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European Region of ILGA
Opens Its First Office in Brussels
By Rex Wockner
International News Report

The European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association has opened its first office, in Brussels, hired its first employees and begun publishing a newsletter.

The moves were funded with European Commission money that is available "for the co-ordination activities of organizations operating at the European level and active in fighting discrimination."

Oliver Collet is the office's administrative officer and Mette Vadstrup its information officer.

"We look forward to strengthening and expanding our network and cooperation with the NGO [nongovernmental organization] community and the European Parliament Intergroup on Equal Rights for Gays and Lesbians, and to intensifying our lobbying activities towards the European institutions," they said in a press release.

"We also look forward to providing our members with information and assistance in pursuit of our common goal: to combat all kinds of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity across Europe."

The office is at Avenue de Tervueren 94/1. For more information, phone 011-32-2-732-5488, e-mail info@ilga-europe.org, or visit www.ilga-europe.org.

ILGA, a federation of more than 500 gay organizations, associations and individuals from more than 80 nations, will stage a Global Gay Summit Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 in Oakland, Calif. To register or to help with scholarships for Third World attendees, visit www.ilgaoakland2001.org/, phone 1 (510) 663-3980 or e-mail ilgaoakland2001@aol.com.

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