VEIKIAM! Capacity Building and Funding Program Presentation pen_spark

The VEIKIAM! program is designed to strengthen the general capacity of NGOs, their competence in preventing gender-based violence, and to provide funding for projects later.

This invitation is not only for NGOs working in the field of violence prevention. We encourage organizations working with various target groups – people with disabilities, national minorities, migrants, youth, LGBTQ, older people, etc. to participate, as gender-based violence has a negative impact on the whole community. In order to effectively respond to it in Lithuania, we must learn to recognize the manifestations and causes of violence and learn how to eliminate them.

During the first meeting, we will discuss how to apply the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination in everyday work, the role of NGOs in creating safer, more open communities, present the program itself and explain how to participate in it. The program is implemented in Lithuania by the Open Lithuania Foundation and the Center for equality advancement.

The first calls for participation in the program will be announced at the end of June – the entire program schedule will be presented on June 12th at 1 PM.

More about the program: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/

The presentation will take place on the MS Teams platform. The number of participants from one organization is not limited.

Those who wish to participate are invited to fill in the registration form: https://www.shorturl.at/

Program:

13:00-15:00 VEIKIAM! Capacity building program: idea and context How to recognize multiple discrimination and why it is important in NGO work?
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 The role of civil society in creating a safe environment Presentation of the “VEIKIAM!” program

Speakers: Experts from the Center for equality advancement Dr. Margarita Jankauskaitė, Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė-Sotirovič and Aurelija Auškalnytė, Program Manager of the Open Lithuania Foundation Marta Gadeikienė and Capacity Building Programs Manager Živilė Kubilienė.

See you at the virtual meeting on June 12th!