[ Tolerance and Non-discrimination ] Larry Olomofe, ODIHR’s Advisor for Combating Racism and Xenophobia, addresses participants at a workshop for NGOs on reporting and monitoring hate crimes against Roma and Sinti, Warsaw, 13 April 2011. (OSCE/Curtis Budden) prosecute hate crimes. Co-operation with civil society is also seen as an essential complement to the initiatives of national authorities. To help participating States address the data deficit, ODIHR is developing a practical guide for policymakers on how to collect hate crime data. The guide is the first step of a larger programme that will provide tailored assistance to interested participating States. ODIHR also continues to work with intergovernmental agencies and civil society to collect additional information on hate-motivated crimes. In June, ODIHR signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to co-operate on activities aimed at combating racism, xenophobia and related intolerance. Within this framework, ODIHR prepared technical guidance for UNHCR staff on hate crime monitoring. ODIHR also continued to organize its annual training seminar on hate crime. The event, from 28 to 30 March in Warsaw, was attended by representatives from nine OSCE field operations, as well as from the International Organization for Migration and UNHCR. Awareness Raising As part of efforts to assist participating States in implementing their commitment to raise awareness about 54 ODIHR Annual Report 2011 hate crime, ODIHR conducted workshops on hate crime for government officials on 13 September in Sofia and on 29 and 30 June in Bratislava. The aim of these activities is to raise awareness of hate crimes amongst government and criminal-­justice officials, as well as civil society. Participants receive information about ODIHR’s toolbox for responding to hate crimes and are encouraged to make use of it. ODIHR organized a Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on 10 and 11 November in Vienna, focusing on prevention of racism, xenophobia and hate crimes through educational and awareness-raising initiatives. The event highlighted the acute need to develop comprehensive measures to combat racism, especially in times of financial and economic crisis. Participants, including representatives from the OSCE participating States, the OSCE Partners for Co-operation, NGOs and international organizations, recommended garnering support and resources for extra-curricular educational activities to combat violent manifestations of intolerance. ODIHR also continued to develop its guides and tools to help address hate crime. In November, Albanian, Serbian and Turkish language versions of the ODIHR booklet Understanding Hate Crimes were published in Kosovo with the assistance of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The publication aims to assist police,