Download Building Bridges 3 information brochure [pdf]
Download AGA Papers [pdf]
Download New version FVV motion p.46 AGA papers [pdf]
Download AGA Vote Transfer Form [pdf]

Important UPDATES

Apr 22:
The presentations of the items presented at the Building Bridges 3 Conference are available on the website of Homosport: http://www.homosport.nl/professioneel/presentaties_conferentie. The official conference report will be made available soon.
The AGA minutes will be available for download in May 2009.

Mar 9:
The Conference and the AGA are now over. Many thanks to all the delegates, participants, guests and speakers for attending.
A report of both will be available in the March issue of the EGLSF Newsletter.

Feb 10:
The updated AGA papers are now available.
The registration for the special hotel price has been prolonged by Feb 20. The number of rooms is limited, however!

Jan 18:
The registration is now open.

Jan 3:
The draft agenda is available for download (see above). Comments should be sent to us before Jan 8, 2009.
Registration will start soon; around Jan 15; slighly later than planned.

Dec 26:
The information and documents for the 2009 AGA are being prepared at the moment.
An update on the AGA and on the conference will be available online here, and will also be featured in the EGLSF Newsletter.

'BUILDING BRIDGES 3' CONFERENCE

EGLSF - European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation and Stichting Homosport Nederland, in cooperation with the City of The Hague and the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports prepared the ‘Building Bridges 3 Conference’.

A conference about the position of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons (LGBT) in sports, took place on the 6th of March 2009, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation. The event was held in The Hague and was primarily aimed at the policymakers of governing bodies and administrators from both LGBT-sports organisations and general sports.

Overview of the keynote speakers:
• Mr Harvard Bjorkedal Ovregard, Norwegian Olympic Committee (NIF)
• Mr P. Velazquez, European Commission Deputy Head of the EU’s sport unit
• Ms Anne Jensen, European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF)
• A representative from UEFA
• Mr Ben Baks, liaison for the EGLSF to the Council of Europe

Besides a plenary session there were also several workshops where delegates were able to
exchange their experiences and learn from each other. Workshops were organised by focusing
on the following topics:

Workshop 1
Diversity in Football - Strategies against Homophobia in Football
Tanja Walther-Ahrens, Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE)/EGLSF, Germany and Lucy Faulkner, Equality Manager, The Football Association, United Kingdom

Workshop 2
Strategy in the Netherlands
Lieke Vloet, Senior advisor, NOC*NSF, The Netherlands

Workshop 3
Cooperation between LGBT and Regular Sport Clubs: Why and How
Moderator: Ole Udsholt

Workshop 4
With Sports Against Homophobia
Havard B. Ovregard

Workshop 5
Campaign Against Homophobia in the World of Sports
An Gydé, team coach of “Equal Opportunities”, Holebifederatie, Belgium

Information leaflet about Building Bridges 3 Conference [pdf]
Speakers presentations

HOSTS

Stichting Homosport Nederland: http://www.homosport.nl

REGISTRATION

Registration is now closed.
 

VenueS

HOTEL: IBIS Hotel Den Haag City Centre
Jan Hendrikstraat 10; NL-2512 GL, The Hague
www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3701-ibis-den-haag-city-centre/index.shtml

CONFERENCE: Museum for Communication
Zeestraat 82; NL- 2518 AD, The Hague
www.muscom.nl

AGA: PLENARY, WORKSHOPS: Theater Concordia
Hoge Zand 42; NL-2512 EM, The Hague
www.theater-concordia.nl

Lunch & Dinner

Lunch and dinner may be booked when registering online for the AGA. Payment is due when you check in at the registration desk.
Please, be aware that, if you register for lunch and/or dinner, you will be obliged to pay for booked meals (former AGAs experience and the planning needs of our hosts demand this obligation). Both lunch and dinner will take place at the Theater Concordia.

Saturday lunch: EUR 15. Details t.b.a
Saturday dinner: It has become a tradition that the delegates have a joint dinner on Saturday evening. EUR 24. Details t.b.a.
Sunday lunch: EUR 15 (optional; after the AGA)

Accomodation

In cooperation with our hosts, two special accommodation options have been offered:

a) Special Hotel Offer
b) Hosted Housing

Please apply for option a, b or c (own arrangement) when registering for the Conference and/or AGA.

a) Special Hotel Offer

Thursday, Mar 5: € 95,00
Friday & Sat, Mar 6-7:  € 69,00 per night
Prices excl. tourist tax of € 2,54, excl. breakfast of € 13,00 per day.

IMPORTANT: Please, DO NOT get in touch directly with the Hotel concerning these reservations. Organisers guarantee placement for registrations before Feb 1 only.

b) Hosted Housing

Hosted housing will be provided, if needed (limited number).

TRAVEL

If you come by air, the nearest airport is Rotterdam Airport. Transavia has lowpriced flights to Rotterdam from several cities (www.transavia.com). All major Airlines fly to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport which has a direct connection with The Hague by train. This takes about 30 minutes. Trains operate every 15 minutes.
Eindhoven Airport has a lot of low cost airlines and is a hub for Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and WizzAir (www.wizzair.com). Travelling to he Hague takes a 1,5 hours by train.
If you plan to travel to Brussels airport (Brussels National / Zaventem) it takes 2 hours by train extra to travel to The Hague.
We also suggest to check www.dohop.com and www.skyscanner.net for all flight possibilities.

We highly recommend members form Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland and London (UK) to take a look at www.nshispeed.nl. Fast and direct connections are offered by hi speed trains to major cities in these countries. Price are very affordable and comfort is high.

Overview about city transport can be found at: www.denhaag.com/default.asp?id=502

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