Action | RRAA Order duty action relates to | Lead or co-ordinating officials |
(1) In collaboration with Executive departments, agencies and associated departments, Equality Unit will produce an annual race equality scheme report for consideration by Ministers and senior management. The report will be made available to the public and to the Scottish Parliament. | Publish Race Equality Scheme | Equality Unit with support of departments, agencies and associated departments |
(2) Every three years the Executive's race equality scheme will be thoroughly reviewed and appraised in close collaboration with departments, agencies and associated departments and in consultation with all those affected by or with an interest in the scheme's effectiveness. | Publish Race Equality Scheme | Equality Unit with support of departments, agencies and associated departments |
(3) Review with departments, agencies and associated departments the effectiveness or otherwise of the assessment toolkit as a means of assessing the impact of policies and actions and adjust it accordingly. | Assessing existing policies and functions | Equality Unit with Directorate of Corporate Development. |
(4) Departments, agencies and associated departments will report progress on the promotion of race equality against their respective assessment tools and action plans once a year. In support of this process assessment tools and action plans will be reviewed every six months. | Assessing existing policies and functions | All |
(5) The annual reporting on departments', agencies' and associated departments' progress in promoting race equality is to be an integral part of the annual business planning cycle. | Assessing existing policies and functions | All |
(6) When developing new policies departments, agencies and associated departments will undertake a race equality assessment of their proposals and identify specific action, if there is an identified need, to promote race equality or to counter-act any possibility for racial discrimination. Such action should be proportionate to the level of impact identified. | Assessing the impact of proposed policies | All |
(7) We will engage with all stakeholders on the continuous improvement of our race equality scheme. | Consultation | Equality Unit |
(8) All departments, agencies and associated departments, having determined through systematic assessment that new policies and processes will have an impact on race equality, however minor, will have to apply the Executive's published guidance on consulting with equality groups. | Consultation | All |
(9) All departments, agencies and associated departments that have applied the guidance will need to demonstrate to the public, the Scottish Parliament and Ministers the process for consultation they have adopted and its outcomes. | Consultation | All |
(10) As part of the continuous improvement of our race equality scheme we will consult periodically with all groups and communities affected by it through the application of our published guidance on consulting with equality groups. | Consultation | Equality Unit |
(11) The monitoring and reporting of race related issues should be integrated within the existing corporate, departmental and agency business planning and performance management reporting cycles. | Monitoring | Senior Management of depts, agencies and associated depts. |
(12) In developing new policy departments, agencies and associated departments should give proportionate and appropriate consideration to its potential impact on minority ethnic people and agree relevant indicators to track progress. | Monitoring | All policy areas |
(13) We will enhance our capacity to disaggregate data on minority ethnic communities and progress work on ethnicity classifications. | Monitoring | Statisticians, with support of Equality Unit |
(14) As part of their ongoing assessment of policies and functions, departments, agencies and associated departments should review and where necessary revise their monitoring and reporting systems with regard to the promotion of race equality. | Monitoring | All |
(15) We will work with the CRE, Audit Scotland and stakeholders on improving the auditing of those public sector functions and policies that impact on race equality. | Monitoring | HMIs and sponsor departments |
(16) We will publish an annual review of the race equality scheme as an integral part of our yearly Equality Report. | Publishing | Equality Unit and Departments |
(17) Departments, agencies and associated departments will use existing means, where this is practicable, for publishing their progress in promoting race equality. Where this is not an option alternative means will be considered. | Publishing | All |
(18) Departmental race equality assessments will be available on request. | Publishing | Equality Unit and Departments |
(19) We will use the internet to publicise our work on promoting race equality. | Publishing | All |
(20) Departments, agencies and associated departments will review the accessibility to information and services to minority ethnic people as integral part of their assessment of policies and functions. | Improving access to information and services | All |
(21) Executive will devise a policy on translation if its public documents | Improving access to information and services | Equality Unit |
(22) Those departments with responsibility for the delivery of public services by others will continue to work with them to ensure that service provision does not discriminate against minority ethnic people. | Improving access to information and services | Departments with responsibility for the delivery of public services by others |
(23) We will examine ways in which we can best facilitate the sharing of good practice on improving access to public services and information in Scotland. | Improving access to information and services | Equality Unit with support of relevant departments |
(24) We will continue to find ways of improving the access to and quality of translating and interpreting services across Scotland. | Improving access to information and services | Equality Unit with relevant stakeholders |
(25) We shall continue to revise existing training events and programmes and, where necessary develop new programmes for all staff, to take full account of race equality and its promotion. | Training | Corporate Learning Services |
(26) We shall ensure that our training programmes and events do not discriminate against minority ethnic staff. | Training | Corporate Learning Services |
(27) We shall identify ways in which the implementation of our race equality scheme is reflected in relevant training programmes and material. | Training | Corporate Learning Services |
(28) We will review standard contract conditions to ensure that they commit our suppliers to comply with Race Relations legislation and will publish guidance for suppliers on our procurement website reminding them of their obligations. | Contracting and Procurement | Procurement and Commercial Services Dept |