2.3. Participation in initiatives and institutional diffusion 2.3.1. Participation in initiatives Monitoring the conditions of persons deprived of their liberty demands a vast set of specific knowledges. The training of the NPM’s members constitutes thus a priority strategic axis for a better identification of conducts which offend human rights. In this regard, the conception, organization and participation in training activities have the aim to provide – not only in a preliminary phase but also on a continued basis - visitors with the proper tools to fulfill OPCAT’s goals and to exchange of experience and know-how among stakeholders. On April 29th, 2015, two members of the Steering Committee were present at a meeting held in Vienna, in the framework of the project «Strengthening the follow-up on NPM recommendations in the EU: strategic development, current practices and the way forward»(26), organized by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, of Vienna, and the Human Rights Implementation Centre of the University of Bristol. This meeting continued the work initiated in 2014, in workshops held in Bristol and Vienna(27), gathering more than 50 entities, including, besides NPMs, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the SPT and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Representatives of NGOs, such as the Association for the Prevention of Torture and other experts have participated as well. The main aim of this meeting was the discussion of preliminary conclusions about the follow-up of recommendations by national preventive mechanisms in the European Union, notably through the diagnosis of the current situation and the consideration of strategies and ways that can be adopted. Within the NPM, the training of visitors was strengthened with a training project called «meetings at the coffee break». This project was materialized in two initiatives, promoting the reflection and the exchange of experiences between the NPM’s structure members. The first of them, inspired by the RESILAND project, was about the behaviors and tools to integrate the perspective of children in the NPM’s actions and it was held on October 27th. The second meeting, in its turn, was held on December 17th which the SPT remarks about the NPM report 2014 were discussed. Alongside these activities, the Ombudsman, as NPM, delivered, on November 27th, a conference entitled «Uma outra faceta do Provedor de Justiça: o Mecanismo Nacional de Prevenção» [Another facet of the Ombudsman: the National Preventive Mechanism], in (26)  This project is co-financed by the European Union, the Council of Europe and the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (27)  Cf. NPM Report 2014, pp. 34-36. | 85