Months of correspondence and negotiations culminated in a high?level official visit by a joint IHRA?OSCE/ODIHR delegation to Moldova, January 26?29, 2014. The delegation consisted of IHRA Steering Committee Chair Richelle Budd Caplan; OSCE/ODIHR Adviser on Combating Antisemitism Anne Giebel; Floriane Hohenberg, Head of the Tolerance and Non?Discrimination Department (OSCE/ODIHR); Olga Sokhatska, Intern, (OSCE/ODIHR); Dr. Werner Dreier of the Austrian Delegation to IHRA; and IHRA Executive Secretary Dr. Kathrin Meyer. The purpose of the visit was to maximize national Holocaust Memorial Days as a timely chance to:
- interact with civil society
- meet diplomats and policymakers
- further Holocaust awareness on the national and local levels
- learn more about ongoing remembrance activities and related challenges in Moldova
- jointly reach out to this non?IHRA country/OSCE participating State to raise awareness about the benefits of connecting local remembrance efforts to the ongoing international cooperation on these issues
