12 Oct 2023 - 14 Oct 2023
Budapest, Hungary
The rainbow platform project is a cross-institutional initiative aiming to increase the amount of
LGBTQI+ people engaged in the social causes.
We have seen progress when calls for equality include the encouragement for members of the community underrepresented to join any cause. A successful example of that is the many calls for more female leadership representation.
Many members of the LGBTQI+ community recuse themselves from joining a cause or aiming for positions of leadership in operational roles at public organisations dealing due to the fear of public scrutiny and due to the policy-focused nature of political diversity inclusion initiatives. The program prepares professionals to make liberal organisations more welcoming to LGBTQI+ people by implementing long term diversity and inclusion programmes.
Rainbow Platform – Diversity Circles of discussion
Location: Budapest, Hungary, Momentum European Parliament Office in Budapest (Jókai ut 18, 1066, Budapest)
Date: 12-14 October 2023
15:00 Official arrival of participants
17:30 Visit to the Hungarian Parliament guided by Dávid Bedő, Member of Parliament –
Momentum / Leader of the LGBT Intergroup at the Hungarian Parliament
20:00 Dinner
9:15 Meeting point Hotel – group leaving together – Hotel Lobby
9:45 Summary
10:00 Four strategies for successful internal communications
11:15 Break
11:30 Channels to sell ideas to membership and leadership
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Telling the story that needs to be heard about diversity
16:00 Break
16:15 Building a communications plan to show diversity to inside and outside groups
17:45 Wrap-up
20:00 Dinner and Idea-storming for a Rainbow Platform game series
11:00 The fear to fall into an illiberal state – Bringing back the liberal story of Hungary to make the
case for more diversity – An illiberal tour of Budapest- Meeting point: Hotel Lobby
14:00 Wrap up and light lunch