Specifically in the case of Europe, the SPT members who were at the meeting noted the need to be quickly established a good relationship between SPT and each NPM, in particular through regular exchange of electronic messages, discussion forums or even the offer of medical support. In general terms, the possibility of taking advantage of existing structure within the Council of Europe or the European Union, for exchange of information was pointed out. As a practical example that often involves non-European countries, it was pointed out the convenience to pay more attention to the procedures relating to the activities of FRONTEX, in particular on expulsion to third countries, monitoring of conditions at the outset and articulation with the NPM of the country of destination, when available, to ensure the follow-up on arrival. The representative of the CPT distributed copies of the 22nd Report, containing a specific chapter with some thoughts on possible collaboration between this organ of the Council of Europe and the NPM. It was indicated that the CPT counts on the collaboration of NPM, not only with the usual prior collection of information but also during the visits. The CPT always suggests to the Government to invite the MNP to be present in the meetings with the visiting delegation. Finally, he/she indicated that the operation of NPM and the conditions offered by the State will be assessed informally by the CPT. • From 19 to 21 November an element of the Visitors Board attended the training action themed Police training of trainers on non-discrimination, with a focus on Rome and on sexual orientation and gender identity, organized by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. • The Portuguese Ombudsman, as NPM, received, on October 30, Mary Ambios, representative of SPT for a working meeting, giving notice of the activity developed by the NPM. 2.2.2. Institutional promotion In November, first steps were given for updating the Ombudsman website with a page exclusively dedicated to NPM, having prepared the respective contents about competences, activities and visits that took place. During the month of December the web page was in a testing phase, with the forecast of being accessible to the public as of the beginning of 2015. 36 |