Ombudsman documents 4. Orientation value of the tender: persons from organisations chosen and who will perform monitoring under the provisions of the Optional Protocol, will receive reimbursement of expenses, costs of food and accommodation, remuneration for producing a report on monitoring performed, compensation of pay or compensation for lost earnings and a symbolic payment under Rules on the reimbursement of expenses and on rewards to persons from organisations who perform tasks or exercise authorities under the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Official Gazette RS, no. 17/08). 5. Conditions that applicants must fulfil: non-governmental organisations in the Republic of Slovenia and organisations that have obtained the status of humanitarian organisations in the Republic of Slovenia under the Humanitarian Organisations Act (Official Gazette RS, no. 98/03) which deal with the protection of human rights or fundamental freedoms, especially in the field of the prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment may apply at the public tender. They shall attach to their application a brief presentation of their work in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in the field of preventing torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment. Non-governmental organisations shall attach a declaration on registration and humanitarian organisations a declaration on the granting of the status of humanitarian organisation and on entry in the record of humanitarian organisations. An organisation that wishes to cooperate in carrying out monitoring must submit a declaration that members will not cooperate in performing monitoring who have been finally convicted to an unconditional prison sentence lasting more than 3 months or persons against whom a final charge has been filed because of a criminal offence that is prosecuted ex officio (proof: certificate). 6. Criteria for selection: criteria in the choice for cooperation will be given to organisations with more experience in the field of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in the field of prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment (proof: description of the most important activities, especially in the field of prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment). 7. Other conditions: members of selected organisations who will cooperate in implementing the tasks and exercising the authorities under the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 5 of the Act of Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 5 of this Act, will have to provide a prior written declaration that in performing the tasks and exercising the authorities they will cooperate according to the instructions the Ombudsman and work according to regulations on the protection of personal data and confidential data such as apply for the Ombudsman, his deputies and staff. A member of a selected organisation who does not give a prior written declaration may not cooperate in performing monitoring. 8. The Ombudsman will sign a contract of cooperation with selected organisations for the period up till 31 December 2010, with the possibility of extending cooperation for a further year. 9. The deadline for the delivery of written applications is 15 days from the day of publication of the tender in the Official Gazette RS. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 139