ILGA-Europe's mission is:

• to act as a voice at European level for the rights of those who face discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression;

• to promote the right to equality and freedom from discrimination by lobbying and advocacy, and by educating and informing the European institutions, media, and civil society;

• to strengthen the capacity of European human rights organisations fighting against sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression discrimination to work for equality through their involvement in advocacy campaigns and networking, the exchange of best practice, the dissemination of information and capacity building programmes.