WHO is behind the DQ training?
Saplinq is a Slovak NGO, established in April 2012 with the aim to develop young LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) leaders and LGBTQ youth communities. We organize workshops and discussions for young people on topics related to LGBTQ identity, both trying to educate broader public and creating community spaces for LGBTQ youth.
Saplinq’s mission is to teach and develop LGBTQ youth leaders, to lead them to take responsibility for their lives. We supports creation of local LGBTQ communities through innovative leadership and personal commitment. We provide training and support to future LGBTQ youth leaders.
Apart from that, Saplinq focuses on organizing outside the capital and in September 2013 it held the very first Pride parade for the rights of LGBTQ people in Košice, PRIDE Rainbow Košice. In 2017 PRIDE Košice enters its fifth edition.
In past three years, Saplinq has organised several international trainings for youth workers with the focus of human rights of LGBT people with the support from the Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme, namely:
NAOMIE, two-phase training course for 26 participants from the Czech and Slovak Republic (13 per each country) that took place from 14 to 19 April and from 30 June to 5 July 2015. Project's aim was to to contribute to the increase in the quality of educational programmes on human rights and LGBT topics in the Czech and Slovak Republic through the increase in the competences of youth workers in charge of such education.
Peer2Share & Sharing is Caring, two 8-days long networking and contact making events for 60 LGBT youth activists from from Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Hungaria, Romania, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Iceland. It was designed to bring together LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) youth workers, youth organisations and initiatives from all over the Europe. For eight days, participants were learning about each other’s organisation, explore possibilities for cooperation and think about future projects. Because their home organisations vary greatly in size, age and scope, sharing of experience and best practice will be easy. Participants were involved in presentations, discussions, ideas generating activities, all with the aim to create strong bonds for future projects.
Anti-bias approach in local youth work, two-phase training course for 22 participants from the Czech and Slovak Republic that took place in June and October 2016. This project created possibility for human rights educators to learn a new methodology (anti-bias approach), helping them innovate their practice and maintain the improvement of the quality of their work.