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What is Equality Mainstreaming

What is Equality Mainstreaming. Carole Sullivan Head of the Equality Mainstreaming Unit, Equality Authority VEC Seminar, 28 th May 2010. Content. Equality Mainstreaming Unit What is Equality Mainstreaming What it requires Some supports. Equality Mainstreaming Unit.

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What is Equality Mainstreaming

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  1. What is Equality Mainstreaming Carole Sullivan Head of the Equality Mainstreaming Unit, Equality Authority VEC Seminar, 28th May 2010

  2. Content • Equality Mainstreaming Unit • What is Equality Mainstreaming • What it requires • Some supports

  3. Equality Mainstreaming Unit • Co-funded by the European Social Fund through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 • Aim - to facilitate and support institutional change within • providers of vocational education and training, labour market programmes • small and medium enterprises by strengthening their capacity to combat discrimination, to promote equality and to accommodate diversity.

  4. How do we work? • Work with:- • Providers of vocational education, training and labour market programmes • develop ‘support packages’ • Small to medium enterprises • Grant Scheme • Sectoral Approaches to workplace equality

  5. Structures • Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 • Managing Authority (Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment) • EMU Advisory Committee • Equal Opps at the Level of the Enterprise Framework Committee • Unit based at the Equality Authority

  6. Equality mainstreaming • Systematic integration of an equality perspective into everyday work • Involves government departments, programme providers, equality specialists and groups experiencing inequality • Aims to change organisational cultures so that an equality perspective becomes an integral part of what we plan and provide • Long term strategy- aims to make sure that policy and provision can accommodate diversity across the nine grounds • Leads to improved policy making through better information, better transparency and openness in the policy making process

  7. Mainstreaming equality - why do it • Structural Fund and European Social Fund ESF) Regulations • Article 10 of the Lisbon Treaty • Equality legislation – supports compliance with EU Directives

  8. Equality Legislation • Equality legislation – framework for promoting equality • Employment and equal status legislation prohibit discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment and victimisation • Require reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities • Nine grounds - gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion and membership of the Traveller community – baseline of groups currently experiencing inequality • Sets a valuable minimum standard of non-discrimination for all organisations

  9. Mainstreaming equality - why do it (cont) • Increases participation of disadvantaged groups • Tackles structures, behaviours and attitudes that sustain inequality and discrimination • Prevents policies and programmes being implemented that continue existing inequalities • Complements positive action measures • Business case for equality • Equality/ non-discrimination mainstreaming emphasised by the EU

  10. Mainstreaming equality requires • Leadership and political commitment • Commitment and ownership across an organisation • Participation of groups experiencing inequality • Guidance, training and support • Data, information and research • Equality competence

  11. Equality Competence Equality competent organisations are those with structures, policies, practices and procedures into which equality is embedded as a matter of course. Four ingredients which must be in place for the organisation to be equality competent: • Equality policies • Equality action plan including training • Equality committee • Equality reviews/ impact assessments

  12. EMU supports • IVEA/ EA Equality Impact Assessment Guidelines • Learning from 3 pilot projects • Capacity building/ training seminars • Future development of ‘support packages’

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