23 4.7. Training of the NPM team members In the course of 2012 NPM organized continuous educational trainings for the NPM team members. In April 2012, Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director of Disability Rights International from Washington, gave lecture on monitoring institutions where persons with disabilities are placed. A workshop under the theme of Monitoring of the psychiatric institutions took place in May 2012. A member of Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, Mari Amos visited the Serbian NPM and its team members in June 2012, during which she gave an interactive lecture on methodology of the monitoring visits to the institutions where persons deprived of their liberty are placed. A workshop under the title of Measures of Prevention and Integration organized by the Council of Europe took place in July 2012. Eva Szeli, a professor at the University of Arizona and expert in the field of the rights of persons with mental disabilities, gave lecture in October 2012. Serbian NPM has carried out consultations and exchange of knowledge and experience with the representatives of NPM of Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Albania, Macedonia, Denmark, Montenegro, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. 4.8. Other forms of cooperation In the course of 2012 NPM activities was supported primarily by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Conferences, workshops and study visits, were organized for the purpose of the promotion of the work and role of the NPM, staff training, as well as the improvement of the situation of the persons deprived of their liberty and prevention of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Support was also given by publishing a leaflet and publication “Setting-up NPM in Serbia” printed in both Serbian and English languages. Described activities definitely increased institutional visibility of the NPM in Serbia and improved effectiveness in achieving its mandate. Successful cooperation was established with the Council of Europe. In June 2012 Serbian NPM within a “European NPM Project” of the Council of Europe, hosted the 9th thematic NPM workshop, with numerous participant from Serbia and the entire region. In July 2012 a workshop on measures to prevent potential asylum seekers from leaving the country was held. In November 2012, representative of the Serbian NPM attended Geneva forum on “Agreements on readmission and the role of national mechanisms in follow-up of migrants in host countries or countries of origin”. In December 2012 in Belgrade, Serbian NPM participated in roundtable discussion on the topic of internally displaced persons.