News of ECOM
July 14, 2023
ECOM supported 17 projects for key populations in migration in the EECA region
In the first six months of 2023, ECOM sent 293,122 euros of emergency assistance to support civil society organizations in the region. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine provoked a wave...
June 29, 2023
Report on Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Armenia in 2022
ECOM annually conducts an analysis of violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Based on this analysis, we draw up a report with...
June 28, 2023
ECOM experts presented successful cases of community-led monitoring of services
On June 20, a webinar on the principles of and approaches to community-led monitoring of services (CLM) was held. The webinar brought together representatives of regional networks and communities of...
June 21, 2023
Training and Support: Activist QUEERathon for Young LGBT People from EECA
The end of the academic year coincided with the Activist QUEERathon for young LGBT people from the EECA region. From May 30 to June 02, QUEERathon was held in Tbilisi...
June 19, 2023
ECOM and Partners Protest Against Exclusion of Civil Society from CCM in Kyrgyzstan
ECOM and seven other regional organizations joined their efforts and signed a letter addressed to the Global Fund in connection with the current situation in Kyrgyzstan. The situation in Kyrgyzstan...
June 19, 2023
ECOM delegation participated in the Forum on Sustainable Healthcare Development
On June 8 and 9, the Forum on Sustainable Healthcare Development was held in Warsaw. Vitaly Djuma, ECOM’s Executive Director, Nikolay Lunchenkov, ECOM’s LGBT Health Coordinator and Nadira Masiumova, Human...
June 8, 2023
Report on Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Uzbekistan in 2022
ECOM continues to regularly analyze violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Below you will find a report on the violations...
June 6, 2023
Vitaly Djuma takes part in 49th Global Fund Board Meeting
Vitaly Djuma, Executive Director of ECOM, spoke about the results of the 49th Global Fund (GF) Board Meeting, in which he took part as an alternate member of the GF...
June 5, 2023
ECOM presents the results of the first analysis of PrEP protocols in the EECA Region
LGBT Health Coordinator Nikolay Lunchenkov and Health Officer Uluk Batyrgaliev took part in an educational workshop on the provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) in the countries of Eastern...
June 1, 2023
Beyond Pride: Pride Month 2023
ECOM welcomes Pride Month by joining the world in celebrating diversity, equality and inclusion. Pride Month is an annual event observed in June to celebrate and support the LGBT community....