From the 28th to the 30th November 2022 and on the 12th December, the Council of Europe Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity together with the European LGBT Police Association (EGPA) and the Department of Interior of the Government of Catalonia is organising a capacity building training on "Policing Hate Crime against LGBTI Persons: training for a professional police response", aiming to strengthen the legal protection and access to remedy of LGBTI persons victims of hate crime. After the trainings, 25 law enforcement officers will have gained significant knowledge on the topic to act as multipliers on a national level within their countries. The training will involve Joan Ignasi Elena i Garcia from the Department of Interior and Tània Verge i Mestre from the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Government of Catalonia, Xavier Florensa Cantons, General Director of LGBTI+ Public Policies of the Government of Catalonia, law enforcement officers from the Catalan police force and NGOs.
