60 THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN 7. Cooperation and International Networking 7.a. Participation in meetings of National Preventive Mechanisms The NPM was represented at several international meetings by either the Deputy Ombudsman with NPM competencies or senior investigators of the Authority: • Conference of the NPM Network "Controlling Homes of the Elderly" (Trier, Germany, March 10th -14th); • Meeting of the Council of Europe with representatives of the National Technical University (Vienna, 26th -28th March); • Council of Europe NPM Impact Assessment meeting (Ljubljana Slovenia, 16th -19th April); • Southeast Europe NPM Meeting "Prevention of Suicides and Deaths from overdose in Detention Centres" (Podgorica, Montenegro, 29th -30th May); • Regional Seminar of the Middle East and North Africa NPM (Amman, Jordan, 31st July – 1st August); • Seminar "Use of force by police services" (Brussels, 25th -27th October), • NPM Workshop on "Strengthening the follow-up on NPM recommendations" (Copenhagen, 6th -9th November); • International Anniversary Meeting for the Armenian NPM (Yerevan, Armenia, 27th -29th November) • 2nd NPM Meeting on "Preventing Torture in Detention of Immigrants" (Milan, 2nd -5th December).