Delivering on Equality and Diversity

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Equality and Diversity Core Group

Meeting monthly the Core Group is made up of senior council officers tasked with:

Developing and delivering an annual equality action plan, setting equalities priorities and reporting on progress to the Dundee City Council Senior Management Team.
Ensure timely and appropriate reporting of current and future statutory duties.
Identify gaps in performance of statutory duties and make appropriate recommendations and take steps to rectify.
Promote the engagement of excluded communities within Equality Working Groups.
Identify areas of work that can be taken forward in partnership.
Work toward developing a Single Equality Scheme by November 2009.

View the Minutes of the Equality and Diversity Core Group here.

Equality Champions Implementation Group

Meeting quarterly the Implementation Group is made up of 16 Departmental Equality Champions, their role is to:

Support continuous improvement and standards in the delivery of Council equality practice across all council departments.
Develop and share examples of good practice and areas of positive action across departments and the public.
Ensure Departmental Service Plans reflect their agreed equality priorities.
Review and report on the implementation of their Department's Equality Action Plans.
Report on their Department's monitoring, engagement and evaluation programmes and processes.
Examine areas of under-representation in the workforce and make recommendations.
Raise awareness within the Council of equality issues raised by the public and Dundee City Council staff.
Further their own professional development in the equalities field through undertaking training and awareness raising.

View the Minutes of the Implementation Group here.

Equality Action Groups

Dundee City Council has established Equality Action Groups for Race, Ethnicity, Religion and Belief, Disability & Age, Gender & Sexual Orientation.

Each Action Group is supported by a 2 Council Officers and membership is open to community groups and individuals representing relevant protected communities who are active in the City of Dundee. The Equality Action Groups are tasked with:

Supporting Dundee City Council in the development and delivery of the Single Equality Scheme.
Establish a dialogue between communities of interest representatives and Council officers.
Support community involvement in the development of policies and practices.
Raise awareness within communities of interest of Dundee City Council's proactive approach to reducing the barriers faced by communities of interest.
Identify concerns relevant to Dundee City Council as a service provider and employer.
Develop and share examples of good practice and areas of positive action.
Seek continuous improvement and standards in the delivery of the City Council's equality practice.
Support the development and delivery of the Single Equality Scheme's action plans.

View the Minutes of the Equality Action Group here.

For further information on Dundee City Council's Equality and Diversity please contact:

Scott Mands Equality and Diversity Co-ordinator
Tel 01382 438889
Email scott.mands@dundeecity.gov.uk
Fax 01382 438885

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