Minister O'Gorman Welcomes Publication of Evaluation Study of Processes Implementing Equality Strategies
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced the publication of the independent report, “Realising the promise of national equality policy”, commissioned by his Department from the Centre for Effective Studies.
The purpose of the study was to examine and evaluate the effectiveness of the processes for implementation of three equality strategies - the Migrant Integration Strategy, the National Strategy for Women and Girls, and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy - with a view to informing how the Department develops and implements whole-of-government equality policy in the future with a strong outcomes-focused approach.
To identify best practice, a bespoke, evidence-informed and expert-validated framework of activities important to the effective implementation of equality or human rights policy was created, drawing on Irish and international literature in the field.
Processes used in the three equality strategies were assessed against this best practice framework.
This evaluation concluded that stakeholder consultations for the previous strategies were felt to be thorough and to capture a broad cross-section of views. It was recommended that consultation for future national equality strategies should seek to build on these successes.
Other recommendations focus on enhancing collaboration with stakeholders, adopting appropriate structures for steering, striving for focused and dynamic strategies, addressing capacity issues, developing indicators of progress and promoting effective use of monitoring information, and planning and paying ongoing attention to implementation.
To read the executive summary, click here.
To read the full report, click here.