Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues enrolment and participation of Roma and Sinti in early education programmes, based on replies by participating States and civil society organizations to a questionnaire created and circulated by the Office. The report was published in December. ODIHR also actively engaged in the establishment of the International Task Force for the Education of Roma, in co-operation with the Council of Europe, UNESCO, UNICEF, the European Commission, the Roma Education Fund and the International Step by Step Association. The Task Force will foster co-ordination in the promotion of early childhood care and education, regular and out-of-school education, vocational training and adult education. Police and Roma ODIHR worked with the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) to produce and publish Police and Roma and Sinti: Good Practices in Building Trust and Understanding, a comprehensive manual that was launched on 21 May at the Annual Police Experts Meetings in Vienna. Two police officers from Hungary and one from the United Kingdom participated in the launch event for the manual, which is the product of more than two years’ work by ODIHR and the OSCE SPMU to collect examples of good practices for breaking down barriers and building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti. The manual was translated into Hungarian, Romanian and Russian, and a Hungarian translation will be produced in 2011. Editions in further languages are possible in the future. The manual was also the subject of discussion during the roundtable organized by ODIHR and the Hungarian government mentioned above, in Budapest on 23 November. direct outreach and consultations with community members. ODIHR also provided financial support to a Roma news agency in Slovakia for monitoring and analysis of the portrayal and representation of Roma and Sinti in electronic and print media in the campaign period leading up to the 12 June Slovak parliamentary elections. Empowerment of Roma and Sinti Representatives A Roma consultation meeting organized by ODIHR on 5 October, during the Warsaw segment of the 2010 OSCE Review Conference, involved the participation of representatives from about 40 Roma and Sinti organizations to discuss the current developments, challenges and trends affecting Roma throughout Europe. The consultation led to the adoption of the “Roma Warsaw Declaration”, which was addressed to OSCE participating States and intergovernmental organizations and delivered in the plenary of the working session devoted to Roma and Sinti issues at the Review Conference. As in previous years, ODIHR supported the participation of Roma activists at OSCE human dimension meetings and events organized by other international organizations, providing them the opportunity to actively contribute to discussions, share information about their work and raise awareness about the challenges faced by Roma and Sinti. This was the case for the High Level Conference on Tolerance and Nondiscrimination in Astana on 30 June, where ODIHR supported the participation of a number of Roma civil society representatives. Enhancing Participation in Public and Political life ODIHR provided financial support to a Roma NGO in Ukraine to carry out awareness-raising activities on the right to vote for Roma prior to the 31 October local elections. The project targeted Roma communities in Odessa, Koncovo and Beregovo, and provided information about the right to vote and on the process of voter registration. The campaign involved holding public meetings in schools and community centres for the targeted Roma communities with follow-up by local contact points in smaller meetings and ODIHR Annual Report 2010 59