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The final program including some workshop descriptions is now online. Still, there might be changes of times, venues and titles. Please check the program as it will be posted at the information desk at the Council for updates.
Many thanks to our partners and donors without whom the 2nd European Transgender Council would not be possible:
Ekkehard Band, Mayor of Schöneberg Greeting
Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Work and Social Affairs, Coordinating Centre against Discrimination, Office for Gay and Lesbian Issues
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Deutscher Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband
After the inspiring 1st transgender council in Vienna 2005, Transgender Europe (TGEU), the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) and TransInterQueer Berlin (TrIQ) in cooperation with the Berlin Senate Coordinating Centre against Discrimination are very pleased to invite you to the
May 2nd − 4th 2008 Berlin, Germany
This year's Council offers a full program featuring international activists and experts who will share their first hand experience in the field of human rights and Transgender related work.
Panels and Presentations will address Human Rights issues and Anti Discrimination Legislation as well as the results of the Study on the Legal and Health Situations of Transgender People in Europe, which was conducted by Press for Change (UK) in conjunction with ILGA Europe and Transgender Europe in 2007.
Workshops and Training Sessions will cover topics such as Lobbying, Fundraising, Transgender Counselling Services, Discrimination in the Workplace, Developing Advocacy Strategies and Conflict Mediation in Volunteer Organisations.
There will be opportunities to discuss and formulate the future goals of Transgender Europe, including work on a TGEU Vision Paper. As part of the General Assembly of Transgender Europe there will be an Election for the Board of Directors and the Steering Committee.
We are delighted to announce that the Council's official Show and Party will be organised by Wigstoeckel - Transgender United and that yorckberlin will present an Art Exhibition of artists involved with the theme "Transgender".
The Council welcomes all people who are transsexual, transvestites, cross dressers, drag queens, drag kings, genderless, pangender, genderqueer, anyone else who self-identifies as transgender and our friends and allies. We look forward to a gathering which reflects this diversity.
Many thanks to all the Berlin-based groups and individuals who have united to organize the Council, including, among others, the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB), TransInterQueer (TrIQ), Wigstöckel − Transgender United and TIA M. We are grateful to the Mayor of Schöneberg, Herr Ekkehard Band, for his support and for making the facilities of the Rathaus Schöneberg (Schöneberg Town Hall) available to us for the 2nd European Transgender Council 2008 and to our cooperation partner the Berlin Senate Coordinating Centre against Discrimination.
Thank you!