The training was opened by Olena Lytvynenko, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, and Olena Bogdan, Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience.

The first day of the training / study visit covered such topics as:

• Council of Europe triangle of standards setting, monitoring and cooperation.
• Council of Europe standards setting and monitoring for combatting discrimination: work of ECRI – European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, ECRI General Policy Recommendations, topics covered by the monitoring, latest ECRI recommendations for Ukraine.
• Council of Europe standards setting and monitoring for inclusion of Roma: the work of ADI-ROM, Strategic Action Plan for Roma and Traveller Inclusion 2020-2025, Council of Europe CM Recommendation on Roma and Traveller history teaching, capacity building for Roma civil society, inter-state cooperation.

The second day of online training/study visit covered such topics as:

• Monitoring process for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
• Council of Europe standards and monitoring for protection of national minorities:

1. provisions and rights envisaged in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;
2. how to collect information at the national level and which information is useful for the monitoring processes;
3. how to follow up on the monitoring reports of the Advisory Committee of the FCNM.

We want to thank our incredible speakers for their very useful and inspiring presentations:

• Jörg Horn, Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
• Agnes Von Maravić, Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
• Elise Cornu, Head of the Division of National Minorities and Minority Languages.
• Stefano Valenti, Head of No Hate Speech and Cooperation Unit.
• Thorsten Afflerbach, Head of Division.
• Roma and Travellers Team.