6    OVERVIEW a rise in racist and intolerant public and political discourse and a reported rise in hate-related incidents in some countries over the year, these threats are real. Much of ODIHR’s work aims directly to address these threats. On 28 September, the Office officially launched the three-year Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism project, in an event at Warsaw’s Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The project, fully funded by Germany, aims to strengthen the capacity of OSCE participating States and civil society to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism, with a focus on three interconnected areas: addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, countering anti-Semitism through education, and fostering coalition building among communities. Activities in the project’s first year included partnering with six civil society groups in implementing projects with innovative approaches to addressing anti-Semitism, consultative meetings with law enforcement authorities and Jewish community security experts, a workshop in Budapest for youth activists and a Brussels meeting on the role of civil society coalitions in addressing anti-Semitism. Although there was some decline in numbers in 2016, OSCE participating States in Europe continued to be the destination for a large inflow of refugees, many of them fleeing war, violence and persecution in their countries of origin. Protection of the rights of migrants and assisting in their integration continued to be a challenge. In response, ODIHR brought together 50 experts from governmental or international organizations, civil society or academic organizations to exchange experiences on OSCE commitments and the integration of migrants at a March event in Riga, to produce recommendations for the development of training resources and support for civil society to work in this area. The Office also provided a series of training workshops, involving nearly 300 participants, to build the capacities of national migration authorities and relevant civil society actors and provide technical support in addressing the crisis. As part of the OSCE’s broader response to the crisis in and around Ukraine, ODIHR continued to work actively in the country. This included activities within the framework of the ongoing project on Strengthening Dialogue among Civil Society and with Key Stakeholders in Ukraine on Human Dimension Issues; the ODIHR Director Michael Georg Link speaking at the opening of the 20th Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, as (from left) Katarzyna Jarosiewicz-Wargan, ODIHR First Deputy Director; Christine Muttonen, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; Frank Walter Steinmeier, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister; Witold Waszczykowski, Foreign Minister of Poland; and Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, listen in Warsaw, 19 September 2016. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)