1. Respect and freedom of
expression of sexual
orientation and gender identity
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Venue:
European Commission,
Conference Centre Albert Borschette, Room 3C,
Rue Froissart/ Froissartstraat 36, 1040 Brussels
Brussels,
7-10 June 2010
For more information on the People 2 People Programme, please go to:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/p2p/index_en.htm
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http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/index_en.htm
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2. Aim of the meeting:
The People 2 People Programme, which is one of the three strands of the
Civil Society Facility of the Directorate General Enlargement of the European
Commission, intends to offer to individuals and organisations from the
beneficiary countries and territories the possibility to visit EU institutions, as
well as relevant EU platform organisations, or whenever relevant for the topic
of the study visits, also other European, international or national organisations
in order to familiarise themselves with EU structures, policy making process,
programmes, policies and good practices.
The aim of this study tour is to give participants the opportunity to familiarise
themselves with international and European legal bases which prohibit
discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation as well as with the roles and
remits of different EU institutions. This study tour further intends to offer
participants exchange and networking opportunities in a respectful
atmosphere among themselves and with European-level as well as Member
State-based civil society organisations active in this field.
The study visit is open for the participation of several representatives of civil
society organisations active in this field from each of the candidate and
potential candidate countries and territories to EU enlargement.
Around 30 participants from civil society organisations in the Western Balkans
and Turkey will attend the study visit.
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3. Day I : Monday 7 June 2010
Chair: Ms Gudrun Niedorf, DG Enlargement
09:00 Arrival and registration of participants
Distribution of welcome package with the list of participants
09:15 Welcome note
Introduction on the purpose of the People 2 People Programme
(P2P)
Ms Magdalena Kleim, Head of Section, People 2 People
Programme, Unit D4 - Institution Building, DG Enlargement,
European Commission
09:30 Round of table
Self-introduction by participants
The work of the organisations represented
Brief verbal presentation, accompanied by print/ info materials if
available, 1 minute/ participant
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Workshops:
Current situation and challenges
Promising approaches
11:30 European Commission support to civil society in the Western
Balkans and Turkey: The Civil Society Facility (CSF)
Mr Henk Visser, Programme Manager, Unit D3 – Regional
Programmes, DG Enlargement, European Commission
12:15 Questions and answers
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 LGBT issues in the enlargement process
Ms Aleksandra Tomanic, Assistant Policy Officer, Unit A1 –
Enlargement Strategy, DG Enlargement, European Commission
14:45 Questions and answers
15:00 Coffee break
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4. 15:30 Communication on Combating HIV/AIDS in the EU and
neighbouring countries (2009-2013)
Ms Gisela Lange, Policy Officer, DG Health and Consumers,
European Commission
16:15 Questions and answers
16:30 The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights
(EIDHR)
Ms Sara Sighinolfi, Programme Manager, EuropeAid Cooperation
Office, European Commission
17:15 Questions and answers
17:30 End of the first day
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5. Day II : Tuesday 8 June 2010
Chair: Mr Stefano Sgobba, EU Delegation Skopje
09:00 Registration of participants
09:15 The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human
Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Mr Maxim Anmeghichean, Programmes Director, ILGA Europe
10:00 Questions and answers
10:15 The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and
LGBT human rights
Mr Dennis van der Veur, Adviser, Office of the Commissioner for
Human Rights, Council of Europe
11:00 Questions and answers
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 The European Union policy on the protection of fundamental rights
and the main lines of the EU policy in fighting against homophobia
Mr José Alegre Seoane, DG Justice, Liberty and Security,
European Commission
12:30 Questions and answers
12:45 Lunch break
14:00 Legal instruments and policies of the EU: Anti-discrimination in the
acquis communautaire
Mr Michal Gondek, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities, European Commission
14:45 Questions and answers
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Current policy developments in the field of anti-discrimination and
EU financial support against discrimination via the PROGRESS
Programme
Mr Miguel Mares Garcés, Employment, Fundación Comunidad
Valenciana – Región Europea (Valencia Regional Office in Brussels)
16:15 Questions and answers
16:30 End of the second day
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6. Day III : Wednesday 9 June 2010
Chair: Ms Magdalena Kleim, DG Enlargement
Venue: European Parliament,
Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Room 4B49, Rue Wiertz/ Wiertzstraat 60,
Brussels
08:45 Arrival and registration of participants at the visitor's entrance
09:00 Visit to the European Parliament (EP)
An introduction to the European Parliament
Ms Elina Kaartinen, Visits and Seminars Unit, Directorate
General for Communication, European Parliament
The EP advancing LGBT rights
Ms Ulrike Lunacek, Member of the European Parliament
(Austria - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance), Co-
President of the EP's Intergroup on LGBT Rights
Mr Michael Cashman, Member of the European Parliament
(United Kingdom - Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists
and Democrats in the European Parliament), Co-President of the
EP's Intergroup on LGBT Rights
10:30 End of EP visit
Group leaves for Conference Centre Albert Borschette
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7. Venue: European Commission,
Conference Centre Albert Borschette, Room 3C,
Rue Froissart/ Froissartstraat 36, 1040 Brussels
10:45 Coffee is available
11:00 Equality bodies: Countering discrimination
Mr Tamás Kádár, Policy Officer, European Network of Equality
Bodies (EQUINET)
Ms Ingrid Aendenboom, Legal Advisor, Centre for Equal
Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, Belgium
11:45 Discussion with the speakers listed above
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Civil society backing human rights of LGBT
Ms Veronica Scognamiglio, European Campaign Coordinator,
Amnesty international EU Office
14:45 Questions and answers
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 EU action against discrimination in a candidate country
Mr Stefano Sgobba, Programme Manager, Delegation of the
European Union to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
16:15 Questions and answers
16:30 End of the third day
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8. Day IV : Thursday 10 June 2010
Chair: Ms Lilit Poghosyan,
Programmes and policy officer, ILGA Europe
08:45 Registration of participants
09:00 Joint civil society action on the European level
Ms Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director, ILGA Europe
Ms Amandine Bach, Policy Officer and Project Coordinator,
European Women's Lobby (EWL)
09:45 Questions and answers
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Civil society action in EU Member States for LGBT rights
Ms Jasna Magic, Project Coordinator, Legebitra, Slovenia
Ms Florentina Bocioc, former Executive Director, now
Member of the Lobby and Advocacy Group, Accept, Romania
11:15 Advocacy for LGBT rights: Sharing of experience and best practices
Workshop 1 Workshop 2
Room 210 Room 3C
Facilitated by Facilitated by
Ms Jasna Magic, Project Ms Florentina Bocioc, former
Coordinator, Legebitra, Slovenia Executive Director, now Member
of the Lobby and Advocacy
Group, Accept, Romania
12:00 Presentation of main points of workshop discussions in plenary
(5 minutes per workshop)
12:15 Evaluation session – Feedback of the participants on the study-tour
12:30 Participants leave for meetings with geographical units of DG
Enlargement
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9. Venue: European Commission, DG Enlargement,
Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 170, Brussels
12:45 Meetings with geographical units of DG Enlargement
(per candidate country and potential candidate)
14:30 End of study tour
This meeting is being organised by
the People 2 People Programme, Civil Society Facility, DG Enlargement,
in the organisational framework of the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument - TAIEX
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149, B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07, Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web site: http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/
Leaflet: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/pdf/p2p/p2p-leaflet_en.pdf
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