During my EVS I got into close cooperation with official Belarusian community in Sweden "Sveriges Belarusier" and became a representative of that NGO (in addition to Föreningen Framtidståget) at ForumSYD Eastern Partnership Network of Swedish Civil Society NGOs. Since the end of 2015 "Sveriges Belarusier" together with 8 big Swedish NGOs (ForumSYD, RFSL, RFSU, Östgruppen, Kvinna till Kvinna, etc.) have been involved in the preparation of 2-days conference on the topic of anti-discrimination policies in Eastern Partnership and Russia.
The conference took place on the 15-16 February 2016 in Stockholm. The first day was a closed event with presentations of civil activists from partner countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia). Some representatives from local NGOs took part and presented current anti-discrimination law system in Sweden. There were also panel and group discussions to exchange experience and think about future cooperation in the field. The second day was a free open event for everybody at Royal Coin Cabinet - also as a mix of presentations and panel discussions.
This conference covered different forms of discrimination: women, ethnic minorities, LGBT people, elderly people and people with disabilities. For example, "Sveriges Belarusier" invited guests from 2 Belarusian NGO's, Sergey Drozdovsky from "Office of human rights of people with disabilities" and Tatsiana Yakauleva and Dzmitry Valoshka from "Children. Autism. Parents".
Tatsiana and Dzmitry were in Stockholm for the first time and were very excited by the city and people. They stayed in Stockholm a bit longer than the conference to have study visits to NGOs that work with autistic children, and in addition visited us at Föreningen Framtidståget.
The conference took place on the 15-16 February 2016 in Stockholm. The first day was a closed event with presentations of civil activists from partner countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia). Some representatives from local NGOs took part and presented current anti-discrimination law system in Sweden. There were also panel and group discussions to exchange experience and think about future cooperation in the field. The second day was a free open event for everybody at Royal Coin Cabinet - also as a mix of presentations and panel discussions.
This conference covered different forms of discrimination: women, ethnic minorities, LGBT people, elderly people and people with disabilities. For example, "Sveriges Belarusier" invited guests from 2 Belarusian NGO's, Sergey Drozdovsky from "Office of human rights of people with disabilities" and Tatsiana Yakauleva and Dzmitry Valoshka from "Children. Autism. Parents".
Tatsiana and Dzmitry were in Stockholm for the first time and were very excited by the city and people. They stayed in Stockholm a bit longer than the conference to have study visits to NGOs that work with autistic children, and in addition visited us at Föreningen Framtidståget.
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