Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 OVERVIEW OF THE AOB 8 Legal mandate 8 Reorganisation of the AOB 9 Structure of the AOB 11 FACTS AND FIGURES 13 Investigations of public administration 13 Monitoring & control activities within the scope of the NPM 18 Budget and personell 19 Citizen-friendly communication 20 Events 21 Training and continuing education 23 THE MEMBERS OF THE AOB TAKE STOCK 25 Ombudswoman Terezija Stoisits 25 Ombudswoman Gertrude Brinek 28 Ombudsman Peter Kostelka 30 PREVENTIVE MONITORING - PROTECTION & PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 33 Competences of the AOB 36 Personell and financial resources 38 Investigative proceedings in the year under review 43 Reports of the human advisory council 56 Additional activities in the period under review 59

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