B. Points for NPMs 30. An NPM should carry out all aspects of its mandate in a manner which avoids actual or perceived conflicts of interest. 31. An NPM, its members and its staff should be regularly required to review their working methods and undertake training in order to enhance their ability to exercise their responsibilities under the Optional Protocol. 32. Where the body designated as an NPM performs other functions in addition to those under the Optional Protocol, its NPM functions should be located within a separate unit or department, with its own staff and budget. 33. An NPM should establish a work plan or programme which, over time, encompasses visits to all, or any, suspected places of deprivation of liberty, as set out in Articles 4 and 29 of the Optional Protocol, and which are within the jurisdiction of the State. For these purposes the jurisdiction of the State extends to all those places over which it exercises effective control. 34. An NPM should plan its work and its use of resources in such a way as to ensure that places of deprivation of liberty are visited in a manner and with sufficient frequency that ensures an effective contribution to the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 35. An NPM should make proposals and observations to the relevant State authorities regarding existing and draft policy or legislation which it considers to be relevant to its mandate. 36. An NPM should produce a report following each visit as well as an Annual Report and any other form of report that it deems necessary. When appropriate, reports should contain recommendations addressed to the relevant authorities. The recommendations of an NPM should take account of the relevant norms of the United Nations in the field of the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment, including the comments and recommendations of the SPT. 37. An NPM should ensure that any confidential information acquired in the course of its work is fully protected. 38. An NPM should ensure that it has the capacity to engage - and does engage - in a meaningful process of dialogue with the State concerning the implementation of its recommendations. It should also actively seek to follow-up implementation of any recommendations which the SPT has made in relation to the country in question, liaising with the SPT when doing so. 39. An NPM should seek to establish and maintain contacts with other NPMs with a view to sharing experience and reinforcing its effectiveness. 40. The NPM should seek to establish and maintain contact with the SPT, as provided for and for the purposes set out in the Optional Protocol. 42 I PREVENTING TORTURE: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS – A PRACTICAL GUIDE