ACTIVEAID

The ACTIVEAID project aims to create inclusive access to health care services and employment opportunities for trans and intersex individuals. The project follows a comprehensive approach with six work packages. It begins with a needs assessment involving interviews with key stakeholders to understand the challenges faced. Based on the findings, tailored training programmes are developed for health care professionals and employers.

Policy dialogue is fostered through round tables and workshops, engaging policymakers, labour market representatives, and health care professionals’ associations to develop inclusive policies. The project raises awareness through videos and infographics, mobilizing local actors for change.

The project’s results include a state-of-the-art report on LGBTQI+ phobia, training programmes, guidelines, policy recommendations, and awareness-raising materials. The project has a transnational dimension, partnering with organizations from Spain, Greece, Lithuania, Ireland, and Cyprus, with potential impact across EU countries.

The approach is innovative, involving diverse stakeholders and building on past activities while introducing new elements. Ethical considerations are prioritized, ensuring informed consent, privacy protection, and participant well-being.

In summary, the ACTIVEAID project uses a comprehensive approach to promote inclusivity in health care and employment for trans and intersex individuals. It aims to achieve tangible outcomes through training, policy dialogue, and awareness-raising. With its transnational nature and focus on ethics, the project has the potential to create lasting change and promote equality across Europe.

The Specific Objectives of ACTIVEAID project are:

• SO1: To educate health care professionals on how to work with trans and intersex people, ensuring that their behaviour is respectful, understanding and appropriate.
• SO2: To educate employers on establishing and promoting inclusive workplaces, providing equal opportunities for all.
• SO3: To fast-track dialogue and collaboration with policy makers, labour market representatives, health care professionals and their associations in order to secure the fundamental rights of LGBTQI+ people across all strands of life, with the active engagement of the LGBTQI+ community and their families.
• SO4: To raise awareness on the challenges that trans and intersex individuals face and mobilise the local and regional actors as a push mechanism for change.

The Consortium

The ACTIVEAID consortium is composed of  8 partners from 4 countries with diversified experiences and expertise necessary to achieve the objectives and activities of the project:

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