CONSOLIDATED REPORT the importance of sharing responsibilities among group members. Also, in July 2018, a three-day prison monitoring training was conducted with the participation of an international expert, M. Gnatovskyi, the President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. In September 2018, in Geneva, within the framework of UN sessions, with the support of the Commissioner for Human Rights together with the NPM Coordination Council, with the support of the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the UN office and other international organizations, a side event was conducted to present the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism of Kazakhstan to the international public. In 2018, the second Forum of the national preventive mechanism “Prevention of torture by joint efforts of national human rights institutions and the NPM” was conducted during which the annual consolidated report of NPM members on 13 the results of preventive visits made in 2017 was presented. The event was attended by government officials and all members of the NPM of Kazakhstan. Also a member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, representatives of the AsiaPacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, employees of the office of the Commissioner of Slovenia, the NHRI of Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation were invited. The key point of the Forum was the opportunity of meeting and conducting an open dialogue at a single table of representatives of the non-governmental and civil sector with representatives of state bodies to discuss issues on the prevention of torture in the closed institutions of the country. Within the framework of the forum, master classes for members on topical issues of the NPM activities were conducted by members of the Coordination Council and international experts. The event was organized by the Office of the Commissioner