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The project shall include: the establishment and operation of a Task Force Unit composed of one Central Unit/Steering Committee and four regional Units (located in the main cities of the four regions with a high concentration of Roma populations: Attica, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace and West Greece) that will engage with all relevant actors, including Roma, for the implementation of the current 5 -year “National Operational Action Plan for Roma Inclusion 2017-2021” and the next one covering the period 2022-2027.” The four regional Task Force Units shall be comprised of twenty (20) full time expert staff, including at least four (4) of Roma origin; setting up a monitoring mechanism which will get feedback from the local communities, empowering Roma citizens to involve and at the same time it will assist Municipalities and the Roma Branches of Community Centers to apply effectively Roma Inclusion policies and measures; training and coordination activities for relevant public authorities, Roma and civil society; training material, toolkits and guidelines for the capacity building of the relevant public authorities, and for the empowerment of Roma; monitoring of the implementation of the National Strategy for Roma Inclusion and diverse contributions to its evaluations; activities contributing to the empowerment of Roma people and communities. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shall provide advice.