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Every three years we will review, appraise and republish our race equality scheme in close collaboration with departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Scheme. | Publish Race Equality Scheme | Equality Unit with support of departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme | By November 2008 |
Every three years we will review our functions and policies, or proposed policies, for their relevance to our performance of the duty. | Assessing policies and functions | All | By November 2008 |
The Equality Unit will review the effectiveness of the database, guidance and assessment tools developed and, if need be, adjust them accordingly. We will do this in consultation with Executive departments, agencies, and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme. | Assessing policies and functions | Equality Unit - liaising with others as necessary. | During 2006 |
When developing new policies, departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme will undertake a race equality impact assessment of their proposals and identify specific action, if there is an identified need, to promote race equality or to counter-act any possibility of race discrimination. Such action should be proportionate to the level of impact identified. | Assessing the impact ofproposed policies | All | Ongoing |
All departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching scheme will have to apply the Executive's published good practice guidance on consulting with equality groups. | Consultation | All | Ongoing |
All departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching scheme will need to demonstrate to the public, Parliament and Ministers the process for consultation they have adopted and its outcomes. | Consultation | All | Ongoing |
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 other bodies. | Ongoing |
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 | Ongoing |
We will enhance our capacity to disaggregate data on minority ethnic communities and continue our work on ethnic identity. | Monitoring | ASD-Statisticians, with support of Equality Unit | Ongoing |
As part of their ongoing assessment of policies and functions, departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme. should review, and where necessary revise, their monitoring and reporting systems with regard to the promotion of race equality. | Monitoring | All | Annually |
We will work with the CRE and audit and inspection bodies on improving the auditing of those public sector functions and policies that impact on race equality. | Monitoring | Equality Unit | Audit and Inspeciton Group meets quarterly. |
Departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme 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 | Ongoing |
Race equality impact assessments will be published. | Publishing | All | Ongoing |
We will use the internet to publicise our work on promoting race equality. | Publishing | All | Ongoing |
Departments, agencies and other bodies covered by the Executive's overarching Scheme will review the accessibility to information and services they provide to minority ethnic people as an integral part of their assessment of policies and functions. | Improving access to information andservices | All | Ongoing |
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 | Ongoing |
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 andservices | Equality Unit with support of relevant departments | Ongoing |
We will continue to find ways of improving the access to and quality of translating and interpreting services across Scotland. | Improving access to information andservices | Equality Unit with relevant stakeholders | Executive commissioned research due to be published in November 2005. We will consider next steps thereafter. |
We shall continue to revise existing training events and programmes and, where necessary develop new programmes for all staff, to equip staff to understand impact assessment and take full account of race equality and its promotion. | Training | Corporate Learning Services | 2006 |
We shall ensure that our training programmes and events do not discriminate against minority ethnic staff. | Training | Corporate Learning Services | Ongoing |
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 | Ongoing |