Factors to evaluate Assessment tool paragraph NO Partial YES Comments 88. Are there policies and procedures for sharing information within the NPM? 16.6    89. Are there policies and procedures for communication with other national and international actors, including the SPT, and the press? 16.7    90. Are there policies and procedures for data protection and issues of confidentiality? 16.8    91. Has the NPM formed partnerships with national and international actors in order to raise awareness of the obligations of the State Parties among decision-makers and within the general public? 17    92. Are these partnerships designed to encourage and facilitate change in legislation, the policies of the authorities, general attitudes, and conditions and practices in places of detention? 17    93. Has the NPM developed long-term as well as short-term concrete strategies for its work in order to achieve the maximum impact on problems and challenges relevant to its mandate in the local context? 18    94. Do members of the NPM and its staff receive ongoing training on NPM activities and torture prevention, covering inter alia methodological, strategic and ethical issues? 20    95. Do external experts and other possible contributors receive on-going training on NPM activities and torture prevention, covering inter alia methodological, strategic, and ethical issues? 20    96. Do members of the NPM and its staff participate in developing working methods? 20    97. Do external experts and other possible contributors participate in developing working methods? 20    98. Is the SPT involved in any of the NPM’s activities on training and development of working methods? 20    99. In the framework of its visiting activities does the NPM actively seek information in order to ensure that it has data on all places of detention? 21    100. Does the NPM keep an archive of all relevant and available information about on places of detention and the treatment of persons held there? 21    101. Does the NPM have criteria for the selection of places to be visited? 22    102. Does the NPM have criteria for decisions on thematic visits? 22    103. Do these criteria ensure that all places of detention are visited regularly? 22    Working Strategy of the NPM Factors to evaluate Implementation of Visiting Activities Planning ANNEXES I 57