A/68/333 74. The Special Rapporteur recalls that offering education in a country’s minority languages is also important for promoting tolerance. In Singapore, children can be taught both in English and in their mother tongue, Mandarin, Malay or Tamil. 67 Mongolia’s National Programme on Implementation of Human Rights recognizes ethnic minorities’ right to receive education in their mother tongue. 68 In Cambodia, the Highland Community Programme seeks to increase educational opportunities for remote indigenous ethnic minority communities by teaching their native languages first, while progressively introducing the Khmer language. 69 Guatemala committed itself to strengthening intercultural bilingual education in its education policy for 2008-2012. 70 75. Another good practice in eliminating poverty and racism through education is the promotion of access to schools for marginalized children. The Abrazo Programme, set up in 2005 in Paraguay, focuses on children working in the street and their families. The children are put in schools, their attendance is monitored, and they are provided with food and health care. At the same time, the children’s families are provided with support to make up for the lost income. 71 Inclusive education in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic tries to increase access to primary education for all children, especially marginalized children. 72 In Belgium, the Samsara Project aims to support immigrant youth who are vulnerable to dropping out of school. 73 76. The Special Rapporteur is of the view that measures and programmes designed to improve the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups also constitute good practices. In Hungary, several programmes are being implemented in order to improve Roma access to education, employment, housing and health care, including the Decade of Roma Inclusion Programme Strategic Plan for 2007-2015, the European Union framework for national Roma integration strategies, the National Social Inclusion Strategy “Extreme Poverty, Child Poverty and the Roma” for 20112020, and the Framework Agreement between the Government and the National Roma Self-Government. 74 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain have also committed themselves to the Decade of Roma Inclusion. 75 Ireland has been implementing a strategic approach to alleviating poverty and social exclusion through its National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016, National Development Plan 2007-2013, and National Social Partnership Agreement, “Towards 2016”. 76 77. Similarly, protection against discrimination in labour markets is critical in promoting the mobility of disadvantaged groups from poverty. In the United States, discrimination related to employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, or __________________ 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 13-43133 A/HRC/17/40/Add.2, para. 39. A/HRC/23/36/Add.2, para. 48. MDG Good Practices, Chapter 2, pp. 59-60. Report on the mission to Guatemala of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education (A/HRC/11/8/Add.3), para. 61. A/HRC/14/25/Add.2, para. 36. MDG Good Practices, chapter 2, pp. 39-40. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Fighting Racism and Discrimination; Identifying and Sharing Good Practices in the International Coalition of Cities (Paris, 2012), pp. 32-33. A/HRC/20/33/Add.1, para. 30. http://www.romadecade.org/about-the-decade-decade-in-brief. A/HRC/17/34/Add.2, para. 13. 19/22