[ Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues ] implemented by the National Union of Roma Communities. As part of the campaign, the organization produced a documentary on early marriage and conducted activities in ten traditional Roma communities in five counties in Romania. ODIHR also supported the efforts of Roma organizations there to enhance youth activism, including training by the Roma Civic Alliance on youth mobilization and civic participation, which led to the establishment of the Roma Youth Alliance. Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in the Western Balkans region With regard to Roma in post-crisis situations, ODIHR fostered co-operation with European institutions to find sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, as well as to promote full inclusion of these communities. In addition, ODIHR’s Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues visited Southern Mitrovica on 22 and 23 February to assess the return project for displaced Roma from the lead-contaminated camps Osterode and Cesmin Lug. He also met with municipal representatives to discuss the economic and educational integration of Roma returnees. ODIHR also enhanced its co-operation with the European Commission. ODIHR shared expertise and best practices for Roma integration at seminars on 21 and 22 June in Belgrade, from 27 to 29 April in Podgorica, on 10 and 11 May in Prishtinë/Priština, on 4 July in Sarajevo, on 25 and 26 July in Skopje, and on 15 December in Tirana. As part of this co-operation, the Commission’s Directorate General Enlargement, Regional Cooperation and Programmes selected ODIHR to implement the 3.3 million euro, 90 per cent EU-funded, “Best Practices for Roma Integration” project, aimed at facilitating co-operation between local and national governments, independent institutions and civil society, and promoting equal opportunities for Roma. The project will be launched in early 2012 and run for 23 months. ODIHR further co-operated with relevant EU institutions and provided input to the “Fifth Meeting of the EU Platform for Roma Inclusion”, on 7 and 8 April in Budapest, and the discussion on the use of EU structural funds in Slovakia for the benefit of the Roma population, on 23 May in Bratislava. ODIHR also hosted the annual meeting of the Roma Focal Points of OSCE field operations, on 24 February in Skopje. The meeting focused on the return and reintegration of displaced Roma, as well as on designing the approach for the EUfunded project for the Western Balkans. 66 ODIHR Annual Report 2011