Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues in Spain, analyzed the policies and practices of the state towards these migrants and examined measures to combat the racism and discrimination with which they are confronted. A report based on the research will analyze emerging trends, challenges and prospects for integration and will be published in 2009. The findings and a set of recommendations for the integration of Roma migrants will be addressed both to the governments of Spain and the countries of origin. Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw called on the OSCE to pay greater attention to the rising number of hate-motivated attacks against Roma. These calls came just five months after a series of events in Italy, set in motion by the killing of an Italian woman in Rome by a Romanian Roma in November 2007 and culminating in May 2008 with the destruction of a Roma settlement by a local mob in Ponticelli, on the outskirts of Naples. The Italian government reacted by introducing a number of decrees and ordinances, including a census and identification operation in authorized and unauthorized settlements, to address the situation. ODIHR responded to the events by organizing a field assessment visit to Italy, in co-operation with the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The purpose of the visit was to review the current situation and recent developments related to Roma and Sinti in the country, to assess policies and measures undertaken by the authorities, and to recommend ways to assist federal, regional and local authorities in providing effective protection for the human rights of Roma and Sinti and to promote their integration. The delegation visited the municipalities of Milan, Naples and Rome, meeting with representatives from different levels of government, civil society and the Roma and Sinti communities, including Italian citizens and Roma from the former Yugoslavia and Romania, whether living OSCE/Dan Doghi IV. Roma and Sinti in crisis and postcrisis situations in authorized or unauthorized settlements. The field visit resulted in a report containing findings and recommendations, which was submitted to the Italian authorities and was to be finalized and published in early 2009. The report’s findings and lessons learned from the lead-up and response to the events in Ponticelli will help ODIHR enhance its assistance to national, regional and local authorities in implementing the Action Plan on Roma and Sinti. An OSCE expert team visiting Italy to assess the situation of Roma and Sinti, July 2008. V. Combating trafficking in human beings ODIHR continued its work on combating trafficking in human beings by providing support for an initiative by FBSH-DN, an Albanian NGO, to raise awareness of the trafficking and exploitation of Roma street children and to provide these children with greater protection. The project, implemented in Tirana, provided information and assistance to street children and their families to help them gain registration and access to education and health care. Training was provided to five Roma peer educators on these issues, as well as those related to the prevention of trafficking and exploitation. A mobile unit was also established that regularly monitored the living conditions of Roma street children within the framework of the project. Annual Report 2008 61