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December 2011 saw the participation in the<br />

international conference “Joining Forces to<br />

Combat Homophobic and Transphobic Violence in<br />

Europe” which was opened by the Dutch Minister<br />

Marja van Bijsterveld and Secretary of State Fred<br />

Teeven.<br />

In March 2013 the European Gay Police<br />

Association (<strong>EGPA</strong>) assisted at the “International<br />

Day Against Racism and Discrimination.<br />

Rainbow Cops Belgium, the American Embassy<br />

and the US Mission to the EU discussed the topic<br />

“Tackling LGBTTI Discrimination in the<br />

International Policing Context and Promote<br />

Protection of LGBTTI Rights Europe-wide”. Here,<br />

<strong>EGPA</strong> board members and partners discussed<br />

how collaboration with police associations in<br />

Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Poland and Finland etc.<br />

could work and how LGBTTI networks could be<br />

founded in these countries.

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