The program focuses on the liberal idea of equality, promoting individual freedom instead of collective grouping which has caused the alienation of many in protecting human rights.
Along with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Europe, the project capitalises on the Europride (June 18 th to 21st) parade to bring a delegation of liberals and organise two forum discussions on the importance of diversity in representation with local liberal representatives for an audience of political activists and civil society actors within the framework of the Human Rights Conference. The program focuses on the liberal idea of equality, promoting individual freedom instead of collective grouping which has caused the alienation of many in protecting human rights.
We aim to have the delegation participate in the Human Rights conference, having a speaker in a panel, and self organising two events, one for the local community in Portuguese and in partnership with Iniciativa Liberal maybe on a controversial topic like online LGBT economy (onlyfans) and another one on the EC strategy for equality, for this one we would like to also invite our liberal European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib.
WEDNESDAY, 18th June
9:30 to 21:00 Participants’ arrival to the hotel
THURSDAY, 19th June – Venue: Cinema Sao Jorge – Av. da Liberdade 175, 1250-096 Lisboa, Portugal
9:30 to 16:00 Participation in the Human Rights Conference – Europride
Participants decide which of the following panels to attend. Panels on which the delegation participants are speaking:
15:00 – Successful activism in contexts of repression: Hungary / David Bedő, Head of the Hungarian Parliament LGBTI intergroup
15:00.- TBC – Minority Stress: Mental Health in the LGBTQIA+ Community panel / Milos Hodun, Director of Projekt Polska and board member of the European Liberal Forum
Other panels include:
17:30 to 19:00 Panel discussion – New online economies used by the LGBT community (the liberal take on OnlyFans and other platforms (TO BE CONFIRMED)
FRIDAY, 20th June – V Venue: Cinema Sao Jorge – Av. da Liberdade 175, 1250-096 Lisboa, Portugal
10:00 to 11:00 and 15:00 to 17:00 Participation in the Human Rights Conference – Europride
Participants decide which of the following panels to attend. Panels on which the delegation participants are speaking:
10:00 – Influencing Equality: LGBTI Networks within European Politics / Adrian Tett – Board member of the LGBTI Liberals of Europe and Luis Cano – Program Director of the Rainbow Platform
14:30 – The Rights and Realities of Rainbow Families panel / Alva Finn, Director of the European Liberal Forum
Other panels include:
11:30 to 14:30 Strategic Lunch meeting of Rainbow Platform partners
17:30 to 19:00 Meeting with the German Embassy (TO BE CONFIRMED, currently on talks with the German embassy to have a small gathering with them shall they organise an open event – FNF is leading on this front – Lisa Hemp)
SATURDAY, 21st June – Meeting point – Praca de Comerco: Terreiro do Paço
12:30 to 16:00 Participation in the Europride parade
SUNDAY, 22nd June
9:00 to 19:00 Participants’ departure
Notes:
Participants are responsible for arranging their own meals. A maximum of 50 EUR is provided to cover local transportation within the city during the program’s duration.
Changes to the program:
Currently, we are waiting for the response of our local partners to confirm the following additions to the program:
Potential visit to the Portuguese parliament and meeting with the Iniciativa Liberal parliamentary group