THURSDAY, September 11 |
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Arrival of participants |
FRIDAY, September 12 | |
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08.30 – 09.00 | Registration |
09.00 – 09.15 | Welcome |
Dragana Todorović, LABRIS, Serbia | |
Axel Hochrein, Hirschfeld –Eddy– Foundation, Germany | |
Timm Köhler, Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”, Germany | |
09.15 – 09.45 | Key note speeches |
Meho Omerović, Member of Parliament, President of the Human Rights and Gender Equality Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Serbia | |
Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament | |
Christoph Strässer, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, Germany | |
09.45 – 10.15 | History of Homosexuality in the Balkans, Zorica Mršević, Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia |
10.15 – 10.45 | Lessons from History: Prosecution of LGBT people in Germany, Axel Hochrein, Hirschfeld –Eddy- Foundation, Germany |
10.45 – 11.15 | Coffee break and press conference |
Plenary Session | |
11.15 – 12.15 | LGBT people in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges for the Balkans |
H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia | |
H.E. Laurent Louis Stokvis, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
H. E. Michael D. Kirby, US Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia | |
Antje Rothemund, Head of the Mission of Council of Europe in Serbia | |
Luca Bianconi, Counsellor and Head of the Political Section, European Union Delegation to the Republic of Serbia | |
Michael Uyehara, Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia | |
Facilitator: Björn van Roozendaal, ILGA EUROPE, Brussels | |
12.15 – 13.30 | Economic Costs of Homophobia and Transphobia |
Marijn Pijnenburg, IBM, Netherlands | |
Tatjana Greif, Škuc-LL, Slovenia | |
Nathan Koeshall, Catalyst, Serbia | |
Boban Stojanović, Belgrade Pride, Serbia | |
Facilitator: Dragana Todorović, Labris, Serbia | |
13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch |
Panel 1 – Room 1 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | Leveraging inter (regional) cooperation to secure LGBT rights nationally |
Björn van Roozendaal, ILGA EUROPE, Brussels | |
Krisztina Kolos Orbán, Transgender Europe, Germany | |
Antonio Mihajlov, Subversive Front, Macedonia | |
Naim Ajger, Center for Equality and Liberty, Kosovo | |
Tijana Bukilić, LGBT Forum Progress, Montenegro | |
Hayriye Kara, Kaos GL, Turkey | |
Marko Ivković, NDI, Serbia | |
Facilitator: Saša Gavrić, Sarajevo Open Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Panel 2 – Room 2 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | Sports vs. Homophobia: Building the Community and Raising Awareness |
Imke Duplitzer, Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (Fencer, Olympic Games Competitor) | |
Sanda Brumen, Lesbian Group Kontra / qSPORT, Croatia | |
Tonči Kranjčević Batalić, Queer Sport Split, Croatia | |
Boris Vrdoljak, qSPORT Zagreb, Croatia | |
Zorica Mršević, Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia | |
Facilitator: Dragoslava Barzut, FemSlam Sports Group, captain of the LBT football team, Serbia | |
Panel 3 – Room 3 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | Respect for Private and Family Life and Access to Health Care |
Kristian Randjelović, Gayten – LGBT, Serbia | |
Sanja Juras, Lesbian Group Kontra, Croatia | |
Goran Marjanović, Association Rainbow, Serbia | |
Simon Maljevac, Legebitra, Slovenia | |
Dragana Drndarevska, Coalition for Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities, Macedonia | |
Facilitator: Jovanka Todorovic, Labris, Serbia | |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee break |
Plenary Session | |
16.30 – 17:30 | Reports from the panels and discussion |
Facilitator: Klaus Jetz, Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany | |
17.30 – 17.45 | Outlook on day 2 |
19.00 – 20.30 | Reception in the Belgrade City Hall |
Film screening: My child |
SATURDAY, September 13 | |
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Plenary Session | |
10.00 – 11.30 | Building Alliances for LGBT Rights |
Ulrich Klicker and Inge Breuling, Federal Association of Parents, Friends and Relatives of Homosexuals (BEFAH), Germany | |
Hasan Metehan Ozkan, LİSTAG – Families of LGBTs in Istanbul, Turkey | |
Marina Grnja, Novi Sad School of Journalism, Serbia | |
Laslo Čikoš, State Secretary for Gender Equality, Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Serbia | |
Aleksandar Stojmenović, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Serbia | |
Mirjana Bogdanović, Gay Straight Alliance, Serbia | |
Facilitator: Srećko Šekeljić, PFLAG Serbia | |
11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee break |
12.00 – 13.30 | Do Anti-discrimination Policies Really Work |
Jovana Stopić, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Serbia | |
Goran Miletić, Civil Rights Defenders, Serbia | |
Saša Gavrić, Sarajevo Open Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Marko Jurčić, Zagreb Pride, Croatia | |
Zsuzsanna Iricsek, Budapest Pride, Hungary | |
Danijel Kalezić, Queer Montenegro, Montenegro | |
Facilitator: Alex Cooper, Central European University, USA | |
13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch |
Panel 4 – Room 1 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | LGBT Path to the Institutions: Sectoral LGBT Anti-discrimination Policies |
Mirjana Maksimović, SIPRU – Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, Serbia | |
Lazar Pavlović, Gay Straight Alliance, Serbia | |
Jelena Vidić, Gayten – LGBT, Serbia | |
Marko Milenković, YUCOM, Serbia | |
Lazara Marinković, IDAHO Belgrade, Serbia | |
Facilitator: Mladen Antonijević-Priljeva, Forum for Ethnic Relations | |
Panel 5 – Room 2 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | Political Participation of LGBT Persons |
Volker Beck, Member of the German Bundestag (Committee on Internal Affairs) | |
Robert Biedron, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people, PACE | |
Dušan Maljković, Centre for Queer Studies, Serbia | |
Milan Pantelić, Gay Straight Alliance, Serbia | |
Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament | |
Miha Lobnik, Legebitra, Slovenia | |
Facilitator: Luis Abolafia, Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute, USA | |
Panel 6 – Room 3 | |
14.30 – 16.00 | The Position of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women: from Community Building to Mainstreaming Efforts |
Natia Gvianishvili, Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group, Georgia | |
Olga Lenkova, Coming Out, Russia | |
Anastasia Danilova, Genderdoc-M , Moldova | |
Urška Sterle, Škuc-LL, Slovenia | |
Rajmonda Sylbije, Center for Equality and Liberty, Kosovo | |
Svjetlana Timotić, Out of Circle – Vojvodina, Serbia | |
Krisztina Kolos Orbán, Transgender Europe, Germany | |
Facilitator: Dragana Todorović, Labris, Serbia | |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee break |
Plenary Session | |
16.30 – 17.15 | Reports from the panels and discussion |
17.15 – 18.30 | Outlook: LGBT rights in Serbia in the next years |
Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament | |
Robert Biedron, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people, PACE | |
Volker Beck, Member of the German Bundestag (Committee on Internal Affairs) | |
Emila Spasojević, Head of Department for Research, Analytic and Reporting in the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Serbia |
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Facilitator: Klaus Jetz, Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany | |
18.30 – 18.45 | Closing Remarks |
20.00 | Opening of the Exhibition “Berlin-Yogyakarta: From Hitler’s terror against homosexuals to human rights today” |
22.00 | Party |