LGBTI Equality in Europe 2025

ongoing

The objectives of the operating grant workplan include consolidating organisational capacity and governance, implementation the strategic framework and ongoing strengthening of membership and board; ensuring the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy is effectively and successfully implemented, responds to the needs of LGBTI people, leads to effective change in their lives, and is followed by a second Eu LGBTQI Equality Strategy; strengthening benchmarking in European and national policy-making; raising awareness amongst European and national decision-makers and policy-makers about discrimination and violence experienced by LGBTI; supporting the closing of legislative gaps at EU and national levels; strengthening the policy and programmatic responses from EU institutions and Member States; strengthening strategic alliances with civil society organisations, trade unions, local authorities and other actors; increasing the capacity of member organisations to carry out effective advocacy and engage in campaigns at national level regarding EU policy processes in support of strong EU human rights and LGBTI rights policies. The activities include management and development, capacity building, governance, capacity building and financial support for national and local level LGBTI organisations, supporting the implementation and ongoing evaluation of the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and relevant measures, advocacy fur a strong equality framework under the new EP and EC, meeting and networking with relevant stake-holders, production of expert input, re-granting, communication and dissemination activities. The workplan has an estimated 1000 direct and 300 000 indirect beneficiaries. Results include increased quality and range of protections for LGBTI people and awareness, increased capacities of the movement and ILGA-Europe. Outputs include educational and peer learning events (<8), publications (<12), meetings (<30), websites (1).