This cooperation also includes various trainings for advancement of the NPM activity and increasing the professional capacity of the NPG members organized in cooperation with the UN agencies, as well as improving the activities of the NPM within the Twining Project which is runing in partnership with Germany and Poland with EU support, meetings and exchange of experience with participation of CPT, APT representatives and other NPM experts. Within the international relations framework of the NPM, bilateral cooperation relations were successfully built between the Commissioner and the UNICEF Baku Office, several activities, trainings and seminars were jointly conducted, the strategic plan of the NPM in child rights field was advanced and this contributes to further increasing the efficiency of the activity. As a component of the COE “Action Plan for Azerbaijan 2014-2016”, the Ombudsman became a partner in the project “Support to reforms in penitentiary service in Azerbaijan”, the representative of the Commissioner became the coordinator upon the project and relevant measures are carried out in the direction of improvement of the penitentiary system and increasing the professionalism of medical personnel. Besides, within this project framework the members of the NPG and experts will be represented in monitoring in COE prisons, as well as in the trainings starting from 2017 with participation of experts specialized in medical sphere, psychiatrists. In cooperation with the EU on this direction of activity, the strategic plan of the Azerbaijani NPM was complied with participation of experts invited from Poland and Greece. This will enable achieving efficient results on the NPM visits, submission of recommendations, legal analysis and directions of activity. During the reviewed period the Commissioner and NPG members held meetings with representatives of international organizations, international experts and foreign colleagues and participated in a range of important events. Within the frames of country visit the delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) met with the Commissioner and NPG members, wide discussions were carried out in the conducted visits and submitted recommendations. The Commissioner received Mr. Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders46. JamshidGaziyev, a responsible person from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also attended the meeting. The main goal of the meeting was 46 http://azertag.az/xeber/Ombudsman_Aparatinda_BMT_nin_xususi_meruzechisi_ile_g orus_kechirilib-994133 78