2021- Request for financial support to attend the Gathering Online

Submit a request for financial support to attend the Gathering Online 2021 by 12 September 2021 at 23:59!

ILGA-Europe launches the submission of requests for financial support to cover security and access costs for attendees of the Gathering Online 2021.

At ILGA-Europe we acknowledge that LGBTI activists in Europe and Central Asia can encounter limitations in accessing online spaces, either due to security concerns or economic barriers. We aspire to make the Gathering Online 2021 more accessible by covering some of the costs associated with obtaining secure internet access in a safe environment for LGBTI activists within the ILGA-Europe region.

Because our resources are limited, we will not be able to fund the attendance of all participants – this financial support is limited to those who would not be able to attend the event without it. In July, we will assess requests received, and respond to them to the best of our capacity.

What we can offer

We encourage you to search for alternative ways of making your participation in the Gathering Online possible. For example, connecting from a friend’s house or renting a space from which different people from your organisation can connect.

ILGA-Europe can cover 2 types of costs linked to the participation in the Gathering Online (based on what is allowed by our own funding sources). These are:

  • Cost related to internet access: It can include a phone data package, increase of internet bandwidth or a VPN subscription for the duration of the event. We understand that in some cases it may not be possible to increase internet bandwidth or buy a VPN connection for just a few days and you should be paying for a whole month. If there is no cheaper way of obtaining it, we will cover such cost.
  • Cost related to obtaining a secure location from where to connect: This can include booking a hotel room or apartment for the duration of the event (not an entire month of rent).

How will we prioritise who we will support?

  • We are committed to prioritising requests coming from LGBTI activists representing LGBTI organisations who have no other means or possibilities of obtaining access to the internet or to a secure physical space.
  • Enabling the presence of under-represented communities: we are committed to prioritise requests coming from members of communities that have been under-represented or marginalized within the LGBTI movement.
  • Activists representing an organisation or group based in Europe or Central Asia: Given ILGA-Europe’s mandate and geographic focus, only LGBTI activists in Europe and Central Asia region will be considered for support
  • Only one representative per organisation: In cases where there is more than one request from one organisation that fulfils the assessment parameters we will only be able to cover one of them.

Do you have any questions or doubts? Reach out to us via Gathering2021@ilga-europe.org

Personal data
Select your country of residence. Given ILGA-Europe’s mandate and geographic focus, only LGBTI activists representing an organisation in Europe and Central Asia region will be considered for support.
Start writing the name of your organisation. If it appears in the drop-down menu select your organisation. Otherwise, select the "create new" field and write the name and data of your organisation. Do you belong to a member organisation or group but you do not see the name in the list? Is the name of your organisation wrongly listed? Reach out to us via gathering2021@ilga-europe.org
Organisation data
We recommend that you select NO unless your organisation would be under a security risk if their name would appear in the drop-down menu. By selecting YES your organisation will not appear in the drop-down menu.
Reference

For security reasons we will be screening all applications and verifying affiliations with organisations before approving any funding request.

  • Write the contact of the person that can vouch for you in this section.
  • Whenever possible include an organisational e-mail.
  • Disclose only accurate and relevant data at this point.

In order to verify your affiliation, we might need to contact the person and organization you identified as reference and share your name and email address with them. You can provide a contact in your organisation or an ILGA-Europe staff or board member that can confirm your organisational affiliation.

Name of the person who can vouch for you
Last name of the person who can vouch for you
E-mail of the person who can vouch for you. We recommend that you use an organisational e-mail whenever possible
Organisation of the person who can vouch for you
Diversity
ILGA-Europe are committed to ensuring outreach to and accessibility for LGBTI communities in all their diversity. Do you identify with any of the following? Please select those which are relevant to you. The terminology used is based on recommendations from the European Disability Forum and the European Network Against Racism.
Write your year of birth. For your convenience you can just write the number in format YYYY without using the calendar.
Is there any other information on your identity you would like to share with us?
Expression of needs
Internet access can include phone data package, increase of internet bandwidth or a VPN subscription, for instance. Provision of secure location can include booking a hotel room or renting a community space or similar from where you can securely and privately participate in the Gathering On-line.
€
Please, fill in the estimate for provision of secure location. If you are not claiming this cost enter "0" as value.
€
Please, fill in the estimate for internet access. If you are not claiming this cost enter "0" as value.
I authorize ILGA-Europe to collect and process personal information for the purpose of this application. I understand that information may be passed on to third parties securely and only for the purpose of processing the application.
Organizations