140 of persons deprived of liberty and torture; modalities of monitoring of institutions, types of institutions, categories of persons deprived of liberty, tools for determining the real situation in institution and comparison of the noted situation with relevant national and international standards; competence, mandate, principles, methodology of work and goals of the Preventive Mechanism; familiarization with the questionnaires; structure and methodology of drafting of the Preventive Mechanism reports, etc. The external training is implemented with the view of professional development of the Preventive Mechanism members. 2.6. COOPERATION WITH SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS Intensive cooperation and exchange of experience with other institutions dealing with protection and improvement of position of persons deprived of liberty (international and nongovernmental organizations, similar mechanisms etc.) will be established. The Preventive Mechanism members will participate at gatherings and in study visits in the country and abroad the topic of which will be protection of rights of persons deprived of liberty and functioning of institutions that conduct monitoring of institutions where these persons are detained. 3. PREPARATION OF MONITORING In the process of preparation of monitoring of places of detention of persons deprived of liberty, the first step is to identify the priority visits according to the type of institutions and their situations and on the basis of the findings prepare the plan of visits to institutions (hereinafter: Plan of visit) . The following types of visits exist: regular, control and emergency REGULAR VISITS Regular visits are periodic visits carried out with the view of systematic control of situation in institutions in relation to the respect of rights of persons deprived of liberty. Regular visits are planned ahead and carried out according to the designed plan of visit. Regular visits are announced. CONTROL VISITS Control visits are those carried out in order to check the situation in institutions in relation to the respect of persons deprived of liberty and compare it to the situation identified in the course of previous visit. Control visit are planned ahead and carried out according to the designed plan of visit. Control visits are, as a rule, announced. EMERGENCY VISITS Emergency visits are visits carried out in case of learning of the existence of serious irregularities related to the respect of rights of persons deprived of liberty. A decision to carry out an emergency visit is made by the coordinator. Emergency visits are not foreseen by the plan of visit. Emergency visits are, as a rule, unannounced.