Over the course of the LGBTI Pathways project members of the Regional Experts will be expected to fulfill the following roles:

• Review, advise on, and finalize the set of survey questions to be included in the relevant regional survey. A core set of survey questions that all regions must ask will be provided by the Pathways team. Each region may, however, elect to add region-specific survey questions if deemed necessary by the Regional Experts relevant to that region. Having core survey questions ensures consistency of data across all regions and enables comparative analysis at both regional and global levels once all surveys are completed;
• Provide advice to the Regional Officer and Technical Team throughout the different stages of the project, including on:

• • the regional survey roll-out strategy;
  • the process for developing regional analysis;

• the development of a regional advocacy strategy to advance the findings of the regional survey.

• Promote and be a point of information for the LGBTI Pathways project within regional members’ existing networks and communities of practice (civil society, philanthropy, government) during key points of the project, including the initial launch and release of regional comparative reports. The regional surveys may be pilot tested by the organizations affiliated with the Regional Experts.

Given resource and logistic constraints, the work of the Regional Experts will be carried out in English (and, if necessary, one of common regional languages) and, for the most part, virtually. However, the selected Regional Experts Group members in the Europe & Central Asia region and Africa region will be expected to participate in in-person meeting, which is planned to take place during the respective regional conferences taking place in October and November 2025 respectively.

Each region will convene up to eight Regional Experts, ensuring:

• Equal representation of civil society and funder representatives;
• Inclusion of various sub-regions, LGBTI identities, and populations (e.g. trans, intersex, LBQ women, people living with HIV, migrants, Indigenous people, youth);
• Demonstrated knowledge in LGBTI advocacy, community-led research, funder engagement, or philanthropic analysis in the relevant region.

ILGA World and GPP are looking for persons who meet some or all of the following criteria:

• Strong knowledge of, and engagement with:
  • Regional LGBTI movements, including main actors, movement infrastructure and political dynamics, and current priorities (for civil society members);
  • Regional LGBTI funding landscape, including main actors, funding infrastructure and current funding priorities (for funders);
  • Regional LGBTI movement, including main actors, movement infrastructure and political dynamics, and current priorities (for members representing a region);
  • Specific population-based movement, including main actors, movement infrastructure and political dynamics, current priorities and issues (for members from the trans, intersex and LBQ women movements);
  • At least one sub-regional LGBTI movement, including main actors, movement infrastructure and political dynamics, and current priorities (for members representing a region).
• Experience in participating in similar regional (or multi-region/global) projects and proven history of working effectively in teams;
• Capacity to provide expert advice separate from an individual institutional perspective;
• Fluency in English.
• One of more of the following set of skills:
  • research and survey design and implementation, and data analysis;
  • community organizing;
  • advocacy (particularly funder advocacy);

Members of the Regional Expert Groups can participate in either an individual or organizational capacity, although if participating in the latter, they would need to have organizational approval to participate.

The Regional Expert Group members are to be selected through a public, open call. ILGA World, GPP and Regional Partner Organizations will participate in selecting members of the Regional Expert Groups.

As each Regional Expert Group will be constituted for 12 months, members would be asked to participate from the establishment of the Regional Expert Group in August/September 2025, until the research phase of the project is finalized in August/September 2026. Participation is required and is expected to include at the minimum and not limited to:

• An initial online (or in-person) meeting by the end of 2025, depending in the region;
• 2 working calls (lasting approx. 2-3 hours) in 2025 and 2 working calls in 2026 lasting approx. 2-3 hours);
• Occasional email correspondence with updates on the regional survey during 2026;
• A final online meeting in 2026 to provide feedback on regional analysis and regional advocacy strategy for advancing the research findings (in-person meeting will be contingent on the availability of sufficient budget, otherwise to be held online).

To ensure the safety and well-being of all individuals involved, the visibility and publicity level of participation in the Regional Expert Groups will be discussed individually with each selected expert. Participation can remain confidential upon request. For security reasons, members of the Expert Groups are expected not to publicly disclose or share the final composition of the group, unless explicitly agreed upon by all members and the coordination team.

ILGA World and GPP reserve the right to terminate the membership of any Regional Expert Group members.

Civil society representatives will be offered an honorarium of USD 500 for participation in the Regional Expert Group. Reasonable expenses associated with in-person meetings, including return economy airfare, hotel, airport transfers, meals and incidentals, will be reimbursed for all members.