CAT/OP/MKD/1/Add.1 of Zero-Tolerance Policy on improper treatment, as well as a Plan for prevention of corruption, which were adopted by the DES in March 2017. 49. On 20–22 February 2018, three one-day training sessions were carried in order to enhance the awareness of the management personnel and other prison personnel as well as to familiarize them with the new Strategy for Policy on Zero-Tolerance for improper treatment and with the Plan for Prevention of Corruption. The training was attended by 90 employees in the penitentiary system. 50. Furthermore, pursuant to the National Strategy, a Standard Operative Protocol on records keeping and notification was prepared with the assistance of an international expert, hired by the Council of Europe that is on use of means for coercion, the implementation of which commenced in all PCI and ECI in May 2017. 51. Among others, in line with the National Strategy, and with the assistance of an international expert, hired by the Council of Europe, a Code of conduct for the personnel at the PCI and the ECI was prepared. In February 2018 it was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia, and by mid-April 2018 the training on the said Code for the entire personnel at the PCI and the ECI began. Following this, the Code shall be transmitted to all employees. 52. Also, the DES has commenced the continuous training for the prison police personnel, among which the training on human rights, with a purpose to prevent improper treatment in the penitentiary system. To this end, pursuant to the Annual Plan on training of the prison police personnel for 2017, during April–May 2017 the following trainings were carried at the Training Center at PCI Idrizovo, delivered by two representatives of the Bureau for Representation of the Republic of Macedonia before the European Court of Human Rights: “International and national standards in the area of execution of sanctions” and “Human rights in prison conditions”. The training covered 221 employees of the prison police and employees of the re-socialization sector of the PCI: 113 of PCI Idrizovo; 55 employees from Skopje Prison; 33 employees of Prison Kumanovo with Open unit in Kriva Palanka, and Prison Tetovo 53. The trainings have been delivered by a trainer who is a member of the prison police (Head of Prison police from Skopje Prison). The trainings are planned to be held continuously during the next period. 54. On May 17, 2017, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions and the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC), on the basis of which representatives of the State Committee for Prevention of Corruption held continuous trainings for the employees in the penitentiary and correctional institutions regarding the prevention of corruption. The trainings commenced on June 1, 2017, covering 24 employees from the sector for re-socialization and the prison police from four penitentiary institutions, namely: Idrizovo Penitentiary – 7 people, Prison Skopje – 9 people, Kumanovo Prison with an Open unit in Kriva Palanka – 5 people and Prison Tetovo – 3 people. D. Remand detention 55. Within the Project “Reconstruction of the penitentiary institutions in the Republic of Macedonia”, the Ministry of Justice – the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions submitted an Information to the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in November 2017 in regards of the construction of a Pre-trial and Pre-sentence Unit with accompanying facilities and a Courtroom at the PCI Idrizovo, Gazi-Baba Municipality, instead of building it within Prison Skopje, as was originally envisaged. 56. The Information on the construction of the Pre-trial and Pre-sentence Unit with the accompanying objects and a Courtroom at PCI Idrizovo, Gazi-Baba Municipality was approved on November 7, 2017, on the 36th session of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. 8