CAT/C/48/3 27. The Subcommittee wishes to express its gratitude to these States for their generous contributions. 28. In accordance with article 26, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol, the purpose of the Special Fund is to help finance the implementation of Subcommittee recommendations as well as education programmes of the national preventive mechanisms. The Subcommittee is convinced that the Special Fund has the potential to be a valuable tool in furthering prevention and it is therefore pleased that a scheme to operationalize the fund has been initiated within the reporting period. The Special Fund is administered by OHCHR (its Grants Committee acting as an advisory body to the High Commissioner for Human Rights) in conformity with the United Nations Financial Rules and Regulations and the relevant policies and procedures promulgated by the Secretary-General. This interim scheme will be revisited in 2012. The Subcommittee is pleased to report that the Administration of the Special Fund will consult the Subcommittee on the following basis: (1) the Subcommittee will identify, on an annual basis, thematic priorities for the annual call for applications, possibly by country, and with the objective of funding the implementation of recommendations contained in Subcommittee visit reports, (2) the Subcommittee Bureau will be kept informed of the applications received and the grants awarded; members of the Subcommittee may be consulted on issues arising from applications, and if any additional questions arise and, when necessary, a meeting with the Chairperson of the Subcommittee may be held. The Subcommittee identified the following thematic priorities for the current round: notification of the fundamental rights of detainees in a language which they can understand; improving recreational and/or vocational activities for juveniles in detention; basic training programmes for detention personnel (with the inclusion of a focus on health care); and any other specific recommendation in the visit reports that details a pressing and compelling need. Full details of the scheme have been publicized by the Secretary-General in his report to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the operations of the Special Fund (A/65/381). The Subcommittee very much hopes that the implementation of the above scheme will encourage further donations to the Special Fund. III. Engagement with other bodies in the field of torture prevention A. 1. International cooperation Cooperation with other United Nations bodies 29. As provided for under the Optional Protocol, the Subcommittee Chairperson presented the fourth Subcommittee annual report to the Committee against Torture during a plenary meeting held on 10 May 2011. In addition, the Subcommittee and the Committee took advantage of their simultaneous sessions in November 2011 to meet to discuss a range of issues of mutual concern such as the concept of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; the Subcommittee strategic focus for 2012; the methodology of information sharing between both treaty bodies; and the provisions of the Optional Protocol concerning both bodies in relation to applicable methodology. 30. In conformity with General Assembly resolution 65/205 of 28 March 2011, the Subcommittee Chairperson presented the fourth Subcommittee annual report (CAT/C/46/2) to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session in New York in October 2011. This event also provided an opportunity for an exchange of information with the Chairperson of the Committee against Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, who also addressed the General Assembly at that session. 9