1.7.2. WORKING METHODOLOGY The MPM pays particular importance to the revision and improvement of the working methodology. To this end, numerous workshops and meetings have been held and the members of the Special Preventive Group have been retrained. In 2018, with the support of the European Union and the Association for Prevention of Torture, an international non-governmental organisation, the methodology for monitoring the fulfilment of the NPM’s recommendations as well as the action plan of the activities to be carried out in this regard, Dialogue with Representatives of State agencies, Local and International Organisations, was developed. 1.7.3. TRAINING OF THE STAFF On 30-31 August 2018, the representatives of the NPM of the Public Defender’s Office participated in the training session organised under the auspices of the NGO, Prison Reform International (PRI). The training session aimed at introducing the methodology of monitoring in penitentiary establishments and the facilitation of acquiring practical monitoring skills. On 22-23 May, a representative of the NPM participated in a ToT on human rights, organised under the auspices of the United Nations Programme (UNDP). 13