TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION Tanja Tripović, the Police Academy of Montenegro’s Acting Director, and Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of ODIHR, signed an agreement to implement ODIHR’s “Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement” programme, Danilovgrad, 29 August 2013. (Police Academy of Montenegro/Nikola Rovcanin) Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. The objective of TAHCLE is to increase the knowledge and skills of police to recognize, understand and investigate hate crimes. The programme also addresses how to work effectively with victims, build trust with affected communities and improve collaboration with lawenforcement agencies. Following the presentation of the TAHCLE programme at the annual meeting of the Association of European Police Colleges (AEPC) in November 2012, ODIHR conducted a training seminar on hate crime for 16 representatives of AEPC police college members from 11 countries. ODIHR and AEPC will continue their collaboration in 2014. Following a needs-assessment visit to Italy, ODIHR signed a memorandum of understanding with the Observatory for Security Against Discrimination Acts (OSCAD) to implement TAHCLE. ODIHR also started work with Italy’s TAHCLE national-implementation working group to customize the curriculum to the needs of the Italian police. In Montenegro, ODIHR signed a memorandum of understanding, customized the standard curriculum to the needs of Montenegrin police, and conducted a train-the-trainers session for 16 participants. These included trainers from Montenegro’s police academy and police officers from various police units. As part of TAHCLE implementation in Ukraine, ODIHR facilitated two meetings of the national implementation working group, in September in Kyiv and in November in Warsaw. Participants discussed curriculum customization and programme implementation. Two other participating States have expressed interest in implementing TAHCLE in 2014. Supporting Civil Society ODIHR co-operates closely with civil society organizations, in line with OSCE Ministerial Council Decisions. ODIHR also supports the participation civil society representatives in OSCE meetings to present their findings and discuss them with representatives from participating States. To strengthen their capacity and increase awareness, 56  /   ODIHR Annual Report 2013