This annual report describes the activities of Norway’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in 2014. Since this is the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s first annual report as the preventive mechanism under OPCAT, the report focuses particularly on the establishment of the NPM and the work done during the establishment phase.

The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, was approached by citizens that some miscreants had closed the road around Millat Park in Karachi, encroached the park and were using it as dumping ground for old discarded furniture.

On Monday 30 March, the conference “Is detention the only option? The issues and challenges of the detention of asylum-seekers and other foreigners in Lithuania” was held at the Parliament in Lithuania.

Prime Minster of Republic of Chad Mr.Kalzebet Phaimi Deubet in his keynote speech on African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) Central African countries sub-regional meeting – which was organized by Mediator of Chad from 30 - 31 March 2015 in Chad – said that Ombudsman institutions can play an important role as “communication bridge” between government and community .

On 26 March 2015 Ombudsman Günther Kräuter welcomed a 30-member delegation from Thailand at the premises of the Austrian Ombudsman Board in Vienna to discuss and exchange information.

The Iowa office dedicated to making state and local government better last year fielded over 4,000 requests for help, according to a new annual report released by Ombudsman Ruth Cooperrider.

High Profile anti-corruption training programme will be held in Willemstad, Curaçao from 27 – 28 May 2015 during the 8^th Biennial Conference of Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA).

In a public investigation report released on March 24, the Québec Ombudsman presented its findings and recommendations concerning the health services and social services provided to children under 18 years old with an intellectual disability or an autism spectrum disorder.