Budapest 2009

Transgender Equality & Capacity Building Seminar
29th April – 2nd May 2009

European Youth Centre Budapest
http://www.eycb.coe.int
Budapest, Hungary
 

Programme

April 29th Arrival of participants
Different times of arrival during the day

 

DAY 1 Mapping the current state of the art

Facilitators: Silvan Agius, ILGA-Europe Policy and Programmes Officer
Julia Ehrt, TGEU Steering Group Co-chair

This day shall be dedicated to the mapping of the current state of the art with regard to transgender issues in Europe and looking at good and bad practices from national and local level.

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 11:00 Introduction (Coordination: Silvan & Julia)
• Introduction to the seminar
• Brief round of introduction of participants
• Outline of the programme / purpose / intended outcomes of the seminar

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00
Mapping the legal situation (Coordination: Silvan & Julia)
Silvan Aigus: EU and CoE legislation outline
Constantin Cojocariu: Interights & Strategic litigation

National legislation that works, national legislation that doesn’t
James Morton: Trans inclusive hate crimes legislation in Scotland
Lukas Romson: The Swedish Anti-Discrimination Act/Working with the institutions/governments
Julia Ehrt: Lobbying for new trans legislation in Germany

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:45
Working in partnership (Coordination: Silvan & Julia)
The transgender movement and the LGBTI movement – Does it always work in harmony? What are the expectations? How can we make the movement/s work better together?
Best practice:
Veronique Claus The Belgian Example of joint work: Twerkgroep & Holebifederatie

15:45 – 16:30 Speaker’s corner
Brief spontaneous 5 minute (maximum) presentations by the seminar participants on points that they think are important

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00 Sharing of good & bad practices (Coordination: Anna Kirey tbc)
6 x 10 minute presentations

19:30 – 21:00 Dinner at EYCB

21:00 – 22:00 Sharing of good & bad practices (Coordination: Anna Kirey tbc)
(voluntary)  6 x 10 minute presentations

DAY 2 Capacity development training

May 1st Trainer: Patricia Prendiville, Equality Works

09:30 – 18:00 This day will be dedicated to the provision of capacity building training. How to build a strong movement and capitalise on the good work that has already been done.

Themes to be covered:
• Capacity building of the transgender movement – learning from experiences; growth of the movement
• Working with allies – European level NGOs; Social Partners; etc
• Developing a lobbying strategy – Council of Europe; European Commission etc
• Developing the movement’s strategic plan with short-term and long-term objectives
• Working with funders to develop the movement – EU Small Networks fund; other funders
• Identification of allies

Coffee Breaks: 11:00 – 11:30; 16:30 – 17:00
Lunch Break: 13:00 – 14:30
BBQ dinner: 19:30 @ the EYCB gardens

 

 

DAY 3 Identifying the way forward

May 2nd Facilitators: Silvan Agius, ILGA-Europe Policy and Programmes Officer
Julia Ehrt, TGEU Steering Group Co-chair

This half day shall be dedicated to a reflection on the previous two days, and how to maximise the impact of the transgender activists and LGBTI movement in their advocacy and lobby work for transgender rights.

09:00 – 11:00 Themes to be covered during the 1st part of the day:
• Collective brainstorming on how to achieve more and better results
• Development of a wishlist

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 Themes to be covered during the 2nd part of the day:
• Prioritising the next steps and development of an action programme
• Linking the wishlist with concrete actions that are doable
Conclusions and Evaluation

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

END OF SEMINAR

 

Manchester 2008

 

Training for our Future

Teaser:

Hi friends.  

Transgender Europe is looking for a few young (at least in heart) trans people to take a leading role in activism in their own country. Are you fed up with a lack of support from your government?  Fed up with missing or old-fashioned legislation?  Are you tired of being forced to live in the closet?  Or of living a dog's life?  Forced out of work?  Living a life on the street because you dare to be who you are?  Yes?  Maybe it is time to take action, and we want to help you.
Transgender Europe (TGEU) www.tgeu.org, with the support of the UK's extremely successful activist organisation, Press for Change (PFC) www.pfc.org.uk  and the International Lesbian and Gay Association of Europe (ILGA-Europe) www.ilga-europe.org , is now taking applications for a training project aimed at giving new activists the tools and support they need to get out and work change in their communities.
National teams, comprised of three activist candidates are invited to submit applications for the project.  Just four (4) of these teams will be successful and asked to take part in the project at no cost to themselves.
 

The project has two parts:

1. You will be required to attend a four day training course in Manchester, UK, from Wednesday, October 1st, to Sunday, October 5th, 2008.  There  you will attend workshops and receive some formal training in, amongst other
things, the following areas:

• How to work with local and national governments as well as the European Union
• The impact of European Union law, cases and directives  on trans lives
• The trans cases from the  European Court of Human Rights
• Facts and figures: key research data on trans lives
• Practical activism: developing a public relations approach
• Recruiting other activists and developing their skills
• Strategic planning for successful change
• Design with impact: posters and leaflets for key issues

Working within the international LGBTI community.

2. The activists will then, with the help of TGEU, organise a local training to take place not later than the end of 2008.  The training from Manchester will be put to use at a national or regional event of one or two days duration, where an audience of potential trans activists will receive instruction to facilitate regional structures.  We envision that the support we provide will enable you to prepare basic materials in your national language, to find an appropriate site for quality training and workshops, to make reservations for TGEU and PFC workshop leaders, to find and engage national NGO or government speakers.  We will assist your team in creating publicity and locating the intended audience.  Furthermore we will assist in the long term development of transgender organisations. Your travel and accommodation costs will be met by TGEU.  Training and activities are also free.  We demand only your presence and unmitigated attention. You don't have to pay a thing: you need only put your training to use through your own projects in your local community.

So, if you think you and your fellow activists are up to it, come join the party.  It will be well worth your time -- and may well be fun!
For these reasons we require that TEAMS OF THREE activists submit their applications together.  Successful candidates will be selected by showing us evidence of their past activism, how well they know each other and the work they've done together before. The teams will need to show a reasonable level of English language - it will really help to speak some English, but teams can translate for members who can't speak English.

 

Program

 

 

Training Material

 

 

Transgender Capacity Building Seminar Edinburgh 2011

Transgender Capacity Building Seminar
Edinburgh, Scotland
10th to 12th September 2011

Agenda (PDF)

 

Session materials

Managing Challenges and Stresses

Facilitator: Dr Dasha Grajfoner
Coaching session on improving resilience to common challenges and stresses experienced during trans* equality and human rights work (such as conflicts between activists and frustrations at speed of progress).

Presentation (PPT) | Exercises (PDF)

European instruments to help move trans* issues forward

Facilitators: Silvan Agius Presentations and discussions on Council of Europe Recommendation and other European level instruments.

Presentation (PPT) | Quiz (PDF) 

 

Participants

 

Acknowledgments

The seminar was organized by Transgender Europe in conjunction with the Scottish Transgender Alliance - STA and has received support from ILGA-Europe, the Scottish Government and the Open Society Institute. 

 

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Seminar Agenda	194.99 KB
Managing Stresses Presentation.ppt	1.16 MB
Managing Stresses Exercises.pdf	1.15 MB
European Instruments to help move trans issues forward.ppt	1.28 MB
Quiz - European Instruments.pdf	448.45 KB