiary; Tulcea Penitentiary; Giurgiu Penitentiary; Ploiești Penitentiary; Ploiești Women's Penitentiary - Târgșorul Nou (was verified the implementation of recommendations); ● Preventive Arrest and Detention Centers - 9 visits: Preventive Arrest and Detention Centers: Argeș, Călărași (was verified the implementation of recommendations), Gorj, Botoșani, Maramureș, Covasna (was verified the implementation of recommendations), Teleorman (was verified the implementation of recommendations), Tulcea and Buzău ; ● Centers for Migrants - 6 visits: the Accommodation Center of the Foreigners taken into Public Custody Arad; Timișoara Regional Center for Accommodation and Procedures for Asylum-seekers; Albița Detention and Triage Center, Vaslui County; The Regional Center for Accommodation and Procedures for Asylum-seekers Rădăuți, Suceava County; Center for Asylum-seekers Șomcuta Mare, Maramureș county (was verified the implementation of recommendations); The Regional Center for Accommodation and Procedures for Asylumseekers Bucharest; ● Residential centers for children - 18 visits: the Placement Center for Children with Disabilities Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Mehedinți county; Emergency Reception Center Timișoara, Timiș County; Emergency placement center for abused, neglected, exploited children, Braila; Tecuci Placement Center, Galați County; Beclean Placement Center, BistrițaNăsăud County; The emergency reception center and the Maternal Center within the Sighetul Marmației service complex, Maramureș county; The placement center for children with severe disabilities Cristuru Secuiesc, Harghita County; Maternal Center "Speranța" Alba-Iulia; “Sfântul Stelian” Ghimbav Placement Center, Brașov County; Center for Children with Disabilities "Domnița Bălașa", Bucharest; Residential Center for the Child with Severe Handicap within the Oltenița Community Services Complex, Călărași county; The Placement Center for Children with Disabilities in Găești; "Antonio" Placement Center Constanta; Center for emergency reception and evaluation of children - Community Services Complex no. 3 Buzau; The emergency reception center - D.G.A.S.P.C. Sector 4, Placement Center „Sf. Marcellin Champagnat” Sector 6 Bucharest; Placement Center within the Foundation "Life PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE ANNUAL REPORT 2019