ANNEXES Combating Hate Crime OSCE Region •• Needs assessment visits on implementation of •• •• •• •• •• Training of Trainers against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) and signing of MoU (Latvia) TAHCLE in Italy and Montenegro Training of officials, police, judges, prosecutors and civil society (Greece, Serbia) Finalizing and launching Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A Practical Guide Roundtable to increase capacity of people of African descent to combat hate crimes, racism and xenophobia Expert meeting on “Enhancing Law EnforcementCommunity Relations in Combating Hate Crimes against Muslims” (with the Chairmanship-in-Office) 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 •• Follow up to the Roma Youth Initiative project (encourage voluntarism and grassroots engagement in Roma communities) through the Roma and Sinti Youth Conference in Belgrade •• 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 Best Practices for Roma Integration South-Eastern Europe •• Strengthening Roma involvement in decision-mak- •• •• •• •• ing, 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 Included work on: Programme on Increasing Understanding of the OSCE Human Dimension OSCE and Mediterranean Partners •• 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 70 ODIHR Annual Report 2014