14 in the Republic of Kazakhstan with the support of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Program, the OSCE Program Office in Astana, the UNICEF Representative Office in Kazakhstan and the Penal Reform International (PRI) in Central Asia. In addition, during 2018, the work on confirming the draft law of RoK “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the activities of organizations engaged in the protection of the rights of the child” continued and it is currently being considered by the Senate of the Parliament of RoK. It is known that this bill will expand the list of subjects allowing members of the national preventive mechanism to attend educational organizations for orphans and children left without parental care, special educational organizations, educational organizations for children with deviant behavior CONSOLIDATED REPORT and special treatment, social centers and services for family and children support. On December 25 2018, 109 NPM members (out of 179 candidates who participated in the election) were elected for 2019-2020 by the decision of the members of the Coordination Council. For West Kazakhstan oblast, an additional selection of the NPM members was conducted, as a result, the total number of members in the NPM was 116, among them 56% women and 44% men. The overall membership in the NPM for 2019-2020 was updated by 31% compared with the previous year. The activity of the national preventive mechanism is funded by the republican budget. The budget funds are used only to reimburse the costs incurred by NPM members for preventive visits and cannot be used for other purposes. For 2018, 55.2 million tenge was allocated, 99.9% of which was disbursed.