Editing ILGA-Europe (section)

==History==
ILGA-Europe was founded in 1996, when its parent organisation, the [[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]], established separate regions.<ref name="info" /> It took over responsibility for supporting the development of the [[LGBT rights in Europe|LGBT movement in Europe]] including [[Transgender Europe]], [[Inter-LGBT]], and for relationships with the [[European Union]], [[Council of Europe]] and the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].<ref name="info" />

Initially ILGA-Europe worked entirely on the basis of volunteer resources. However, in 2001, its potential contribution to the European Union's anti-discrimination policies (established under Article 13 of the [[Treaty of Amsterdam]]) was recognised through the provision of core funding, currently through the PROGRESS Programme.<ref name="funding" >{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/about_us/ilga_europe_funding|title=ILGA-Europe's funding|publisher=ILGA-Europe|access-date=2014-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625132830/http://ilga-europe.org/home/about_us/ilga_europe_funding|archive-date=2014-06-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> This enabled ILGA-Europe to set up an office in Brussels, to recruit permanent staff, and to conduct an extensive programme of work in relation to sexual orientation discrimination within the [[EU Member States]] and the [[Enlargement of the European Union|accession countries]].<ref name="funding" /> Financial support from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Open Society Institute, [[Freedom House]], the [[US State Department]] and the [[Ministry of Education, Culture and Science]] of the [[Netherlands]] allows ILGA-Europe to extend its work in areas not covered by EU funding, including Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and on transgender issues.<ref name="funding" />

ILGA-Europe has hosted its annual conference at the end of October, since 2000, where member organisations elect the executive board and decide on the next year's working priorities.<ref name="conference" >{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/about_us/annual_conference|title=Annual Conference|publisher=ILGA-Europe|access-date=2014-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625151225/http://ilga-europe.org/home/about_us/annual_conference|archive-date=2014-06-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>