2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE In 2015, external experts (psychologists) were involved twice during inspections of child care homes. representatives of the Psychological-Pedagogical Service of Vilnius City and Lithuania’s representative on the Committee against Torture, psychiatrist Vytautas Raškauskas. COOPERATION Seeking to develop cooperation and partnership with other institutions, the following meetings were organised: with the Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights regarding the performance of the national prevention of torture in places of detention where children are kept, with the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lithuania regarding cooperation in eliminating human rights violations in the environment of asylum seekers and monitoring of the human rights situation in frontier stations, and with representatives of Lithuanian NGOs acting in the area of protection of human rights regarding cooperation and participation of experts in the implementation of the Programme for National Prevention of Torture. While performing the function of the national prevention of torture, it is also important to ensure inter-institutional cooperation. Thus, in 2014, a lot of attention was paid to meetings with experts in prevention of torture. Member of the Subcommittee on Prevention Mari Amos visited the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office twice and provided consultations to advisers of the Seimas Ombudsmen. During the first visit, the discussion with Mari Amos focused on issues of implementation of the Programme for National Prevention of Torture in Lithuania and sharing experience in monitoring of places of detention. The expert made recommendations on possible ways to improve methods of prevention and encouraged to draw up a 5-year plan of inspections in places of detention. During her second visit in Lithuania, the member of the Subcommittee on Prevention organised training at the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office and visited, together with employees of the Office, the Antaviliai care home for the elderly. In 2015 the Seimas Ombudsmen focused on meetings with heads of responsible authorities as well as places of detention and their associations organized in various counties of Lithuania. These meetings provided an opportunity to present the mandate of national prevention of torture as well as the most relevant problems identified in 2014–2015 and discuss solutions to such problems. Cooperation possibilities in performing the national prevention of torture were discussed with 9