At the same time, the College received applications from external collaborators - psychologists, and the proposals were sent to the People’s Advocate Institution, so as to perform the selection procedure. As for participation in the visits organized by the Field regarding prevention of torture for external collaborators, based on service agreements, we remind that, starting September 1, 2016, pursuant to the requests of the Financial, Wages and Human Resources Office and of the Administrative Office of the People’s Advocate (regarding the compliance with the provisions of art. 43 (2) of Decision no. 395/June 2, 2016 on the approval of the Methodological Guidelines for the enforcement of provisions regarding the award of the public procurement contract/master agreement of Law no. 98/2006 on public procurement), this is conditioned by the compliance with the mentioned legal provisions regarding their obligation to be registered in SEAP (the Electronic Public Procurement System). The fulfilment of the mentioned condition resulted in a reduction in the number of external collaborators, so that most 2018 visits were performed with the participation of physicians who were permanent employees of the Field regarding prevention of torture. ►Visit teams also include representatives of non-governmental organizations working in the field of human rights protection, selected by the People’s Advocate Institution based on their activity. Collaborations with non-governmental organizations were pursued in 2018 and new Protocols were entered with: the “Voceacopiilorabandonati” [The Voice of Abandoned Children] Association, the “Consiliultinerilorinstitutionalizati” [The Council of Institutionalized Youth] Association, the Ascis Association for Community Support and Social Integration, the “Sf. Maria AjutorulCrestinilor” [Saint Mary, the Help of Christians] Children Home Association, the “Aproape de Oameni” [Close to People] Association of Iasi, the Community Support Foundation of Bacau, the “ActiunesiResursepentruComunitate” [Action and Resources for the Community - ARC] Association of Bacau, the ICAR Foundation. Thus, the Field regarding prevention of torture in detention places collaborates with 32 non-governmental organizations, as follows: 16