ANNEXES Freedom of Religion or Belief OSCE Region ƻƻ ƻƻ Training on freedom of religion or belief for Uzbek State Committee on Religious Affairs Consultative meetings of government officials and civil society on the draft ODIHR Guidelines on Recognition of Religious and Belief Communities (Kazakhstan and Ukraine) ROMA AND SINTI ISSUES Programme/Projects/Fund Region/Country Included work on: Assisting Participating States to Effectively Implement the Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area OSCE Region ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ Best Practices for Roma Integration South-Eastern Europe ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ Capacity building of Roma youth organisations through the Roma Youth Initiative to encourage voluntarism and grassroots engagement in Roma communities (Czech Republic, Italy, Romania and Spain) Increased awareness among Roma youth on how to exercise their civic and social rights Facilitate networking and debate on Roma youth issues and lessons learned from grassroots level engagement Participation of Roma youth at the third SHDM and presentation of their work in a side event Strengthening Roma involvement in decision-making, public or political life, national/regional co-ordination and other cross-border initiatives Good practices in multi-sector municipal collaboration Supporting governments in policy-making and drafting legislation for legalization of informal settlements/social housing Assistance to promote anti-discriminatory policies and practice Increasing public awareness about the right of Roma to be included OSCE MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS Programme/Projects/Fund Region/Country Programme on Increasing Understand- OSCE and ing of the OSCE Human Dimension Mediterranean Partners Included work on: ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ ƻƻ Re-printing and dissemination of versions in Arabic of existing core ODIHR tools Contributing expertise on international human rights standards, promoting women’s participation in political parties and political party regulation to national and regional events held by other organizations Facilitating participation of government officials and civil society in OSCE human dimension events Facilitating a study tour on political party and campaign financing (Tunisia and Poland) Reviewing legislation related to the human dimension, including conduct of consultative meetings (Tunisia) 74  /   ODIHR Annual Report 2013