EQUAL news and events

Recent Events:
	North South Mainstreaming Event
	National Thematic Networking: - Adaptability - Employability
	Mainstreaming Policy Group
	European Thematic Networking (website)

Recent Papers / Reports

The Green Paper - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged Europe, sets out the European Commission's analysis of the progress made so far. It seeks views about how the EU can continue and reinforce non discrimination and promote equal treatment.
(May 2004)
- download greenpaper_en.pdf (100Kb)

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In early March 2004, Brian Harvey gave a workshop on the subject of "Influencing Policy" to EQUAL projects. The slides associated with those workshops are now available.
- download Power Point presentation influencing_policy.ppt 88Kb

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European Commission - Communication on EQUAL (December 2003).
Establishing the guidelines for the second round of the Community Initiative EQUAL concerning transnational co-operation to promote new means of combating all forms of discrimination and inequalities in connection with the labour market, Free movement of good ideas.

In December 2003, the Commission, published its' communication on EQUAL, the Communication is a strategic document, which provides a broad overview of the programme as it currently stand along with specific recommendations in terms of the Second Round of the Programme to be launched in 2004. The Communication also places a special emphasis on Enlargement and the impact Enlargement will have on the CIP. This Communication, will inform national level guidance on the second call of EQUAL. - download .doc file 148Kb.

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Promoting an Intercultural Workplace: Building on Diversity - a Report Commissioned by the INTERACT II DP (October 2003).
- download .pdf file interact_rep03.pdf 236 Kb

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Mid Term Evaluation of the Equal Community Initiative Programme, (September 2003).
The Mid Term Evaluation of EQUAL, builds on the Interim Evaluation of the programme. The Evaluation reviews the current labour market situation, it also looks at the implementation of the programme along with the mainstreaming potential of EQUAL. The mid-term Evaluation also makes a number of recommendations and these are being looked at in terms of the second round of the programme. - download .pdf file 496Kb.

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EQUAL responds to the National Centre for Partnership and Performances’ consultation on the Workplace of the Future.

- Download:
Response to the Consultation on 'The Workplace of the Future' (.doc file 412Kb)
Annexes (.doc file 288Kb)

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Making Entrepreneurship accessible to all, the Irish EQUAL Entrepreneurship DP's respond to the European Green Paper on Entepreneurship, (download .doc file 44Kb). For more information on the Green Paper check out the EU website.

Past Events

EQUAL Mainstreaming Policy Group meetings.
- Download various Documents

EQUAL Monitoring Committee meetings.
- Download various Documents

Employability Thematic Network meetings.
Relevant documentation can now be viewed or downloaded.

The first meeting of the Adaptability Thematic Network was held on the 23rd October 2002 at the Hilton Hotel, Dublin.
Relevant documentation can now be viewed or downloaded.

- May 2002 -
North South Mainstreaming Event.
In May 2002, The North South Committee held it's inaugural meeting in Carrick- on- Shannon, they event was attended by all stakeholder involved in the programme both North and South, with interesting presentations made by the Equality Authority and the Equality Commission
Presentation made by Evelyn Collings, CEO of the Equality Commission Northern Ireland.

- January 2002 –
Meeting of Irish Development Partnerships
In January 2002, This meeting was attended by DP's, Managing Authority, ESF Financial Control Unit, Commission and TSS, The project Planning and operations manual was launched at this event and a variety of presentations were made on relevant Action 1 Activity, for example, Partenrship, Transnationality, project planning, Thematic Networking... - see presentations and Evaluation of the Event.

- December 2001 -
Development Partnership Induction Seminar
The induction seminar held in December 2001, was the inaugural meeting of the 21 Irish DP's selected for Action 1. Here respresentative of the 21 DP's meet with the Managing Authority, Equality Authority and Techncial Support Structure... - read more >

- November 2001 -
Press Release: 21 Development Partnerships selected.
Tanaiste and Minister for Enteprise Trade and Employment today announced he selection of twenty-one new Development Partnerships under Round 1 of the new EQUAL Community Initiative Programme. The Tanaiste said that a total of EUR20.4 million will be invested in these partnerships over the next three years... - read more >

- June 2001 -
Launch of the EQUAL Community Initiative Programme by Mary Harney, T.D, Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment... - read more >

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

	EQUAL Round II applicants will be advised of the status of their application after December 10th, 2004.

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