want to have meetings with. Pursuant to the undertaken visits, recommendations are issued by international and national experts regarding the improvement of internal prevention measures, that are presented to the authorities of signatory states, for enforcement purposes. The relevant authorities of the state examine the recommendations and discuss with it so that the measures may be enforced. State parties agree to publish and disseminate the annual reports of National Prevention Mechanisms. The follow-up of the implementation of recommendations included in the Visit Reports submitted to the visited institutions plays a major role in the activity of NPM, by: ● maintaining dialogue both with governmental authorities and with the managers of institutions, regarding the enforcement of recommendations, with Parliament members, professional associations, including civil society); repeated follow-up visits, especially in high risk places, are an efficient method to assess the implementation of recommendations; ● proposals to amend laws by visit reports, annual reports, thematic reports or specific opinions and recommendations; ● interaction with the legal system, through meetings, workgroups, consultative committees; ● collaboration with civil society, with professional organizations, NGOs, research institutes and universities, etc.; ● cooperation with other NPMs, with the CPT, SPT and the EU; ● cooperation with the press. 7