Contacts with NGOs The Commissioner as the NPM participated in a programme organised by an NGO on the use of alternative measures to detention in Cyprus. During the programme, Officers of the Mechanism held meetings with the participating stakeholders and provided information through relevant questionnaires for a relevant research. G. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES/EVENTS On 19 May 2016, an Officer of the Mechanism participated with a presentation in a conference on alternative measures to detention organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cyprus (UNHCR) in collaboration with the NGOs, International Detention Coalition and the Future Worlds Center, at the Filoxenia Conference Centre. On 7-8 June, an Officer of the Mechanism participated in a two-day conference on the strengthening of the cooperation of NPMs with the judicial power, organised by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) and the European Academy of European Law - ERA) in Vienna. On 13-14 October 2016, an Officer participated in the Annual Meeting of NPMs from the OSCE Region, organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) and the international NGO, APT, in Vienna. On 3 November 2016, an Officer participated in a Workshop on “Searching Alternatives to the Detention of Third-Country Nationals in Cyprus” organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cyprus (UNHCR) in collaboration with NGO, Future Worlds Center. On 6 December 2016, the NPM, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Optional Protocol in Cyprus, organised an Anniversary Event on “The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention 28