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This page contains an outline of the entire Equal web site. Use the links below to go straight to the page you’re looking for, or use the search facility.
About Equal
- About Equal
An overview of Equal providing background information and programme context.
- Delivering Equal
Details of how Equal operates and the stages of the programme.
- Equal administration
Information about the Great Britain Monitoring Committee and other management structures.
- Funding
Breakdown of the allocation of Equal funding across Great Britain by theme, plus information about match funding requirements.
- First round
Details of the distribution of first round DPs by theme and geographically.
- Timetable
Key dates for implementation of the Equal programme.
DP search
- Round 2 DP search
Search through current DPs in Round 2.
- Round 1 DP search
Search through completed Round 1 DPs.
Equal diary
- Equal diary
The Equal diary lists details of current events and activities being organised by Equal Development Partnerships and the Equal Support Unit.
- Diary entry form
Want to see your own event listed in the diary? Just fill in the diary entry form and we’ll do the rest.
DP resources
- DP resources
- Second round resources
- Operational documentation for DPs
- Good practice guides
- Thematic update papers
- Events
- Mainstreaming
- Programme reports and summaries
- Equal logos
- Links
Equal themes
- Equal themes
Equal in Great Britain operates in thematic fields defined in the context of the four pillars of the European Employment Strategy. Equal’s themes address key labour market policy areas.
- A: Facilitating access
Facilitating access and return to the labour market for those who have difficulty in being integrated or re-integrated into a labour market which must be open to all.
- B: Ethnic minorities
Opportunities to promote potential for ethnic minorities within the world of work.
- C: Business creation
Opening up the business creation process to all by providing the tools required for setting up in business and for the identification and exploitation of new possibilities for creating employment in urban and rural areas.
- D: Social economy
Strengthening the social economy (the third sector), in particular the services of interest to the community, with a focus on improving the quality of jobs.
- E: Lifelong learning and inclusive working practices
Promoting lifelong learning and inclusive work practices which encourage the recruitment and retention of those suffering discrimination and inequality in connection with the labour market.
- F: Supporting adaptability
Supporting adaptability of firms and employees to structural economic change and the use of information technology and other new technologies.
- H: Gender equality
Promoting gender equality in the work place, reducing gender gaps and supporting job desegregation.
- I: Asylum seekers
Helping the integration of asylum seekers.
- Thematic Networking Groups
TNGs for each theme include relevant policy representatives from government departments, the equality commissions, social partners and DPs.
Transnationality
- Transnationality
Transnationality is an essential element in Equal for promoting the transfer of know-how and good practice between partnerships and between member states.
- European Thematic Groups
ETGs are the mechanism by which outcomes from Equal DPs are shared across all the participating countries.
- ETCIM
ETCIM is an Internet-based tool designed to help DPs to input, modify, validate and submit their TCAs.
- Equal Common Database
The ECDB contains information on all of the projects financed within the European Union and in some candidate countries.
- EU support structures
Contact details of member states’ national support structures.
- EC press releases
Commission press releases about the approval of the Equal Programme in other member states.
Equal news
- Equal news
Current and previous editions of Equal News, the magazine of the Equal Programme in Great Britain, and issues of the Equal e-zine.
Support
- GB Equal Support Unit
The Equal Support Unit is responsible for all Development Partnerships in England, as well as any national DPs operating across Great Britain.
- Support Unit staff
Details of the Equal Support Unit team.
- Equal in Northern Ireland
Support for Equal DPs operating in Northern Ireland.
- Equal in Scotland
Support for Equal DPs operating in Scotland.
- Equal in Wales
Support for Equal DPs operating in Wales.
- Contact us
Get in touch with us using the contact form.
