At the meeting, which was attended by the respective contact persons of the NPMs of other European countries, as well as the representatives of the Council of Europe, European Commission, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, UN Subcommittee on Prevention, Association for the Prevention of Torture, and Inter-department Centre on Human Rights and People’s Rights of the Padua University, presentations were made on the preventive monitoring concept, its difference from visits conducted based on complaints, measures to be taken with regard to the complaints made during preventive visits, principles of visits, UN Subcommittee on Prevention, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the role of NPMs, as well as experiences of the Georgian and Estonian NPMs, exchange of views was conducted, and discussions were held and agreements were reached on the organization of the future functioning of the Network, topics, schedules and venues of the workshops to be arranged, share of practices to be carried out, as well as annual meetings of the NPM heads and scheduled meetings of contact persons, and periodic reporting letters to ensure exchange of information through the Network. R.T.Samadov, delivering a speech at the meeting, gave information on the Commissioner’s activity as the NPM, voiced proposals made by Azerbaijani NPM with regard to the topics of the workshops to be held in the upcoming years, and expressed his opinion on the proposals submitted by his colleagues from other countries. R.T.Samadov also informed the participants and the project management of the Commissioner’s intention to hold one of the planned seminars in Baku. After relevant discussions it was decided to conduct one of such international workshops in Baku in October 2011. The first workshop from the series of events to be organized by the Network was held on the topic of “The role of NPMs in the Prevention of IllTreatment in Psychiatric Institutions” in Padua, Italy on 24-25 March 2010. At the workshop attended by members of the NPM Group Y.Jafarova and R.T.Samadov presentations were delivered and discussion were held on the protection of the right to mental health in psychiatric institutions; special rights and provisions relating to the placement pursuant to mental health and social care; material conditions and personnel of mental health institutions; 101