tgeu Monitoring transphobic incidents The ProTrans project T hese guidelines have been compiled tor transphobic incidents. The monito- After analysing the results of the joint within the framework of the Pro ring form has been drafted in a process of data collection, TGEU and partners will Trans project, initiated by TGEU in 2013 three in-person meetings with ProTrans engage in fact-based advocacy to increa- and supported by the U.S. Department project partners and TGEU member or- se public awareness of domestic authori- of State and the Ministry of Education, ganisations’ representatives from: ties’ responsibility to provide appropriate Culture and Science of the Netherlands. This project aims to better protect trans people and their communities in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe against violence and impunity. To this end, five trans-rights organisations are working together with TGEU in a two-year project to increase their capacities in monitoring, victim support and advocacy. ad-hoc and long-term responses and to • ACCEPT Association, Romania address European stakeholders (policy • (http://accept-romania.ro/) makers, equality bodies, human-rights Trans Aid Croatia, Croatia NGOs and journalists) in order to make (http://www.transaid.hr/) them aware of the systematic maltreat- MIT - Movimento Identità Transes- ment faced by transgender persons. • • suale, Italy (http://www.mit-italia.it/) TransInterQueer e.V., Germany (http://www.transinterqueer.org/) The participating organisations are the following: In conjunction with the monitoring, project partners offer community-based • Gayten-LGBT, Serbia support services for survivors of vio- • (www.transserbia.org) lence and increase legal literacy about GenderdocM, Moldova possibilities for redress among the trans- (www.lgbt.md/eng) gender population. The project provides Labrys Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan local partners with the necessary means (www.labrys.kg) to pursue legal action and use domestic Red Umbrella, Turkey redress mechanisms. As a result, the legal Transvanilla, Hungary literacy of transgender people is increa- (www.transvanilla.hu) sed, as is their confidence in seeking legal • • • or other forms of redress for the infringeThe project started with the develop- ment of their rights. ment and implementation of a systematic yet simple monitoring system in an inclusive process by participating transrights organisations and TGEU to moni10 11