A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the National Centre and nongovernmental organizations such as, "Voice of Freedom" PF, "Kylym Shamy" PF. On the basis of this Memorandum in conjunction with the "Voice of Freedom" PF, preventive visits to temporary detention facilities were carried out. A seminar on the rights of military personnel for staff of the National Centre, representatives of the Ombudsman and representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic were held by the “Kylym Shamy” PF. Together with the "Kylym Shamy" PF, preventive visits to 70 institutions were carried out, 54 of which are military units. In addition of the work carried out by NGOs in the framework of the Memorandum, the NGO sector presented to the National Centre a number of measures to improve the capacity of staff of the National Centre. So, for example, the "Youth Human Rights Group" NGO organized three training seminars with the participation of international experts in the field of human rights and the monitoring of closed institutions, monitoring of psychiatric institutions and non-violent parenting. In one of the training sessions, a visit to the Republican Psychiatric Hospital was conducted with the participation of experts from the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights, Vanu Zheregi, as a result of which it was possible to adopt a practical experience in monitoring closed institutions. Also, the National Centre established cooperation with "Mental Health and Society" PO, "Promotion of Alternatives" PO, for the protection of the rights to freedom from torture and illtreatment in psychiatric institutions. International NGOs also have contributed to the development of the capacity of staff of the National Centre. The Human Rights Institute named after Ludwig Boltzmann organized a human rights training and monitoring of closed institutions. With the support of the Institute named after Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, a round table on the topic “Implementation of the recommendations of the National Centre" was held. 76 | Annual Report 2014