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European LGBT Police Association
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Between 16-18th May 2024, EGPA members, supporters, special guests and partner organisations assembled in Brussels, Belgium for the 10th EGPA Conference. 18 countries were represented and participated in various sessions covering topics of relevance and importance with respect to policing, criminal justice and the LGBTIQ community.
In this podcast, we hear from a number of the delegates about their experiences of the conference and the situation in their own countries. There will also be part of the conference opening speech by the EGPA President.
2024 marks the 20th year since the founding of the European LGBT Police Association (EGPA). To commemorate this milestone achievement, we will be looking back at the history of EGPA with some of the people who were involved in those early years. In this episode, Herman Renes, the second president of EGPA, recalls the years 2010 to 2016 including the Dublin and Berlin conferences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/egpa-podcast/message
2024 marks the 20th year since the founding of the European LGBT Police Association (EGPA). To commemorate this milestone achievement, we will be looking back at the history of EGPA with some of the people who were involved in those early years.
In this episode, Jan Snijder, one of the founders of EGPA and it's first President, recounts how EGPA came into existence, the first conferences and the impact that EGPA has had.
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Our President recorded this short podcast message reflecting on the previous year’s work and looking forward to 2023.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/egpa-podcast/message
On 16th and 17th June 2022, delegates from police forces across Europe met in Athens, Greece for the European LGBT Police Association’s 9th conference. In this podcast special edition we will hear from delegates at the conference and representatives from some of our partner organisations including the Council Of Europe, CEPOL and EUROPOL. A report of the conference is also available on our website https://www.lgbtpolice.eu/news
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Our President and Vice President reflect on the work of the EGPA in 2021 and give us some details about what to expect in 2022. They also send their Festive messages to all our members, friends and colleagues. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from EGPA!
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In this episode we introduce one of our member organisations in order to tell us more about their association, their activities and explain more generally about the situation for LGBT people in their country. Police Action for Human Rights is our member organisation from Greece and therefore our guest interview is with Ioannis Vangeloglou from Police Action (Greece). We also have a fantastic ‘Pride Memorable Moment’ to share with you.
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Pride Month takes place every June and to mark the occasion this episode has, as our guest, Steve Taylor from the European Pride Organisers Association. We discuss the impact that the pandemic has had on Pride events. The upcoming WordPride in Copenhagen. Also police participation at Pride. We’d also like to hear from you about a memorable moment at Pride. Just record your message (max 1 minute) in the link provided. Remember to include your name and where you are from.
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Our guests are Terry Reintke Member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the LGBTI Intergroup; Katrin Hugendubel Advocacy Director at ILGA-Europe; Alain Parmentier President of EGPA. We will be discussing the European Parliament’s vote declaring the EU an “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone”. The European Commission’s first ever LGBTI Equality Strategy and ILGA-Europe’s 2021 Rainbow Map. You can send us your comments about this podcast via email (podcast@lgbtpolice.eu) or send us a message via our Facebook/Twitter accounts. You can also leave your messages and comments via the audio message link https://anchor.fm/egpa-podcast/message
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