A/HRC/12/15 Page 5 17. In reply to the advance questions by the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom relating to the Roma, in 2004 the national strategy and action plan for the 2005-2015 Decade of Roma Inclusion were adoped and are being implemented (education, employment, housing and health). One of the priority areas in both documents is education. Pre-school education is a key factor for inclusion of Roma children in schools.The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, in cooperation with 16 municipalities, is implementing the project on inclusion of Roma children in pre-schools. As a result, 720 Roma children attended pre-school. Additional objectives of this project are to raise awareness of schools and teaching staff about Roma issues and to increase the number of Roma teachers. The Government allocated 400,000 euros for implementation of the project. 18. In reply to questions from the United Kingdom, the Czech Republicand Germany on the issue of equal opportunities and gender equality, the delegation indicated that the Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men was adopted in 2006. Within the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Sector for Equal Opportunites has been established and its task is to coordinate the implementation of the Law and the National Action Plan on Gender Equality. The Committees on equal opportunities were established in 79 out of 84 municipalities. Seventy coordinators for equal opportunities in national and local institutions have been appointed, as well as a Committee on Equal Opportunities in Parliament whose main task is to monitor whether laws are in compliance with equal opportunities standards. 19. In reply to a question from the Netherlands concerning family violence, in April 2008 the Government adopted the National Strategy 2008-2011. Its main objective is to reduce family violence and to improve quality of protection by introducing measures in regard to prevention, intervention, education, monitoring and inter-sectoral coordination. The national coordination body, composed of all relevant ministries as well as civil society organizations, has been established. In November 2008, the Government adopted the Action Plan for prevention and elimination of sexual abuse of children and pedophilia 2009-2012. It sets out measures and activities to assist and protect children from sexual abuse and pedophilia and establishes a coordinating system among Government institutions and between the Government and the NGO sector. 20. In reply to the United Kingdom, the day care centres for children with disabilities (21 operating) are designed to accommodate 20 to 25 persons. The size of groups is projected as to provide the high quality care, individual treatment, group work and creation friendly and family like atmosphere. One of the priority objectives of the Government is to continue opening new centres at local level, where necessary. The number of professional of different specialization is compatible with the prescribed standards by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, that is to say one professional covering four beneficiaries. The employees of these centres have continuing in-service training in the area of their expertise. 21. In reply to the Czech Republic (ethnic structure of police), compared to 1997 when 7 per cent of police force were ethnic communities (0.47 Roma and 2.95 per cent Albanians) in 2008 there were 20,4 per cent in total, among them 15.9 per cent ethnic Albanians and 0.7per cent ethnic Roma. 22. In reply to Sweden, the standard operating procedures for treatment of persons in police custody have been developed. A new position has been introduced, reception officer -- a shift commander who is responsible for proper implementation of the procedures. In 2008, criminal charges for ill-treatment were instituted against three police officers (in addition to the