MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR NGOS 35 Potential partners ■ national and international human rights NGOs; ■ charitable associations, religious or otherwise; ■ regional organisations: Council of Europe (above all the CPT); Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (field offices); ■ United Nations agencies: UNDP, judicial reform programmes; UNICEF, women and children in detention; UNHCR, programmes for the protection of refugees. Working relations can entail different degrees of involvement by the NGO: ■ the exchange of general information between players: getting to know and making oneself known; ■ joining efforts on general or specific issues; ■ complementary action: ➤ by dividing up the areas of work; ➤ by seeking political or operational support from other organisations; ■ co-ordination on general or specific issues: defining common positions or strategies; ■ partnership by implementing joint programmes with other organisations.