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Sweden instituted or continued a number of hate crime programmes. These included two projects supported by the Victim Support Association to help staff of local organizations better understand hate crime; a research project funded by the Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority that aimed at understanding the causes, consequences and support measures for hate crime in Skåne County; a project in Norrbotten in which the crime victim co-ordinator of the police authority reviews police reports daily to follow up with victims, including potential hate crime victims, for further support; several training events held by the Police District in Greater Gothenburg with various level of staffs on hate crime; a train-the-trainers course on hate crime for the Police Authority in Skåne County; a research project of Stockholm University designed to gauge the level of potential prejudices in responding to hate crime cases in which the Police Authority in Skåne County participated; and a project by the Prosecution Development Centre in Malmö to identify and track potential hate crime cases in order to evaluate case-handling by police and prosecutors.

The Discrimination Bureau in Uppsala conducted training programmes for schools, businesses, public sector agencies, associations and organizations on discrimination and hate crime. The Bureau counseled individuals on their rights when victims of discrimination or hate crime, as well as running a project called Online Presence that trains school staff, youth and support organizations to recognize hate online and to take appropriate responsive steps.

The Victim Support Association supported the Roma Culture Centre to provide information to crime victims, including specific information for hate crime victims.

The Police District in Greater Gothenburg participated in a hate crime seminar at the LGBT festival. The Swedish Federation for LGBT Rights received government funding on projects to support LGBT victims of violence, including bias-motivated violence, by providing training for staff and conducting public-awareness outreach in the media.