JEAN-JACQUES GAUTIER NPM SYMPOSIUM 2016 17:45 – 18:00 Wrap up and close of meeting – Isabelle Heyer, APT 18:30 Reception at the APT Wednesday, 7 September 2016 (morning) Time Session 8:30 – 9:00 Welcome coffee 9:00 - 10:30 Session 5 – Assessing treatment and the risk of overmedication • The Georgian NPM approach and experience Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the NPM, Georgia (8 min.) • Challenges related to assessing treatment and the risk of overmedication: a perspective from the Mauritius NPM Vijay Ramanjooloo, Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission (NPM), Mauritius (8 min.) Moderated discussion: all participants (~1h.) Moderator: Veronica Filippeschi, APT 10:30– 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 12:30 Session 6 – De-institutionalisation and community-care: challenges and good practices • The role of civil society organisations in NPMs’ approach to de-institutionalisation Dragana Ćirić, Director, Disability Rights International/MDRI-Serbia (8 min.) • Alternatives to institutionalisation in psychiatric institutions from a monitoring perspective: the experience of the Paraguayan NPM Carlos Portillo, NPM Commissioner, Paraguay (8 min.) 46