Power of Pride is an international development programme, implemented by COC Nederland, ILGA Asia and Pan African ILGA. The programme’s vision is working towards diverse and inclusive societies where LGBTIQ+ people can participate to their full potential. In order to contribute to this vision, we work inside-out and in a participatory manner. This means we support local, regional and international LGBTIQ+ organisations in their efforts to bring about change from within their own communities. This principle applies not only to the definition of the programme’s priority areas, activities, budget allocation, but it also influences the definition of its learning agenda. In guiding our learning activities, the inside-out principle means we want to explore themes that are relevant to the communities we work with.
As part of the learning agenda of the programme, the Power of Pride alliance will be running a series of Communities of Practices that will be working on different themes that have been identified as important to strengthening the programme and the international LGBTIQ+ movement.
A Community of Practice is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something and who would like to build new skills and generate new knowledge.
In order to continue our Learning agenda, Power of Pride Alliance wants to set up the second Community of Practice in October 2023 on the topic of Organisational Development for Advancing Equal Rights of LGBTIQ+ People.