TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION Staff from Moldova’s Ombudman’s office participating in ODIHR workshop, Chisinau, Moldova, 9 June. OSCE/Anne Giebel 30 participants. Greece has committed to implementing PAHCT. Aiming to increase the number of countries implementing PAHCT, training activities were organized in collaboration with OSCE field operations in Belgrade from 11 to 13 June and in Prishtinë/Priština from 27 to 29 May, drawing 20 and 25 participants, respectively. ODIHR published Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A Practical Guide as a companion to PAHCT. Written in co-operation with the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), it aims at improving the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes across the OSCE region. Additionally, on 22 October in Washington, D.C., ODIHR organized a panel discussion with IAP as part of the World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week 2014 to present the publication and exchange ideas on addressing challenges to the successful prosecution of hate crimes. Working with Civil Society ODIHR works closely with civil society to record and address hate crime, as tasked by participating States in Brussels in 2006. To further reach out to civil society organizations and build their capacity to recognize hate crimes, ODIHR organized ten training sessions on hate crime for more than 200 civil society representatives from 32 countries in 2014. ODIHR organized a training event in Moldova to assist the national Ombudsman and his staff in recognizing and reporting incidents of bias-motivated violence, as well as ensuring effective support for victims. This was followed by a two-day workshop with 21 civil society representatives, concluding with an exchange between government officials, civil society and the Ombudsman. As information on hate crimes targeting Muslim women and women of African descent continues to be lacking, ODIHR organized a training-of-trainers session for women from 11 participating States on combating hate crimes and intolerance, with an emphasis on gender discrimination. ODIHR completed the implementation of five small-scale projects in four participating States – Austria, Hungary, Poland and Sweden – to build the capacity of people of African descent to respond to hate crimes. Addressing Intolerance and Prejudice Hate crimes are but one form of intolerance. ODIHR works to address all manifestations of intolerance through education, training and other activities. Throughout 2014, ODIHR worked to counter ­multiple forms of prejudice, while also increasing its ODIHR Annual Report 2014 55