[ Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues ] Katalin Barsony, Executive Director of Romedia Foundation, speaks at a side event on the role of the media in countering negative stereotypes against Roma during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, 5 October 2011. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher) children to education. In addition, the Contact Point engaged with Polish authorities throughout the year to promote access to early and quality education for Roma children in Poland and to develop tools for raising awareness among Roma of the importance of early education. To address the particularly vulnerable situation of Roma without civil registration documents, ODIHR shared its expertise at the regional “Conference on Provision of Civil Documentation and Registration in South Eastern Europe”, organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for ­Refugees, on 26 and 27 October in Zagreb. The Office also supported the filming of We Want to be Heard, a short documentary on Roma and Sinti, during the HDIM Special Day on Roma and Sinti. The film, by a young Roma director, includes interviews with civil society and government representatives about discrimination against Roma and Sinti at the local level and highlights ODIHR’s work in prevention and education in this area. The Office actively promoted the documentary by sharing it through social networks. It is also available on the ODIHR website. Combating hate crimes and discrimination throughout the OSCE area The Special Day on Roma and Sinti during the HDIM focused on effective responses to intolerance directed at these communities, on enhancing implementation of OSCE commitments in this area, and on building partnerships between participating States and Roma and Sinti representatives in the design and implementation of integration policies. ODIHR organized three additional side events: on the role of the media and Roma organizations in countering prejudices and negative stereotypes; on challenges, risks and responses with regard to extremism and Roma and Sinti in Europe; and, in co-operation with the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), on ECRI’s General Policy Recommendation No. 13 on combating anti-­Gypsyism and discrimination against Roma. In addition, another side event during the HDIM, “Enhance Child Protection and Prevent Child Trafficking”, was aimed at raising awareness of challenges and good practices in the protection of children from vulnerable communities, including Roma and Sinti. Following an increasing number of marches by extremist groups targeting Roma neighborhoods in the Czech Republic, ODIHR’s Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues visited a number of locations in the ODIHR Annual Report 2011 63