TGEU – Transgender Europe e.V. Kiefholzstr. 2, 12435 Berlin, Germany Application form to host the 7th European Transgender Council 2018 Only complete applications sent by e-mail to [email protected] by no later than March 18, 2016 will be considered. 1) Executive Summary (max. 1000 characters): As it was our main motivation to increase and empower the trans movement two years ago, today we can proudly say that we fulfilled this goal. We filled a parliamentary room with self-determined trans and intersex people. We had our first trans bloc in the Lisbon LGBT March. While creating our own media, visibility and also supporting the first trans woman to run to parliament, when just a few months earlier we made the government respond to our accusation on violations of human rights of trans people on health care. Ação Pela Identidade - API is the first legally recognized NGO in Portugal working with and for trans and intersex people. The struggle to find our place in political and public society made us stronger as an organisation and as a movement. As we are based in Lisbon, our capital, we strongly believe that is the perfect place to host, as its fame is being stated all over the world of one the most beautiful, affordable and prominent artistic cities. 2) Organising Group / Organisation Name of the organisation: Ação Pela Identidade – API (Action For Identity) City and State the organisation is based in: Lisbon, Portugal Is your organisation a member of TGEU? Yes / No Are you a registered organisation? Yes / No In case you are not a registered organisation: name of such an organisation based in your city fully supporting your candidacy or statement that registration of organisations is not required / common in your state Transgender Europe – TGEU. www.tgeu.org Core organising team (names and relevant information of at least five people): 1) Santiago D'Almeida Ferreira. President. They is an activist with a long experience, working with black and anti-racist issues and with intersex rights. They is a writer, completing 10 years of publication of their well- read blog on activism, creativity and opinion-making. Currently, along with the creation and implementation of Action for Identity - API, they’re preeminently get involved with international intersex movement, having participated in the last European Intersex Meeting in Athens, and being a prep team of the IGLYO’s study session on intersex rights, what will take place in April 2016. They also involved in intersectional approaches to LGBTI activism, giving lectures in Portugal and participating in international events on that subject. 2) Júlia Mendes Pereira. General Secretary. She is a trans intersectional activist with 25 years old. She studied filmmaking, and also holds a Bachelor of Arts, in the field of Portuguese Studies and frequented a Master on the field of Brazilian Studies. She is interested in politics, being the first trans person member of the National Board of a political party (Left Bloc) and last year she was the first trans person running for the Portuguese Parliament. She has a long experience organizing events, such as academic conferences, activist meetings, political conventions or major Pride events. She is also TGEU Steering Committee member. 3) Bernardo D'Almeida Lima. Assistant Secretary. He is a black intersex activist, with 25 years old. His major interests are anthropology and health and he is studying in the College of Nursing, in Viseu. He works mostly with issues related to healthcare for intersex and trans people, as also the coordination of API’s support group. Bernardo participated in the TGEU training about organizational development, in Lisbon last November 2015, and he is going to participate in an intersex study-session in Budapest next month, organized by IGLYO. 4) Shane Belém. Press & Communications Officer. He is an intersectional transfeminist activist with 31 years old and also a journalist with many years of experience, having worked with some of the most important newspapers in Portugal. He ‘s also a prominent opinion maker working in multiple platforms. He has experience organizing major events, like events production and management in music concerts, festivals and tours, including experience as roadie. Shane also integrated the first team of the Basic Education in the ecovillage Tamera, in Alentejo. He’s responsible of the management of self-support groups, online and with in person meetings. He worked to ASOS and Zenimax, as a customer support representative. He’s also a craft artist, with his own online shop sailing at fairs. Transgender Europe – TGEU. www.tgeu.org 5) Miguel Ladeira. Fundraising & Events Officer. He was born on March 17th 1990 at the Portuguese countryside. He holds a bachelor degree in Drama by Escola Superior de Artes e Design and a master degree in Theatre Management by Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. On his thesis he explored the idea of nomadic culture and the financial future of the European cultural heritage. Since then he has been working all over Europe as a project consultant and developer mainly through the Erasmus plus programme, as well as searched from different funding opportunities both at a national and international levels. Together with Anne Merlin he runs Nomadways, a French organization focused on social inclusion and gender issues. 6) Mafalda Areias. Policy & Advocacy Officer. She is a 21 year old black and intersectional feminist, and is finishing her bachelor in Translation and Consultancy. She works in organizational communication, political consultancy, and in the different fields of translation, and currently is collaborating with the Education and Innovation Office of the High Institute of Administration and Accounting of Porto. She is experienced in activism, media strategy and events managing. In March 2016, she organized a TEDx event in Porto. 7) Ana Menta. Logistics & Operations Officer. She is a 34 year old intersectional feminist and socialist who works as a Landscape Architect and Illustrator. She has helped organized more than 20 big events,like conferences, most of them related with environment, landscape but also activism. She also illustrates and makes political cartoons as a freelancer and a hobby. She has helped in the organization of civil demonstrations and occupations, like MSE (Without a Job Movement) in 2012 and occupying São Lázaro, a demonstration against the eviction of homeless people, civil organizations, and also a wake up call to urban municipal abandonment. 3) Community / Volunteers How is your organisation rooted and connected with the local trans community, incl. how many volunteers will likely support the event (max. 1000 characters)? API is the leading organization in the Portuguese trans movement, being the only one registered trans- and intersex-led organization in the country. Right now, we have more than 20 registered members (as the minimum required to register our organization to apply to some local small grants), but we have more people wanting to get involved in our work. API also have good relations with the informal trans-led organizations, and with some larger feminist and LGBT organizations in Portugal, whose we believe will be very happy to get involved in the organization of the 7th European Transgender Council. Transgender Europe – TGEU. www.tgeu.org 4) Relation with State Officials Please describe your connection with officials relevant to a smooth running of the event (max. 1000 characters): Action for Identity is a member of the Council of Equality, that is a direct branch from the Social Rights department of the Lisbon Municipality. On a national level, we have opportunity to directly meet with the different government representatives. Being more specific, we are invited to speak in panels organized by the Commission of Gender Equality and Citizenship - CIG from the Presidency of the Ministers Council, which is a government body. We also have a good line of communication with the parliamentary representatives , as we organized a parliamentary hearing in 2015 with Left Bloc, also with Communist Party that asked directly the Government about API’s exposition on violations of the human rights of trans people in health care, specifically in surgeries. On top of that, our public and political lobbying lead us to advise Left Bloc in their electoral program and, as a result, those advises where after the last election included in the Government Program. 5) Experience in Event Organisation Please explain bigger events your organisation and the people forming the core team successfully organised, including securing funding, in the past (max. 1000 characters): Our team have organized parties, trans blocs, a TEDx event, along side other social events from nightlife to international 20 days training. API has been doing supporting events like the TGEU training in Lisbon last November, where we took care of the social part of the meeting. We also organize events outside Lisbon, like this last February when we planned an open forum with political, parliamentary and media representatives and another art installation, as all the annual talks. Beside that, API also worked with others, organizing the Trans Youth National Meeting, where young trans people went for a weekend to the north of Portugal. All those events comprise experience and professional background, from catering to logistics and capacity building into social and political events, conferences and also by receiving international attendees. Regarding funding, at least four of our team members are used to work with external funding while running non-profit events. Transgender Europe – TGEU. www.tgeu.org 6) Motivation to Apply Please state your motivation to host the 7th European Transgender Council and ideas you may already have, e.g. on the venue or on social events (max. 1000 characters): In the past we didn’t had the experience as an NGO to host such an important event. In two years from now, our reach will be even bigger than now, as we are reaching our strategic plan and it’s our internal wish to host the Council.