Europe, Let’s Speak Out for LGBTI Rights in South Caucasus!

This conference aims to provide a public space for LGBTI activists from South Caucasus to share their concerns on the state of respect and protection of LGBTI rights in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and how this affects the daily realities of LGBTI people.  
The encounter with representatives from EU institutions will enable the LGBTI activists to raise the EU representatives’ awareness on the living conditions of LGBTI people in South Caucasus, to explore the most effective forms of support that EU policymakers can contribute to their actions on the ground, and to formulate recommendations on how the EU could better contribute to securing and promoting LGBTI people’s human rights in the respective countries.
See details of the programme here.

Date            Thursday, 10th December, 9:30 – 12:00                        
Venue          European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli, A5E-1

Hosted by
•    Ulrike Lunacek, Vice President of the European Parliament (The Greens/EFA)
•    Ernest Urtasun, Member of the European Parliament (The Greens/EFA)
•    Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament (The Greens/EFA)

Speakers
•    Ana Nemsitsveridze-Daniels, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, South Caucasus, Project Coordinator
•    Cavid Nabiyev, Nefes LGBT Alliance, Azerbaijan
•    Lawrence Meredith, DG NEAR, European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement
•    Lia Jalagania, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC), Georgia
•    Maria Abrahamyan, Society Without Violence (SWV), Armenia
•    Mihaela Vasiu, EEAS, Policy coordinator
•    Natia Gvianishvili, Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG), Georgia
•    Nvard Margaryan, Public Information and Need of Knowledge (PINK), Armenia
•    Ricardo Serri, EEAS, Deputy Head of Division    

No admittance without confirmed registration. E-Mail registration only. Please RSVP to ulrike.lunacek@europarl.europa.eu by latest 3rd of December 2015 by sending your full names, birth dates, and types of identification with the respective ID number.