Call for Participation- Regional Action Plan for Advocacy

CTDC is delighted to announce the launch of its Gender and Sexuality program in the MENA region, with its first project under the title of LGBTQ Regional Advocacy Action Plan (RAP) in the MENA Region. In partnership with Cecilia Karlstedt Consulting, CTDC is organising two workshops in Turkey for LGBTQ rights activists to come together and discuss a way forward for advocacy. The project is being carried out with financial support from the Swedish Institute. The project will take place over a period of 18 months, during which there will be an initial workshop to come up with a regional action plan, followed by a period of remote consulting advice to participating LGBTQ rights activists and organisations in their advocacy work provided by CTDC, and finally there will be a final workshop to discuss advocacy work following a year of implementation of the joint regional advocacy plan (RAP).

 

The first workshop is intended to take place between 17 and 21 November 2016 in Turkey.

The second workshop is intended to take place between 16 and 20 November 2017 in Turkey. The same persons will be selected for both workshops.

More information on the project is available in Arabic and in English.

CTDC is currently seeking statements of interest from LGBTQ activists, individuals and organisations from Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria. We are disheartened that we cannot include more countries in this call for participation, as places are limited to twenty participants, but we are hoping that this will be a pilot project that will lead to a larger MENA-region wide program. If you are interested, please submit a statement of interest to info@ctdc.org. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2016.

 

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