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Annual Report 2013/14 EPOA · ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14

Welcome to EPOA!

EPOA, the European Organisers Association, had a difficult working year. It is not a secret that maintaining a cross-border non-profit organisation with limited financial means is a daunting task. Add to the mix some new faces and new ideas and fireworks are guaranteed. Unfortunately some of the board members have left us half way through the working year for all sorts of different reasons.

But looking back at some of the challenges we came across, it has to be said that the board and its vision has come out even stronger. So with the remaining board members we obviously ensured the proper functioning of the organisation but foremost lined ourselves up towards a better organisa- tion for the future. EPOA, through its members, has an enormous potential for A lot of preparatory work was done towards improving EPOA the future, a reason why we are really actively looking to grow as a whole: search for new members, defining internal proce- this organisation. We are the voice of many LGBTIQ lobby dures, focus on our members’ needs and moving our Euro- groups and that voice should be heard! is also a Pride event and its brand to the next level. powerful tool in order towards that same goal. But by bring- ing more members to the table, we will also be able to gener- Talking about EuroPride; we were thrilled with the fantastic ate more , more ideas, more support and why not an event our member Oslo Pride put on this year. After the diffi- actual office with support projects for both existing and new cult years of WorldPride in 2012 and EuroPride 2013 prides. As you will see further down this report, Europe – Marseille, we were in desperate need for some positive in- counts 280+ Pride events. Imagine what we can achieve by put towards our EuroPride name. Oslo Pride promised us they uniting our powers. would do exactly that and they delivered big time. An achievement for which we are all very grateful and we hope it A lot of work lays ahead of us, but we pride ourselves in mov- may be an inspiration for the future EuroPride events to ing EPOA towards the future, one step at the time. Together come. Some more information about this year’s event can we stand strong! be found further in this report. Last but not least, I would like to thank all the board mem- As for the future, we should dare to dream. Paulo Coelho, bers for their commitment, enthusiasm and work performed author of “The Alchemist”, once said: “There is only one thing during the past working year. that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” And if there is one thing we have learned, as we progress society with all our Pride events, than it is not to be afraid of Hans De Meyer being different. We should dare to think outside the box. President

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EPOA Board

European Pride Organisers Association President (epoa) aisbl Hans De Meyer

Secretary Rue du Marché au Charbon 42 Irene Hemelaar 1000 Brussels Belgium Treasurer Tomasz Baczkowski [email protected] Outreach and Member Services Coordinator Ruben De Keyser www.europride.info EuroPride Coordinator EPOA is a international non profit organisation Stein Runar Østigaard registered under Belgian law. & Diversity Coordinator Elodie Brun

Media and Internet Coordinator vacant

Conference Coordinator vacant

Irene Hemelaar Ruben De Keyser Elodie Brun Tomasz Baczkowski Hans De Meyer Stein Runar Østigaard

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Members 2013/14

Amsterdam Pride CSD Rhein-Neckar Oslo Pride / Skeive dager Amsterdam, Netherlands Germany Oslo, Norway

Arcigay Milano Fundacja Rownosci Portugal gay Porto Milan, Italy (Equality Foundation, ) Porto, Portugal , Poland Associazione Lista Lesbica Prague Pride, o.s. Italiana Gender Doc-M Prague, Czech Republic Milan, Italy Chisinau, Moldova Reykjavik Pride Athens Pride e.V. Reykjavik, Island Athens, Greece Hamburg, Germany Roma Pride / Circulo di cultura Barcelona Pride / Hosi Wien / Vienna Pride – omosessuale Mario Mieli ACEGAL Barcelona Regenbogenparade Rome, Italy Barcelona, Spain Vienna, Austria Roze Zaterdagen Nederland Berliner CSD e.V. / and de Netherlands Berlin, Germany Marseille Marseille, France Braunschweig Pride / Verein für Stockholm, sexuelle Emanzipation e.V. Lesbian and Gay Pride Braunschweig, Germany Montpellier The Belgian Pride Montpellier, France Brussels, Belgium Pride Budapest, LGL, Thessaloniki Pride , Thessaloniki, Greece Casa Rosa/ Ghent Pride Ghent, Belgium / Aegal Madrid West Pride Madrid, Spain Göteborg, Sweden Cologne, Germany Pride Zurich Pride Festival Manchester, Zurich, Switzerland CSD in Konstanz e.V. / Konstanz Pride Mozaika - LGBT and their Konstanz, Germany friends Alliance ,

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Annual Report 2013

Secretary Our re-branding efforts are still ongoing this will add to the As secretary of the board, every few weeks the president and continuing growth of our name and brand recognition in the I had a skype meeting to ensure that all ongoing business future. went well. The board had 11 meetings over the last year for To continue building on this I have developed a strategic which I wrote the minutes. For the yearly deposition I trans- outreach plan that I want to roll out starting in Q4 2014. lated the by laws into dutch. Ruben De Keyser, Beside the secretarial work, I initiated a renewal of our con- Outreach and Member Services Coordinator tact with ILGA. Irene Hemelaar, Secretary Human Rights Coordinator This year was for me marked by the end of my mandate at Outreach and Member Services Coordinator the LGP Montpellier where, until December, I had been work- In my past term as Outreach & Member Services Coordinator, ing for the rights of , reminding that, in spite of the law I have compiled a list of all prides in Europe to further improve in favour of and adoption for same-sex couples, the efforts of EPOA to become a truly important stakeholder there is still a lot to do: among others, granting the right to within the European LGBT community. marry to all binational couples (nationals from 11 countries Thanks to the success of the most recent EuroPride in Oslo, are still unable to enter into marriage with a French citizen), we have managed to gain further name recognition through- granting access to medically-assisted procreation and the out Europe and more importantly in the north and east. This right to change one’s civil status for people. further thanks to the ongoing promotion leading into Euro- From the beginning of the year, I have been residing in the Pride 2015 in Riga. East of France where I have been able to promote EPOA’s The board members and I have been engaging on different actions and tried to convince Couleurs Gaies (pride organiser levels with prides throughout Europe in an ongoing effort to in Metz) to join and participate in our projects. I hope that this grow our membership. organisation will become a member! We can pride ourselves on representing different sizes of Together with Ruben De Keyser, I participated in the debate prides and different countries east and west, north and south. on the rights of LGBTs in the world, on/representing Europe, All our members bring their own experience and colour to during the Montpellier pride, with the presence of Alan Reiff this organisation. and Stuart Milk. This was an opportunity to speak about the

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progresses but mostly of the deep worries that we have con- Coordinator and Secretary. Recently the Board has appoint- cerning some countries. ed Stein Runar østigaard as the new EuroPride Coordinator. Lastly, I would like to end this mandate by thanking the per- He will continue the existing term and will pick up his tasks as sons that trusted me. I wish that, in the future, the position of of our AGM weekend. Human Rights Coordinator will be further developed and that The Conference Coordinator dealt with organising both ex- a specific budget will be dedicated to its actions, including ternal board meetings: one in December 2013 in Prague and trips to marchs organized in challenging contexts, in order to one in March 2014 in Brussels. As of end of April, his tasks show EPOA’s solidarity to the organisers of those prides. were taken up by all board members. This position is still I wish the best for all future EuroPride events and will defi- vacant and a new candidate will be soon appointed by the nitely attend the next one in Riga, which I am sure will be a board. huge success! As for the Media Coordinator, most work done evolved Elodie Brun, around our troublesome website. A new designed was pre- Human Rights & Diversity Coordinator sented to the Board in December 2013. All board members approved and we proceeded in obtaining control of our own website and domain name. It was also decided to no longer The remainder of the board positions, have been vacated work with a professional hosting company, as many online during the working year. The Media Coordinator resigned alternatives as well as options through our members are from his position end of March 2014. Both the EuroPride and available. After the resignation this process was continued by Conference Coordinator have left their positions end of April the Outreach Coordinator. The President and Secretary 2014. All have done so in good standing and for all sorts of launched the logo contest, as proposed during the last AGM, different reasons. and of which the result will be presented during the AGM The EuroPride Coordinator did the necessary follow up with weekend. This position is vacant and up for election. Oslo Pride for EuroPride 2014. A local visit was organised in December 2013, in order to check up on the progress for the event. This particular “inspection” visit will become standard procedure for all future EuroPride events. After his resigna- tion, his tasks were mainly taken over by President, Outreach

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Financial Report

The Treasurer has been working diligently to keep the finances Unfortunately we had more expenses than revenues and we solvent and has accomplished all the goals set by the mem- closed the year with the small loss of EUR 1464.48. This bership in 2013. was mainly due to some expenses in relation to the previous We have restructured our chart of accounts to make it more AGM in Vilnius. Despite this, our liquidity was always pro- user friendly and reflect accounts that we use presently and tected. Since we have a sufficient quantity of assets in our will use in the future. We transitioned the accounting policy accounts. for the organization from a more informal cash basis to an Our current net income as of August 20th, 2014 is accrual basis. EUR 1445.20 over budget. I am pleased to present the membership with a copy of the On the following pages you will find the Income and Com- Financial Statements for Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2013. parison Charts for 2013 and 2014 to date.

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Financial Statement Euros

2013 2014 1 Income 1.1 Membership Dues Paid 4 950,00 4 500,00 1.2 Old Membership Dues Paid 200,00 – 1.3 Conference Fees Paid 8 259,75 – 1.4 EP Application Fees Paid 250,00 – 1.5 Europride Licence Paid 4 000,00 6 000,00 1.6 Contributions to Scholarship Fund – 1 500,00 1.7 Founding/Sponsorship 100,00 – 1.8 Other Income 1 897,83 500,00 19 657,58 13 500,00 2 Outstanding income 2.1 Membership Dues 200,00 – 2.2 Conference Fees 286,50 – 2.3 EP Application Fees – – 2.4 Europride Licence – – 2.5 Contributions to Scholarship Fund 1 500,00 – 2.6 Founding/Sponsorship – – 2.7 Other Income 422,00 – 2 408,50 – 3 Expenses 3.1 Membership 2 225,00 2 250,00 3.1.1 InterPride 2225,00 2 250,00 3.1.2 Other – – 3.2 Administration 564,79 1 700,00 3.2.1 Internet 504,00 550,00 3.2.1.1 Mailserver 432,00 2 500,00 3.2.1.2 Other 72,00 50,00 3.2.2 Office Costs – 2 200,00 3.2.2.1 Postage – 2 100,00 3.2.2.2 Printing/Copies – 100,00 3.2.2.3 Other – – 3.2.3 Financial Costs 60,79 950,00 3.2.3.1 Bank costs 23,17 100,00 3.2.3.2 Paypal 37,62 100,00 3.2.3.3 Insurance – 750,00 3.3 Board Meetings 1 036,95 1 650,00 3.3.1 Meeting Costs 275,50 500,00 3.3.2 Travel 450,00 1 000,00 3.3.3 Representation – 50,00 3.3.4 Other 311,45 – 3.4 AGM/Conference 12 268,38 1 650,00 3.4.1 Meeting Costs 11741,23 1 000,00 3.4.2 Travel 527,15 250,00 3.4.3 Printing/Copies – 50,00 3.4.4 Representation – 150,00 3.4.5 Other – 200,00 3.5 Europride 3 901,23 2 500,00 3.5.1 Representation 141,50 200,00 3.5.2 Supervision 704,73 1 000,00 3.5.3 Epoa Reception 570,00 800,00 3.5.4 Trademark – 500,00 3.5.5 Other 2485,00 –

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Financial Statement Euros

2013 2014 3.6 Marketing 1 125,71 1 250,00 3.6.1 Emailing – – 3.6.2 Webseite – 200,00 3.6.2.1 Domain – – 3.6.2.2 Hosting – – 3.6.2.3 Design – – 3.6.3 Social Media 110,61 100,00 3.6.4 Printing Materials 200,52 250,00 3.6.5 Postage – – 3.6.6 Grafic Design 185,60 – 3.6.7 Merchandise 628,98 500,00 3.6.8 Other – 200,00 3.7 Scholarship – 1 000,00 3.7.1 Conerence fee – – 3.7.2 Travel – – 3.7.3 Accomodation – – 3.8 Legal Costs – – 3.9 Extraordinary/Other Costs – – 21 122,06 12 000,00 4 Outstanding Expenses 4.1 Membership – – 3.1.1 InterPride – – 3.1.2 Other – – 4.2 Administration 2 050,00 – 4.2.1 Internet 1200,00 – 4.2.1.1 Mailserver – – 4.2.1.2 Other – – 4.2.2 Office Costs 700,00 – 4.2.2.1 Postage – – 4.2.2.2 Printing/Copies 200,00 – 4.2.2.3 Other 500,00 – 4.2.3 Financial Costs 150,00 – 4.2.3.1 Bank costs 100,00 – 4.2.3.2 Paypal 50,00 – 4.2.3.3 Insurance – – 4.3 Board Meetings 653,00 – 4.3.1 Meeting Costs – – 4.3.2 Travel 653,00 – 4.3.3 Representation – – 4.3.4 Other – – 4.4 AGM/Conference – – 4.4.1 Meeting Costs – – 4.4.2 Travel – – 4.4.3 Printing/Copies – – 4.4.4 Representation – – 4.4.5 Other – – 4.5 Europride – – 4.5.1 Representation – – 4.5.2 Supervision – – 4.5.3 Epoa Reception – – 4.5.4 Trademark – – 4.5.5 Other – –

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Financial Statement Euros

2013 2014 4.6 Marketing 100,00 1 250,00 4.6.1 Emailing – – 4.6.2 Webpage 100,00 200,00 4.6.2.1 Domain – – 4.6.2.2 Hosting – – 4.6.2.3 Design – – 4.6.3 Social Media – 100,00 4.6.4 Printing Materials – 250,00 4.6.5 Postage – – 4.6.6 Grafic Design – – 4.6.7 Merchandise – 500,00 4.6.8 Other – 200,00 4.7 Scholarship – 1 000,00 4.7.1 Conerence fee – – 4.7.2 Travel – – 4.7.3 Accomodation – – 4.8 Legal Costs – – 4.9 Extraordinary/Other Costs – – 2 803,00 12 000,00

5 Profit/Loss incl. outstanding Income 19 657,58 22 066,08 13 500,00 Expenses 21 122,06 23 925,06 12 000,00 Loss -1 464,48 -1 858,98 Profit 1 500,00

Assets 01.01.2013 Bank account 5 813,15 9 132,59 Saving account 3 000,00 Paypal 319,44

Assets 31.12.2013 Bank account 3 611,80 7 668,11 Saving account 3 038,93 Paypal 1 017,38

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EuroPride 2014

In the period of 20th-29th of June Oslo Pride was the host of EuroPride. This became the biggest LGBTIQ-event in Oslo and Norway ever. To set a European theme on the festival, Amnesty International was invited to join to set focus on in- ternational human rights, represented by the slogan “Love moves”. Love can both be positive and controversial. The resent events like the anti-gay propaganda laws in made this topic very relevant, and activists from over 10 countries were present. Pride House The political support from the national Government and the Pride House, the main arena for politics and debate, took City of Oslo was strong, and both the Prime Minister and the place from the 20th to the 27th of June and included 73 City Mayor invited to receptions, and several politicians took events, all free of charge. an active part in the festival to support the message. The City Pride House was located at the House of Literature from of Oslo also invited to an international LGBTIQ conference June 20th to June 23rd. The House of Literature is the main where they sent invitations to friendship cities like St Peters- venue for debates in Norway, and was used to open the burg in Russia. whole festival by the Minister of Equality, Solveig Horne. The main focus was on international human rights and the treat- ment of people identifying as trans* or with a trans* history. They also covered topics related to young and old, people of different or identity, racism within the LHBTIQ environment and . From June 23rd, Pride House shifted location to the Muse- um of Cultural History. For the first time the museum hosted an art exhibition centered around the political efforts, street demonstrations, parties and gatherings that were carried out by the gay communities and other supporters of gay rights since 1972. Pride House had more than 2000 visits during the festival.

Pride Park The Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, opened the In total, more than 200 events were registered in the pro- park on June 25th. This became the main venue for the festi- gram, and many of them made by other organizations than val with about 45000 visits in four days. Oslo Pride. It also included cultural institutions like the No- The park was located centrally by the harbor of Oslo, just out- bel Peace Center and the Museum of Cultural History. The side the City Hall at the City Hall Square. Like Pride House, Peace center had an exhibition called BeDemocracy, that there was no entry fee. The park included stands, stages and included LGBTIQ issues during the pride, and they opened bars that where open until 1 a.m. each night. Of course Am- their exhibition for the festival guests. nesty, but also most of the political parties in Norway, labor organizations, LGBTIQ organizations, the Church, and the were present with stands. In total, about 40 different organizations and businesses were took part in Pride Park.

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Volunteers The need of volunteers was higher than normal and 300 vol- unteers was recruited. Oslo Pride invested in a festival man- agement system to handle the amount. The volunteers were closely followed up in the time before the festival. Two times they were called up personally by representatives of the fes- tival. In addition to the Norwegian volunteers there where volun- teers from several countries, like USA and Mexico. The vol- unteers mainly worked at Pride House, in the Pride Park and at the Parade. The volunteer benefits where limited to free food when they were working, and a . They also receive free tickets to Pride Cruise, an event hosted by Oslo Because of EuroPride, Pride Park was increased significantly, Pride in October in cooperation with a cruise company called making room for about 10 000 more visitors compared to Stena Line. an ordinary year. There were several concept bars like the Ladies Bar, the Bear Bar and the House Bar. The program Other events was set to include international DJs and artist. The bars and Oslo Pride organize two of the party events themselves. This restaurants set all-time records in sale with an approximately was the Ladies Night on Friday June 27th, and the Closing 45% increase in sales from an average year. Party on Saturday June 28th. Additionally, this year we had concerts and DJs at a venue close by to give an alternative to the boys on Friday and the girls on Saturday. The main events were a huge success, and both had more than 2000 guests. Unfortunately, the additional events at the alternative venue had a disappointing attendance which resulted in a sizeable loss.

The EuroPride Parade The Police reported on Twitter that they lost the count of people. It is later reported that more than 100 000 people watched at least 20 000 people marching the 3 kilometer route from the multi-cultural center of Oslo, through the cent- er, in from the Parliament and ended outside the Pride Park. The Parade had among others the Minister of Cul- ture, the Mayor and the Vice Mayor of Oslo in front to support the message of the parade. In total, there was three ministers from the Government joining. The Parade hosted all the LGBTIQ organizations, political parties, NGOs, the Army, the Police, the Church, choirs and more. The Parade had more than 70 sections and thousands of people joining in.

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Marketing The marketing was planned together with Visit Oslo, that also supported the campaign in 2013. The marketing started ear- ly, with a significant European coverage starting in the sum- mer of 2013. This included visiting several prides in Europe, and inviting international journalists to the Oslo Pride in 2013 to report about Oslo. This journalistic presence in Oslo in 2013 resulted in articles in several medias in countries like , Germany, Den- mark and Sweden. The Euro Pride 2014 was also released on Facebook, and it was mainly marketed there. More than 20 000 are following the page, and the campaign reached more than 350 000 people within the main segment located in Europe and North America. The website was released early in January and had about Finances 80 000 unique visitors and 250 000 page views from 154 The final result is still not ready. The increase in sales in Pride countries. The ten countries that visited most was Sweden, Park was significant, but was unfortunately met by a disap- United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, pointing number of tickets sold to the alternative night ven- Spain, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland. ues. With the numbers we have as of present date it seems prob- Painting the city in rainbow colors able that we will break even, but there are still some uncertain Oslo Pride are especially proud of the way the whole city factors. Oslo Pride will host an additional event in October, of Oslo welcomed all its lgbtiq guests. The Rainbow colors Pride Cruise, which gave us a large and welcoming income were seen all over the city; on the trams, on the Airport Ex- last year. However, we do not know as of present date if the press train, a gigantic flag colored the main central station, event will be a success this year. A surplus is dependent on embassies made a strong message of support, The City hall a successful event in October. raised the flag on most of its poles, businesses made it vis- ible in its windows, there was several gAyTM and last but not Evaluation least, the main street of Oslo had strong EuroPride visibility. Oslo Pride also creates a separate more detailed report that will be made available at a later date. But we are confident that the early marketing was of importance of the festival. This resulted in a record making event. The event also in- cluded a great variety of LGTBIQ events that was targeted towards the audience. Although, there are some issues that need to be addressed. The one thing that did not go as planned the entertainment in the Pride Park. During and after the event 750 guests were asked about their opinion about the festival, and 10% of these were from outside Norway. When they answered how they would rate EuroPride 2014 42% called it excellent, 45% good, 11% fair and 2% poor. The fact that guests so clearly expressed that they are satisfied reinforces the impression the EuroPride 2014 was a success.

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24th Annual General Meeting & Conference August 29 - 31, 2014 – Mercure Riga Centre, Riga, Latvia

AGM & Conference Agenda The details of the plenary meeting agenda will be sent out by EPOA to all members and participants, as well as the details on the workshops.

Thursday, August 28 Saturday, August 30

Arrival of all board members and early arrivals of 9.20 Start of the day in plenary room guests and participants 9.30 Workshops 1a, 2a, 3a (see signage) 16.00 Reception with Mozaïka & Ambassadors at 11.00 Break Mozaïka Office (Stabu iela 19, office 002), RSPV mandatory. 11.15 Workshops 1b, 2b, 3b (see signage)

Dinner on own 12.45 Break Overnight at Mercure Riga Centre or Clarion Valdemars (or 13.00 Working lunch in the plenary room other alternative) 14.00 Break

14.15 Plenary Session 2

Friday, August 29 16.15 Break

10.00 EPOA Board Meeting at Mozaïka Office 16.30 Plenary Session 2 (continued)

18.30 End Arrival of guests and participants 20.00 Dinner at Garage 14.30 Welcome Coffee & Registration 22.00 Drinks at Golden Bar 15.30 Plenary Session 1

17.15 Break

17.30 Plenary Session 1 (continued) Sunday, August 31

19.00 End 10.00 Plenary Session 3

19.30 Reception/Meet & Greet at Mozaïka Office 12.00 End & pickup lunch box

21.00 Dinner at Pie Kristapa Kunga Departure of all guests and participants 22.30 Drinks at Golden Bar 14.00 EPOA Board Meeting at Mozaïka Office

15.00 End

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Plenary Agenda Keynote Speakers Plenary Session 1 – Friday, August 29 Juris Lavrikovs 15.30 Introduction Hans De Meyer Communication Manager – ILGA Europe 15.40 Introduction Mozaïka “ILGA Europe as an advocacy tool to enhance your 15.45 Round of the members and introduction Pride events” of new members 16.45 Overview of work done and Q&A Marije Cornelissen 17.15 Break former European Parlementarian 17.30 Keynote speaker: Juris Lavrikovs / “The ins and outs of the and ILGA Europe its Parliament” 18.30 Guidelines & Code of Ethics and vote 18.50 Change of the constitution and vote 18.55 Information on elections and available positions Workshop Program 19.00 End Workshop 1 Marije Cornelissen Plenary Session 2 – Saturday, August 30 “What makes or breaks a Pride event?” 14.15 Recap on working lunch 14.35 Keynote speaker: Marije Cornelissen / former Workshop 2 MEP Irene Hemelaar 15.35 Financials – Part 1 “How can you make your Pride event 15.50 Presentation board candidates and Q&A more inclusive?” 16.15 Break Workshop 3 17.00 EP 2014 – Evaluation and Q&A Iris De Caluwé 17.30 EP 2016 – Progress report and Q&A “Volunteer Management: your Pride’s 17.45 EP 2015 – Progress report and Q&A human capital” 18.30 End They will run parallel to each other. Each workshop will be Plenary Session 3 – Sunday, August 31 given twice, allowing you to maximize your learning process. 10.00 Logo discussion 10.30 Election board members 10.35 Discussion workgroups 11.45 Announcement of new board members + ap- Organisational Coaching pointments to running terms During the entire event (from Friday 14.00 till Sunday 13.00) 11.55 Closing you will be able to use the services of an organisational 12.00 End coach. Iris De Caluwé is a professional social profit coach, whose passions in life (besides her wife and children) are to support and coach staff members, volunteers and other peo- ple to bring out the best of themselves and their organisation. This year this is an additional service which is offered for only 25 EUR (excl. VAT) per session (1 hour). Please contact Iris directly if you wish to book this. An invoice can be provided If you have any other questions, for this service. please don’t hesitate to contact the host organisation or EPOA directly.

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Active Prides in Europe

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Albania Czech Republic Marche des fiertés de l’Yonne, Marche des fiertés de Lorraine, Diversity Festival/Tirana Pride, Prague Pride, Prague Auxerre Nancy Tirana Gay Cirkus, Avignon Pride de Nantes, Nantes Denmark Lesbian & Gay Pride Biarritz, Biarritz Pink Parade, Nice Faroe Pride, Tórshavn Lesbian & Gay Pride Bordeaux, Marche de l’égalité contre Gay Pride,Minsk Aarhus Pride, Aarhus Bordeaux l’homophobie, Orléans , Copenhagen Lesbian & Gay Pride Basse Marche des fiertés LGBT Paris, Paris Belgium Normandie-Marche des fiertés Marche des fiertés de Poitiers, Antwerp Pride, Antwerp LGBT, Caen Poitiers The Pride, Brussels , Helsinki Marche Arc en Ciel, Chalon-sur- Marche des fiertés Rennes, Rennes Les Fiertés Namuroises, Namur Jeppis Pride, Jakobstad Saône Marche des fiertés de Rouen, Rouen Lahti Pride, Lahti Marche des fiertés de Dijon, Dijon Marche Européenne des Visibilités, Aland Pride, Mariehamn Marche des fiertés de Grenoble, Strasbourg , Sofia Arctic Pride, Rovaniemi Grenoble Festival et Marche des fiertés LGBT Pirkanmaan Pride, Tampere Marche des fiertés-Culture Pride, de Toulouse, Toulouse Le Mans Marche des fiertés LGBT de Tours, Split France Marche des fiertés de Lille, Lille Tours Pride, Zagreb Marche aixoise de la visibilité et Marche des fiertés de Lyon, Lyon Les Folies Gourinoises, Ville de l’égalité, Aix-en-Provence Pride Marseille, Marseille Gourin Cyprus Lesbian & Gay Pride Angers, Angers Marche des fiertés de Metz, Metz Cyprus Pride, Nicosia DIVERSITY PARADE - Marche des Marche des Diversités-Gay Pride, Fiertés et Diversités LGBT & Friendly Montpellier d’Arras, Arras

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Germany Greece Roze Zaterdag 2014, Eindhoven Orgullo LGTB de Murcia, Murcia CSD Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg Athens Pride, Athens Roze Zaterdag 2015, Maastricht Summer Pride Mallorca, Palma CSD Aurich, Aurich Thessaloniki Pride, Salonica Roze Woensdag, Nijmegen Orgullo LGTB Pamplona, Pamplona Aktionsbündnis CSD Berlin, Berlin Rotterdam Pride, Rotterdam Orgullo LGBTI de Tenerife, Santa Cruz Berlin CSD auf der Spree, Berlin Iceland Roze Maandag, Tilburg Orgullo LGTBH, Segovia CSD Berlin, Berlin Reykjavik Gay Pride, Reykjavík Orgullo del Sur, Sevilla CSD Bielefeld, Bielefeld Norway Orgullo Trans, Sevilla Sommerlochfestival/ Ireland Regnbuedagene (Bergen Pride), Sitges Gay Pride, Sitges CSD Braunschweig, Braunschweig Cork L.G.B.T. Pride Festival, Cork Bergen Orgullo LGTB Toledo, Toledo CSD Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg , Dublin Finnmark Pride, Hammerfest Torremolinos, Torremolinos Cologne Pride/CSD Köln, Cologne Dundalk Pride, Dundalk Skeive Sorlandsdager, Kristiansand Orgullo Valencia, Valencia Leather Pride, Cologne Galway Community Pride, Galway Oslo Pride, Oslo Orgullo LGTB Castilla y Leon, CSD Cottbus, Cottbus Limerick Pride, Limerick Stavangar Pride, Stavanger Valladolid CSD-Sommerfest, Darmstadt Northwest LGBT Pride, Sligo Trondheim Pride, Trondheim Orgullo Vigo, Vigo CSD Dortmund, Dortmund Kerry Festival of Pride, Tralee Orgullo LGTB+ Zarragoza, Zaragoza CSD Dresden, Dresden Waterford Pride, Waterford Poland CSD Duisburg, Duisburg Festiwal Queerowy Maj Krakow/ Sweden CSD’Dorf, Düsseldorf Italy Marsz Rownosci w Krakowie, Kraków Springpride, Eskilstuna CSD Erfurt, Erfurt Sardegna Pride Alghero, Alghero DNI Rownosci i Tolerancji, Poznan Pride Falkenberg, Falkenberg RUHR.CSD Essen Bologna Pride, Bologna Festiwal Parady Równosci, Warsaw Falu Pride, Falun CSD Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Catania Pride, Catania Festiwal Q Alternatywie, West Pride, Gothenburg CSD Freiburg, Freiburg Puglia Pride, Lecce Wroclaw Hemavan Winter Pride, Hemavan CSD Mittelhessen, Giessen , Milan Pride Hudik, Hudiksvall CSD Halle, Halle Mediterranean Pride, Napoli Portugal Jönköping Pride, Jönköping Hamburg Pride, Hamburg Palermo Pride, Palermo Marcha LGBT Braga, Braga Karlskrona Pride, Karlskrona CSD Hannover, Hannover Perugia Pride Village, Perugia Marcha da luta contra homofobia e Varmland Pride, Karlstad CSD Heilbronn-Unterland, Heilbronn Calabria Pride, Reggio Calabria transfobia de Coimbra, Coimbra Linköpings Regnbâgsvecka, CSD Märkischer Kreis, Iserlohn Roma Pride , Rome Arraial Lisboa Pride, Lisbon Linköping CSD Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Siracusa Pride, Siracusa Marcha do Orgulho LGBT de Lisboa, Lulea Pride, Luleå CSD Kassel, Kassel Torino Pride, Turin Lisbon Regnbagsfestivalen Malmo, Malmö CSD Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Venezia Pride, Venice Pride Azores, Ponta Delgada Norrköping Pride, Norrköping CSD Koblenz, Koblenz Marcha do Orgulho LGBT no Porto, Orebro Pride, Örebro CSD am See, Konstanz Latvia Porto Tornedalen Pride, Pajala CSD Leipzig, Leipzig Baltic Pride, Riga Soderhamn Pride, Söderhamn Lübeck Pride, Lübeck Stockholm Pride, Stockholm CSD Magdeburg, Magdeburg Lithuania Pride, Bucharest Sundsvall Pride, Sundsvall Sommerschwüle, Mainz Rainbow Days, Vilnius Umeå Pride, Umeå CSD Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim Russia Vasteras Pride, Västerås CSD München, München Luxembourg , Moscow Växjö Pride, Växjö Straßenfest München, München GAYMAT, Esch-sur-Alzette St. Petersburg Pride, St. Petersburg Gotland Pride, Visby CSD Münster, Münster CSD Neumünster, Neumünster Macedonia Switzerland CSD Nürnberg, Nürnberg Skopje Pride Week, Skopje Pride, Belgrade Mardi Gras, Delémont CSD Nordwest, Oldenburg Fribourg Pride, Fribourg CSD Pirna, Pirna Malta Zurich Pride Festival, Zurich CSD Potsdam, Potsdam Malta Pride, Valletta Duhovy Pride Bratislava, Bratislava CSD Regensburg, Regensburg CSD Rostock, Rostock Moldova March against & CSD SaarLorLux, Saarbrücken Rainbow over the Dniester Festival, Ljubljana Pride, Ljubljana , Ankara CSD Schwerin, Schwerin Chisinau Pride, Istanbul CSD Siegen, Siegen Spain CSD Stuttgart, Stuttgart Montenegro Orgullo Gay de Coruña A Coruña United Kingdom CSD Trier, Trier Montenegro Pride, Podgorica Orgullo Alacant, Alicante Barnsley Gay Pride, Barnsley CSD Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg, Pride Barcelona, Barcelona Pride, Birmingham Villingen Netherlands Benidorm Pride, Benidorm Blackpool Pride Festival, Blackpool CSD Thüringen, Weimar Roze week Alkmaar, Alkmaar Orgullo Gay de Bilbao, Bilbao , Bournemouth CSD Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden Amersfoort Pride, Amersfoort EnOrgulleCT, Cartagena Bradford Pride, Bradford Wupperpride, Wuppertal , Amsterdam Orgullo LGTB de Donostia, Donostia Pride Brighton + Hove, Brighton CSD Würzburg, Würzburg Amsterdam Leather Pride, Amsterdam Orgullo LGTB Asturias, Gijón Trans Pride Brighton, Brighton Wath, Den Haag Glay Maspalomas, Las Palmas Festival, Bristol Dordrecht Pride, Dordrecht Mado, Madrid Cumbria Pride, Carlisle

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Essex Pride, Chelmsford , London Preston Pride, Preston Herts Pride, Watford Chester Pride, Chester UK Black Pride, London Reading & Festival, Pride W.S.M., Weston-super-Mare , Doncaster , Manchester Reading Wolves Pride, Wolverhampton Exeter Pride, Exeter Sparkle - The National Sheffield Pride, Sheffield York Pride, York Gloucestershire Pride, Gloucester Celebration, Manchester Stoke on Trent Pride, Stoke-on-Trent Belfast Pride, Belfast Grimsby Pride, Grimsby Thanet Pride, Margate Sunderland Pride, Sunderland Foyle Pride Festival, Londonderry Calderdale Pride, Halifax Middlesbrough Community Pride, , Swansea Pride, Aberdeen Herefordshire Pride, Hereford Middlesbrough Swindon & Wiltshire Pride, Swindon , Hull Pride, Hull MKPride, Milton Keynes English Riviera Pride, Torquay Glasgay! Festival, Suffolk Pride on Parade, Ipswich Northern Pride, Newcastle Upon Tyne Totnes Pride, Totnes , Glasgow Pride, Leeds Norwich Pride, Norwich Cornwall Pride, Truro Pride in Newry, Newry , Leicester , Wakefield Pride, Wakefield North Pride, Bangor Lincoln Pride, Lincoln Oldham Pride, Oldham Walsall Pride, Walsall , Liverpool Pride, Liverpool Oxford Pride, Oxford Warrington Pride, Warrington National Student Pride, London Pride in Plymouth, Plymouth Warwickshire Pride, Warwick

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Appendix

Board Meeting Minutes 2013 • 2013-09-27 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting • 2013-09-29 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting (final) • 2013-10-30 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting • 2013-11-27 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting • 2013-12-14/15 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting

Board Minutes 2014 • 2014-02-18 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting • 2014-04-21/22 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting • 2014-04-23 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting • 2014-05-12 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting • 2014-05-27 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting • 2014-06-11 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting • 2014-06-27 – EPOA Minutes Board Meeting • 2014-08-20 – EPOA Minutes Board Skype Meeting

EPOA Documents • EPOA Constitution 19 Oktober 2011 • EPOA Bylaws 29 September 2013

Appendix • Presentation EPOA – General • Report Visitation Oslo Pride-December 2013

Please click this link to access the different documents and appendixes. http://bit.ly/EPOA-AGM2014

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