DRAFT Agenda
Welcome and introduce the day - Margherita Coppolino & John Leha
- Acknowledgement of Country; cultural appropriate welcome
- Health and Safety, Emergency Exits and Toilets Announcement;
- Encourage safe space practice;
- Reminder regarding camera’s & recordings for privacy & consent;
Introduction of the Decriminalisation Campaign – Ken Moala
- History – How did ILGA Oceania get here and why is decriminalisation important
o Who is ILGA and What is ILGA Oceania?
o What is the problem statement and intent of the campaign and the impact specifically to the Oceania Region?
o What conversations have we had? i.e., mandate from previous conferences and symposiums
o What support do we have? Funding from governments and staffing support from ILGA World
o International reach and in partnership with the Caribbean region– What are the reality of the support we have to run this campaign?
o Talk about the dual-role of various other impacts that impact the rainbow community in Oceania, inc. but not limited to colonisation, climate change,
Panel – Reflections of the past
- Mix of experienced campaigners, advocates and legal professionals to talk about their experience of various campaigns
- particularly of the major societal shift campaigns like, Homosexual Law Reform, Human Rights Act and Bill of Rights Act implementation, Civil Unions and Marriage Equality.
- Questions the panel may wish to answer are as follows:
o Introduce what you do have done for the community.
o Can you describe the campaign you lead, the trials and tribulations as well as the successes?
o What does it take to run a decriminalisation campaign?
o What lessons can the pacific learn from other countries?
o How do you mobilise the community and allies?
o How do you change the hearts and minds of society?
o How do you respectfully challenge the opposition?
o What impact does the church have?
o campaigns that impacted them as a leader?
o How do we ensure that leaders aren’t isolated but protected in this campaign and into the future?
o How did you persuade the politicians views? What supported the campaign to be successful to have a legislative change?
o How do we support the vulnerability that inevitably people will have to face?
Where to from here?
- After hearing from our experienced campaigners, advocates and legal professionals what practical steps can we do from here?
Workshops
- There are plenty of practical questions and brainstorming we still need to do to support the campaign. Collectively answering the following questions will help develop a resource for in-country advocates and practitioners to support their campaigns with politicians.
- Suggested workshop questions (depending on # of participants)
o What do we need to do to coordinate and implement our project on Decriminalisation in the Pacific?
o How do we Support the building of capacity of local, national groups, LGBTI-led CSOs and regional organisations to develop, lead and implement more strategic decriminalisation campaigns
o How can we organise and deliver trainings for level on campaigning, policy, and advocacy work for national and regional stakeholders
o Identify and build strategic partnerships and alliances between stakeholders and movements – which key stakeholders do we need to have as partners in this campaign?
o How do we coordinate engagement with in country policy and advocacy work including connecting global level advocacy efforts.
o What does a grassroots organisation need to do?
o What in-country support and cover do we need to find and provide?
o How do we develop and use human right mechanisms to support this campaign?
o What tools and technology can we use to support the campaign?
o How does ILGA Oceania and ILGA World support their members and the campaign. What expectations do we expect from them?
Report back – Ken Moala
- Discuss how ILGA World and ILGA Oceania will use the information that was collected and provide a quick summary from the workshops.
- Talk about the role at ILGA World, Senior Officer: Decriminalisation project and ILGA Regions Engagement
- Final Q&A
Closing the side event - Margherita Coppolino & John Leha
- Acknowledge the support of various people, funders and members of ILGA Oceania.
- Cultural appropriate close
