Training for Croatian teachers on using ODIHR’s Teaching Materials to Combat antiSemitism, Split, Croatia, 2 September. (Croatian Education and Teacher Training Agency) 44 pioneering “Law Enforcement Officer Programme on Combating Hate Crime”, a comprehensive training initiative covering various aspects of hate crimes and police responses to them. The training programme was also conducted in Legionowo, Poland, in November, where 19 police officers from eight of the country’s regions took part. The main focus of the training was to provide the participants with theoretical knowledge and practical skills so that they can pass the information down to front-line police officers in various follow-up training courses that are expected to be held at the regional level. Responding to Anti-Semitism ODIHR works with individual governments, as well as intergovernmental organizations and NGOs, in fighting anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. One element of ODIHR’s approach is to combat anti-Semitism through educational initiatives, such as the country-specific teaching materials that ODIHR has helped develop on historical and contemporary anti-Semitism, including the history of the persecution of Jews in Europe. As of May 2009, ten countries had produced country-specific versions of these materials, and 48 training sessions for teachers had been conducted on how best to use them in the classroom. Two countries — Lithuania and Poland — officially launched their own country versions in 2009, while two more countries — Austria and Sweden — began co-operation with ODIHR on the development of similar materials. Tolerance and Non-discrimination ODIHR undertook a number of activities related to this project throughout 2009. For example a three-day meeting was held in Berlin, in May, for the respective national experts who developed the teaching materials in all 12 countries taking part in the project. Participants used the opportunity to exchange experiences, share good practices, and plan strategies for the implementation of the materials. They also outlined future possibilities for co-operation between ODIHR and the project partners. In the last four months of 2009, ODIHR also organized a further 14 training seminars for teachers in Croatia, Lithuania and Ukraine. ODIHR co-operated with Poland in organizing a seminar in March for professional teacher trainers from 16 of the country’s regions. In addition, ODIHR provided financial support for the printing of materials in Croatia, Lithuania and Slovakia. A second aspect of ODIHR’s approach to combating anti-Semitism is to engage in dialogue through international conferences or smaller workshops. In 2009, ODIHR participated in seven conferences and meetings on anti-Semitism issues, including the London conference staged by the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, a workshop organized by UNESCO, and the twice-yearly meetings of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research. In March, ODIHR and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating AntiSemitism, Rabbi Andrew Baker, organized a roundtable meeting for civil society representatives to give them an opportunity to report on the situation regarding anti- ODIHR Annual Report 2009