Capacity-building seminar:

LGBTI organisations fighting HIV and STIs - Moving to Action!

ILGA-Europe and EATG

21-22 February 2018, Brussels

Rationale and objectives of this capacity-building seminar

In February 2017, ILGA-Europe and EATG jointly held a capacity-building seminar on the role of LGBTI organisations inefforts to address HIV and STIs.The capacity seminar aimed at providing participants with scientific knowledge regarding HIV-STIs,at identifying barriers that hinder LGBTI activism in the area, and at enabling participants to overcome those barriers and ensure that LGBTI activists are empowered to fully participate in this fight.Participants elaborated actions plans to step up their organisations’ activities regarding sexual health.

This second capacity-building seminar wants to more directly dive into exchange of practices and project. The objective is to enable a peer to peer learning about ongoing projects and practices and based on these examples identify successful campaigning, intervention and advocacy strategies. Specific emphasis will be put on the question of how these projects have led to an increased engagement and empowerment of the LGBTI community regarding sexual health. We will look into areas such as access to PrEP, inclusive healthcare, community-based testing, etc.

Logistics

Travel and accommodation costs are covered by ILGA-Europe. The seminar will take place in ILGA-Europe offices (Brussels) on 21-22 February 2018 (arrival on 21/02 lunchtime, departure on 22/02 evening).

Profile of participants

Applicants must have prior knowledge regarding HIV/STIs and they need to come in with a project or a plan to set up a project. All applicants must be ILGA-Europe members’ representatives. Due to funding limitations, we can only include a small number of participants fromoutside the EU.

In its selection process, ILGA-Europe will aim at ensuring a diversity of participants, in terms of:

  • Sexual orientations, gender identities and sex characteristics
  • Regional diversity
  • Levels of expertise and experience of the applicant and their organisation in the area of HIV-STIs

Application process

Please complete the application form below and return it by e-mail to Sophie Aujean, by the 8th of January 2018 at the latest.

APPLICATION FORM

Please send this form filled in to Sophie Aujean, Senior Prorammes and Policy Officer at ILGA-Europe, by the 8th of January 2017 at the latest.

Name
Organisation
Country
Position within the organisation
Telephone (or mobile)
Fax
Email

Please answer all the questions below in max. 200 words (each)

IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN PART TO THE SEMINAR IN 2017

Q1: Please describe your organisation (when it was established, how many members, and areas of work) and your role within it.

Q2: Please describe your experience in the area of HIV-STIs and briefly self-assess your level of expertise (note that knowledge and skills on HIV-STIs are a requirement to participate in this seminar)

Q3: Please explain your motivation to attend this seminar - including from your organisation perspective.

Q4: Have you taken part in any eventorganised by ILGA-Europe in the past? If yes, please list which events you have participated in since 2015.

Q5: Please describe the activities you plan to implement in the area of sexual health/fight against HIV-STIs in the coming months.

Any other comments you would like to make in support your application?

IF YOU HAVE TAKEN PART TO THE SEMINAR IN 2017

Q1: What have been, from your perspective, the three key learning outcomes from the seminar of last year?

Q2: Please describe the work you (as part of your organisation) have done in this area since then. Have you partnered with any other organisation?

Q3: In particular, did you implement an activity that you or other participants discussed at the training? What was the outcome?

Q4: What have been the main barriers that you have faced in implementing initiatives in this area (for the last year)?

Q5: If you have not done any work in this area since the last seminar, please tell us why and describe the activities you plan to implement in the area of sexual health/fight against HIV-STIs in the coming months.

Any other comments you would like to make in support your application?

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