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At the national level, monitoring cooperation manifests itself, inter alia, through cooperation with non-governmental organisations. For example, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the UK launched a campaign to prevent hate crime against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. The campaign was supported by the LGBT Consortium, Stop Hate UK and Stonewall Housing, as well as by Leicester University's Center for Hate Studies. These organisations help to research the topics, to develop solutions and above all to publicise and enforce the large-scale projects of the national commission at the local level. Precisely because the respective official anti-discrimination authorities are often based in the state capital, it is difficult to reach other parts of the country. With few incidents of discrimination being reported at all, it is important to support low-threshold counselling centres working with the official anti-discrimination agencies and to create as broad a network of assistance as possible.

Some projects of the Equality and Human Rights Commission are also supported by private companies or unions, with the result that the gender equality legislation can be better implemented, because it is known by a wider public and there are more comprehensive enforcement mechanisms.