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Adapting to a changing city - The Equality Agenda

Explore the impacts of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 Section 75 which places a statutory duty on public authorities to promote equality of opportunity and good relations. Discover real evidence of changes in policy development, public engagement, and access pricing policies. Learn about the initiatives by Belfast City Council and how they benefit the community. Delve into the Equality and Diversity Organizations' approaches and the profound changes brought about by proactive equality promotion.

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Adapting to a changing city - The Equality Agenda

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  1. Adapting to a changing city- The Equality Agenda Dublin 06

  2. Your view of Belfast B E L F A S T

  3. Belfast now? Has it changed B E L F A S T

  4. Northern Ireland Act 1998 Section 75 • A Statutory Duty on all Public Authorities to have- • Due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity • Regard to the desirability of promoting good relations

  5. Promoting equality of opportunity • Between persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation • Between men and women generally • Between persons with a disability and persons without • Between persons with dependants and those without

  6. Promoting Good Relations Between • Persons of different Religious Belief • Persons of different Political Opinion • Persons of different Racial Groups

  7. Belfast City Council – Equality Agenda • 1998 Good Friday Agreement • Equality Scheme • Equality Impact Assessments • Screening Process • Consultation • Monitoring • Freedom Of Information • Transparent/ Open/ Accountable

  8. Benefits of the Statutory Duties • Proactive promotion of equality of opportunity and good relations • Participation of affected groups • Mainstreaming

  9. Some Real changes to public • Consultation • Transparency • Method of complaint • More public control • Monitoring • Customer Care focus • Consideration of Equality In Policy Development

  10. Real evidence Internal • Work life balance policies • Anti discrimination laws relating to age, homophobia, race • Gender Champion

  11. Real evidence of change External Access Pricing polices reviews Acknowledgment of disability issues across the service ( audits/ work/ training)

  12. Good Relations Strategy • To promote good community relations • To celebrate cultural diversity • To promote equality through service delivery • To promote equality through a representative workforce

  13. THE EQUALITY ORGANISATION • Externally initiated • Legally driven • Quantitative focus • Problem-focused • Assumes assimilation • Reactive • Religious belief, political opinion, race gender and disability

  14. THE DIVERSITY ORGANISATION • Internally initiated • Business-needs driven • Qualitative focus • Opportunity-focused • Assumes pluralism • Proactive • All differences

  15. Change and Innovation ‘there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions, and merely lukewarm defenders in those who should gain by the new ones.’ Machiavelli

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