A/HRC/28/25 17. At its fortieth session, the Board held a meeting with Member States during which two representatives of organizations supported by the Fund, Dieynaba Ndoye of Vivre Caprec in Senegal, and Amin Ahmed of Wchan Organization for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Iraq, presented their work in support of victims fleeing from Central African Republic and Guinea and with victims from Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. During the meeting, delegations from all regions praised the concrete impact achieved on the ground by the Fund, and congratulated the Board and secretariat for the increased outreach and transparency demonstrated in 2014. 18. In application of the policy recommendations adopted by the Board at its thirty-ninth session, administrative compliance by grant beneficiaries was vigorously enforced during the period under review, particularly in relation to the requirement for the timely submission of financial and audit reports. 19. Recalling its desire to make the Fund a platform for knowledge-sharing and expertise, the Board recommended that the secretarait organize a thematic workshop at its forty-first session, at which selected experts and practitioners would be invited to present their research and experience. 20. During its fortieth session, the Board also reiterated its will to increase cooperation with other torture-related mechanisms. In this perspective, it met with two members of the Committee against Torture,Jens Modvig and Alessio Bruni, to discuss concrete means of enhancing cooperation between the Committee and the Fund in the light of Committee general comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention. Informal discussions were also held with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan Mendez. 21. The Board also encouraged the secretariat to continue its outreach and visibility efforts. V. Making a contribution 22. Governments, non-governmental organizations and other private or public entities can contribute to the Fund. It is important to note that only specifically earmarked contributions are attributed to the Fund. For more information on how to contribute, and details about the Fund, donors are requested to contact the secretariat of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; e-mail: unvfvt@ohchr.org; telephone: +41 22 917 9624; fax: +41 22 917 9017. 6