CONTEXT<In the EU, 20% of LGB people felt they experienced discrimination at work or job hunting because of their sexual orientation>(ILGA Europe, Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe 2014)--> 20% in Italy 16% in Slovenia 21% in Greece.OBJECTIVES1) To foster quality improvements and internationalisation in training providers, by experimenting new methods to defend LGBTI rights: Theatre of The Oppressed combined with Loesje method, video, training in assertivitness and anti-rumours2) To improve activists and professionals' quality of work sharing these methods applied to LGBTI issues, so that they can use them in their daily action 3) To strengthen cooperation between the world of adult education and the world of work (and other stakeholders interested in the issue) by extending the debate on the LGBTI issue in society in a larger scale, starting from the discrimination at job.PARTICIPANTS12 trainers from the 3 partners organisations (Greece, Italy, Slovenia).TARGET GROUPSDirect- 60 professionals in LGBTI issue from Europe, from partners organisations and the 3 partners countries: adult education trainers, staff from adult education providers, social workers, educators and psychologists competent in LGBTI issue.- 80 LGBTI activists, anti-homophobia associations members, people interested in the issue coming from the 3 partners’ countries and from other European countries.The two groups will be selected with a questionnaire + CV on the basis of motivation and competencies.- 120 stake-holders from partners countries and 40 from Europe: Centers for employment responsibles, trade-unionists, local services for unemployment, private and public managers, cooperatives, decision-makers, Local and Regional Public Authorities, etc.Selected to have a wide range in terms of type of organisation, country, languages.Indirect - 1.000 citizens using our Website and FB profile- 100 activists/professionals using our Educational Book- 3.000 European citizens, public and private organisations, stakeholders receiving our newsletter- 60 European organisations receiving our video- 180 citizens/stakeholders attending to the Forum plays + 300 watching on youtube- 180 stakeholders in the Book presentations.ACTIVITIES- best practices exchange during the partners meetings through 3 days of training ruled by one partner about its specific method (T.O., Losje, video, assertivness, anti-rumours) and co-lead with a combination of methods- local networking: meetings with local stakeholders to involve them in the project (Think tank)- 1 national training in each country about the integrate approach, lasting 2-4 days to test the Integrate Training Model- 1 national seminar with relevant stakeholders to debate the LGBTI inclusion issue- 3 teaching assignement abroad co-lead by partners and using the 5 methods- 1 international seminar for stakeholders- 6 Forum-Theatre plays for local stakeholders, also for Youtube/Vimeo- 6 Video and 6 Book presentations, for professionalsa, activists and adult education providers- 4-6 newsletters- 1 International training, for European professionals/activists, about the 5 partnership's methods - 1 Project Website and FacebookMETHODSWe use a participatory approach and 5 methods:1) Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed 2) Social-changing multimedia3) The creative writing method "Loesje developed"4) Assertivness training5) Anti-rumours trainingMore info: www.theatreoftheoppressed.orghttp://loesje.ee/_books/loesje_manual_eng.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_psychology#Assertiveness_traininghttp://www.antirumours.net/about.html and http://www.antirumores.com/eng/project.htmlGender and LGBTI issues. Given the topic of the project – homophobia and gender discrimination – we will have a training group on these issues. And, according to the gender mainstreaming principle, we decided to introduce a gender expert in every part of the training, to assure a gender perspective and a gendered approach during all the processTANGIBLE OUTPUTS1 Project website available in English with summary in the other 3 languages of the partnership 1 Educational book, 50 pages, in EN/FR/SP and 3 partners languages, put online 4-6 Newsletters in EN, translated into the 3 partners' languages1 Educational video with English subtitles3 Forum-Theatre plays and scripts about LGBTI discrimination at workplace3 Guidelines about how to improve the LGBTI inclusion at workplaceIMPACT AND LONG TERM BENEFITSImproved skills in the 5 methods and their mutual contamination and internationalisation, will be the main impact on participants and partner organisations.A diffusion of sensitiveness to HHRR and LGBTI inclusion will affect the main stakeholders and citizens.Al local, regional, national level our aim is to strength network and collaboration and affect the policy related to LGBTI.
CONTEXT We have operated in 3 countries, Italy, Slovenia and Spain, where discrimination against LGBTI people is perceived by 20% of people in Italy, 16% in Slovenia, 21% in Greece, according to “ILGA Europe, Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe 2014”. Following these data our 3 organisations, with previous common work and experience, decided to start the FHOFIJ project. OBJECTIVES We kept the same objectives of the planned project and succeeded in reaching them after 26 months of work: - we have reached quality improvements and internationalisation in our organisations by experimenting new methods to defend LGBTI rights. - We have improved activists and professionals' quality of work sharing these methods with them. - We have started to strengthen cooperation between the world of adult education and the world of work, but with difficulty to involve private companies at large. ORGANISATIONS 22 staff’s members participated from: - Giolli cooperative aims at creating a more peaceful, fair and democratic world using mainly Boal's theatre method, Paulo Freire's pedagogical approach, Active no-violence, Community Development Approach. We also have been working since the beginning with marginalised groups (prisoners, psychiatric patients, migrants...) youth, workers, unions, citizens around different issues. - Since 1997 the mission of KID PiNA has been to offer quality educational, cultural, artistic and research activities in order to promote social development based on individual responsibility, critical thinking and sustainable living. - Hellenic Youth Participation tands for intercultural dialogue, non-formal education, mutual understanding and solidarity. The main aim of the group is to inspire and stimulate European citizens to become active parts of their local and European community. ACTIVITIES - 4 training assignments where we learned the 5 method (T.O., Loesje, video, assertiveness, anti-rumours) - local networking: meetings with local stakeholders to involve them in the project were held in the 3 towns - 6 national training (in Termoli, Monza, Firenze, Parma, Trento, Koper) and 1 in Germany, about the integrate approach or one of the 5 methods - 6 national seminars (Parma, Bergamo, Nafplios, Tricala and 2 in Koper) with relevant stakeholders to debate the LGBTI inclusion issue. One more is foreseen in March 2019 at Bologna - 8 Forum-Theatre plays for local stakeholders: 5 in Italy, 1 in Slovenia and 2 in Greece. One replay has been organised in Milan end of February 2019. - 2 Image-Theatre and 2 Invisible-Theatre actions in public spaces (Koper, Nafplios, Salonikki) - 10 Video-Book presentations, for professionals, activists and adult education providers (in Casaltone (3), Bergamo, Rimini, Firenze, Maribor (2), Koper, Athens) METHODS We have been using a participatory approach and 5 methods: 1) Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed 2) Social-changing multimedia 3) The creative writing method "Loesje developed" 4) Assertiveness training 5) Anti-rumours training More info: https://www.giollicoop.it/index.php/english https://loesje.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_psychology#Assertiveness_training http://www.antirumores.com/eng/project.html TANGIBLE OUTPUTS - 1 Project website available in English with summary in the other 3 languages of the partners - 1 project Facebook - 1 Educational book, 72 pages, in EN/FR/SP and 3 partners languages, put online - 6 Newsletters in EN, translated into the 3 partners' languages - 1 Educational video with English subtitles - 3 Forum-Theatre plays and scripts about LGBTI discrimination at workplace - 1 common Guidelines sent to Public Authorities and other stakeholders, about how to improve the LGBTI inclusion at workplace. IMPACT AND LONG TERM BENEFITS - Improved skills in the 5 methods and their mutual contamination and internationalisation is the main impact on participants and partner organisations. - A diffusion of sensitiveness to HHRR and LGBTI inclusion has affect the main stakeholders and citizens. - At local, regional, national level strengthened networks and collaboration with our organisations, LGBTI movement and Local Authorities. - The collaboration with Prof. Anna Lorenzetti and University of Bergamo, the City Hall of Parma, the public organisation KHETI (Greece) and the LGBTI organisations Colour Youth (Greece) and Legebitra (Slovenia) are going further and new projects has been developed (one submitted for funding). - The 2 years of common work among us have reinforced our collaboration and will bring to new ideas and projects. - The handbook and video will remain online as tools for other professionals, activists and organisations interested in the topic. - The 40 activists and professionals trained in the 4 events are going to use their skills in their daily work. We are in touch and want to involve them in further activities like a new seminar in Bologna March 2019