All  the  other  accepted  recommendations  referred  to  the  situation  of  Roma  and   included:  to  pay  particular  attention  to  Roma;  continue  address  their  socio-­‐economic   inequalities;  reinforce  its  policies  and  strategies  and  take  measures  to  eliminate  all  sorts   of  discrimination  against  them;  provide  for  efficient  administrative  procedures  to  make   use  of  the  significant  financial  means  available  through  European  Union  funds  and  other   sources  for  projects  supporting  the  development  of  the  Roma  and  provide  incentives;   develop  programmes  to  effectively  improve  access  to  health  services,  to  ensure  that   children  have  equal  and  adequate  access  to  education,  health  and  other  services;  to   continue  efforts  to  change  the  stereotype  and  traditional  perception  of  Roma  by  the   majority  population  (from  Angola,  Argentina,  Austria,  Bangladesh,  Brazil,  Iran,   Switzerland,  Slovenia,  South  Africa,  Jordan,  Malaysia,  Netherlands,  Singapore,  Turkey).   Slovakia  also  accepted  regarding  hatred  against  Roma:  to  effectively  investigate  all   reported  cases  of  harassment  of  members  of  the  Roma  by  the  police  forces  (from   Austria);  organize  targeted  vocational  training  programmes,  in  particular  for  young   people,  to  increase  the  employability  of  the  members  of  the  Roma  community  and   improve  their  access  to  the  labour  market  (from  Austria);  conduct  thorough  criminal   investigation  and  prosecution  of  the  police  officers  involved  in  the  mistreatment  of  six   Roma  minors  in  Kosice  (from  the  United  States);  to  reinforce  measures  to  combat   incitement  to  discrimination  and  racial  violence  including  through  criminal  prosecution   of  those  involved  in  violence  against  minorities  and  immigrants,  and  provide  adequate   reparation  for  the  victims  of  such  acts  (from  Angola);  to  effectively  apply  legal  and  other   measures  to  protect  Roma  and  other  minorities  from  violence  and  police  mistreatment   and  establish  a  strategy  to  prevent  xenophobic  acts  and  violence  involving  ethnic  or   other  minorities  in  consultation  with  relevant  partners  (from  Canada);  to  intensify  its   actions  to  address  the  problem  of  racially  motivated  crimes  and  excessive  use  of  force   by  police  against  the  Roma  community  and  persons  belonging  to  other  vulnerable   groups  (from  the  United  Kingdom).  Several  recommendations  focused  on  Roma   education:  to  take  concrete  measures  to  improve  the  realization  of  the  right  to   education  by  the  Roma  children,  taking  also  into  account  special  education  needs  (from   Finland)  and  adopt  time-­‐bound  measures  to  increase  access  for  Roma  children  to   inclusive  education  in  mainstream  schools  (from  New  Zealand).  Two  recommendations   were  about  Roma  women  in  particular:  to  take  effective  measures  to  eliminate  forms  of   discrimination  against  Roma  women  and  girls  (from  Brazil)  and  to  step  up  its  efforts  to   tackle  the  root  cause  of  discrimination  and  violence  against  the  Roma  population,   especially  women  and  children  (from  the  Republic  of  Korea).       Noted  recommendations  were:  to  inact  and  implement  new  legislation  as  well  as   practical  measures  to  end  discriminatory  practices  against  Roma  children  in  the   education  system  perpetuating  their  segregation,  and  to  establish  practical  measures  to   resolve  the  issue  of  Roma  children  being  placed  into  special  schools  for  disabled  children   (from  Austria,  Japan  and  New  Zealand);  guarantee  that  no  women  belonging  to  minority   groups,  including  Roma,  can  be  subject  to  practices  of  forced  sterilization,  that  victims  of   such  practices  are  provided  with  the  necessary  reparation,  take  concrete  steps  to   investigate  the  allegations,  including  legal  action,  and  to  prevent  reoccurrence  of  the   49  

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