“Following ODIHR’s recommendations, we recently introduced changes to how our police categorize and record hate crimes. This has improved our capacity to track hate crime cases, resulting in a more efficient use of police time and resources.” - Police Lieutenant Colonel Csilla Nagygyőr, national co-ordinator of hate-crime investigations in the Hungarian National Police. HATE CRIME DATA COLLECTION #1 CREATE A RECORDING FRAMEWORK 8 ACTION  AREAS  HATE CRIME MONITORING  FOR STATES TO IMPROVE THEIR #2 STRENGTHEN CO-ORDINATION #3 GENERATE STATISTICS A recording framework provides police and others with the tools they need to effectively identify and record hate crimes Institutionalize co-ordination and cooperation among key actors to streamline how criminal justice systems handle hate crime cases and data Generate hate crime statistics to enable rapid identification of hate crime cases, customized police response and improved case file flow #4 #5 #6 REVIEW DATA Review data to pin point potential shortcomings when hate crime data is first recorded  PUBLISH DATA Analyse and publish data to identify how to improve policing, prosecution and victim support BUILD CAPACITY Train police officers, prosecutors and others to effectively identify, recognize, categorize and register hate crime cases Effective hate crime response #7 SURVEY UNDER-REPORTING Conduct victimization surveys to assess the level and nature of unreported hate crime #8 BOOST REPORTING Seek ways to increase reporting levels, such as through public outreach, civil society co-operation and providing alternative reporting mechanisms HATE CRIME DATA COLLECTION & MONITORING SYSTEM  For more information, visit:  https://www.osce.org/odihr/INFAHCT ODIHR 2019 53