TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ODIHR also delivered two workshops for government officials — in Skopje on 21 O ­ ctober and Prishtinë/Priština on 19 and 20 May — in ­co-operation with OSCE field operations, to strengthen their data collection mechanisms on hate crimes. As part of its collaboration with other international organizations, ODIHR organized an expert round­ table in November 2014 with representatives of FRA, the UNHCR and ECRI. Participants shared updates about activities on hate crime and discussed how their organizations understand hate crime and hate speech concepts. This event followed the Office’s annual training of trainers on hate crime for staff from OSCE field operations and other international organizations, attended by 17 participants. International organizations also contribute annually to ODIHR’s hate crime reporting website, which includes information from OSCE field operations, the UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration. The third pillar of ODIHR’s hate crime reporting practice consists of civil society contributions. For the latest update of its hate crime reporting website, ODIHR received information from 109 civil society organizations and groups covering incidents in 45 countries. In addition to the close collaboration that took place during the analysis of data submitted covering 2013 in the hate crime reporting website, ODIHR held several training events for civil society, as discussed below. As part of these activities, ODIHR reviews legislation to address discrimination and hate crime on the request of participating States. These legal reviews can help ensure that laws are in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards, identifying areas for improvement and potential issues. Hate Crime Laws – A Practical Guide outlines ODIHR’s approach to these legislative reviews. Countering Hate Crime Based in commitments made by participating States, ODIHR promotes a comprehensive approach to hate crime, which brings together government and civil society to develop the best response to hate crimes, based on the local reality. 54 ODIHR Annual Report 2014 In addition to events organized by the Office, ODIHR staff actively participated in international conferences, webinars and symposiums. Taking place in Brussels, Budapest, Madrid, Riga, Rome, Skopje, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Vilnius and Warsaw, these raised the awareness of authorities, criminal-justice officials and non-governmental organizations to the OSCE approach to addressing hate crime. Working with Police and Prosecutors ODIHR has established its expertise in training law-enforcement officials in perceiving and responding to hate crimes. The Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme is based on the premise that dealing effectively with hate crimes involves police as proactive agents of change. It draws on the OSCE participating States’ experiences in confronting hate crimes and the achievements of law-enforcement agencies in addressing the issue. In Italy, ODIHR delivered workshops on hate crime to 160 national police and Carabinieri officers from 7 to 11 February, as well as TAHCLE training of trainers for 33 national police and Carabinieri instructors from 2 to 4 July. In Montenegro on 24 and 25 April, ODIHR conducted a workshop for senior police officials and commanders as follow-up to TAHCLE implementation in 2013. In 2014, interest in the programme significantly increased, demonstrated by the signing of agreements to implement TAHCLE in Latvia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In addition, the Office continued its co-operation with the Association of European Police Colleges by delivering training of trainers that included participants from 13 OSCE participating States. ODIHR strengthened its range of tools to counter hate crime by bringing together existing publications, workshops and training into a new comprehensive training programme for prosecutors. The Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme was created to help prosecutors build solid hate crime cases and complements existing efforts to train law-enforcement personnel. Over the course of 2014, ODIHR trained 76 prosecutors on how to recognize bias elements in hate crimes. This included a training seminar in Thessaloniki, on 30 and 31 October and involving over