Morning Session

10 am

Welcome and Registration

10.30 am

Opening remarks and context.

- Aroa Ortega. Adviser for Feminisms and the LGBTI Community. Nou Barris District.

- District Councillor for Nou Barris (to be confirmed)

10.45 am

Space No. 1. Challenges and barriers in assisting LGTBIQ+ refugees.  Lessons on management.

Experts

- Rodrigo Araneda. Chair of the Catalan Association for Integrating Homosexual, Bisexual and Transgender Immigrants (ACATHI)

- David Moya. Director-General for Migration, Asylum and Anti-Racism. Government of Catalonia

- Bertha Güell. Researcher at CER-Migrations. Autonomous University of Barcelona

- Carlos Andrés Tobar. Activist and promoter at Cities Defending Human Rights.

- Alberto Lacasta. Director-General for LGTBI+ Public Policies. Government of Catalonia

- Moderator: Lissa Fuentes. ACATHI specialist

12.15 pm

Break

12.30 pm

Space No. 2. The organisations’ experiences.

Experts

- Lissa Fuentes. Trans a la feina [‘Trans at Work’] Programme. ACATHI

- Pau Canals. Acollida trans [‘Trans Welcome’] Programme. Prohabitatge som Llar

- Jordi Coch. Rural Queer Communities Programme. Mixité

- Ricardo de la Rosa. Solicitor at the Barcelona LGTBI Centre

- Moderator: Diego Fernando Mora. Specialist at Encara en Acció

Afternoon Session

3.30 pm

Welcome and Registration

4 pm

Space No. 3. The impact of assistance. Refugees’ personal stories.

Personal stories

- Rusly. Equatorial Guinea

- Lana. Ukraine

- Jade. Guatemala

- Stefania. Venezuela

- Ana. Russia

- Mario. Mexico

- Camille. Colombia

6 pm

Conclusions by Vicent Canet, journalist and head of communications at the Fundació Enllaç

6.10 pm

Break

6.30 pm

Festive conclusion

The musical group Son del Loro from Colombia will be visiting us.

In parallel: Exhibition of Crafts by Immigrants.

Open to all, but if you want a certificate, register here: https://acortar.link/iA3Oc9