Tolerance and Non-discrimination OSCE/Dzenan Buzadzic Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Deputy Minister of Security, Mijo Kresic (right) and ODIHR’s First Deputy Director, Toralv Nordbo (left) at the signing of an agreement on training police in combating hate crime, Sarajevo, 1 September 2008. and Discrimination” at the police academy in Slupsk from 23 to 26 October. The training seminar was attended by human rights advisors from 17 police districts, representatives of national minorities and other civil society representatives. The seminar was organized by the Polish Ministry of the Interior in co-operation with ODIHR and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland. Full implementation of the LEOP in Poland is scheduled for 2009. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Minister of Security committed to institutionalizing hate crime training for law enforcement officers through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with ODIHR on the implementation of the LEOP. The Agreement, which was signed on 1 September, outlines a framework for ODIHR to provide training and other assistance to Bosnian police on how to recognize and combat hate-motivated crimes. In Ukraine, consultations were held with representatives of various government bodies and nongovernmental organizations on 18 and 19 November in Kiev in response to their interest in LEOP implementation and in co-operation between the Government of Ukraine and ODIHR in the area of hate crime response and prevention. III. Development of Educational Tools Further country-specific tools and general recommendations based on compilations of good practices were developed in 2008 to support states in promoting mutual understanding and remembrance of the Holocaust. ODIHR broadened the number of participating states for which it has developed country-specific teaching materials on historical and contemporary anti-Semitism, including the history of the persecution of Jews in Europe. The Office carried out implementation activities, such as teacher training, in co-operation with governments in several countries, and conducted train-the-trainer seminars in Germany, Lithuania and Ukraine. Guidelines with concrete practical suggestions for educators on how to respond to manifestations of anti-Semitism were translated into Croatian, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Spanish, and made available online. ODIHR also implemented and disseminated guidelines to help educators prepare and observe Holocaust memorial days. An overview of good governmental practices on Holocaust memorial days was also made available online. In 2008, ODIHR also co-operated with Casa Arabe, a resource centre on Muslims and the Annual Report 2008 51

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