Twinning project titled “Support to strengthening the capacities of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan” be continued for 24 months not only covered 4 components (strengthening the activity of the Ombudsman Institution as of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture, improving the institutional capacities of the Ombudsman Office in management information system, child rights, rights of persons with disabilities and the elderly, strengthening the capacities of the Ombudsman Office in implementation of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Access to Information, conduction of trainings on efficient management for the staff of the Office and regional centers) nut also ensured expanded participation of staff of the Office and NPG members in the trainings conducted with involvement of foreign experts. The trainings, meetings and experience exchange with participation of well-known experts of the NPM Network carried out within this ongoing program further strengthened the potential capacities of the Azerbaijani NPM as well, served to increasing the knowledge and practical skills of the Group members. The continuous attention is paid to increasing practical knowledge and skills of new members of the National Preventive Group, as well as experts cooperating in this sphere, and of civil society within the frames of the activities. Within the twinning project frames the experts from Poland, Germany, Greece and Portugal organized trainings for the NPM members on such topics as “How to conduct preventive visit in the prison”, “The Ombudsman as the modern and flexible oversight mechanism”, “Preparation of reports”, “The cooperation with international organizations on human rights”; the active discussions were conducted. Besides, the CPT member, the professor of the Greece Peloponnesian University, the deputy Ombudsman of Greece VassillisKarydis conducted the trainings on the topic “Conduction of private interviews by the nonmedical members of the NOM and description of injuries”. The increasing the knowledge on methodologies of conduction the private interviews and description of injuries, the acquaintance with the practice of the Greek Ombudsman as the NPM were among the main topics of the trainings. Within the frames of measures carried out for implementation the first component of the project (strengthening the NPM), a group of NPM members passed exchange of experience in Greece, held meetings with different bodies, including healthcare and penitentiary institutions upon the program, learned the structure and activity of the Greek Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism, as well as country experience in conduction of visits to penitentiary and psychiatric institutions. 74