4a. AROS’ Vision
Vision – Vision and Mission Document
The vision and mission document states that the vision of AROS is “that our public institutions work equally well for everyone, no matter what their ‘race’ or ethnicity”.
Vision – Signposting Document
The AROS’s purpose as part of national-level oversight infrastructure will be to become the mechanism through which the Scottish Government and other public bodies are supported to deliver genuine and irreversible systemic change.
It is hoped to be a national centre of excellence in Scotland on developing and delivering policy across all areas of government and their key stakeholders through an intersectional, anti-racist lens. To establish a competent understanding of principles of anti-racism and embed these in infrastructure and scrutiny across Scotland’s sectors, so that the work of our public institutions is effective and fit for purpose for all communities, especially those who are adversely impacted by racism.
The Anti-Racism Observatory will be led and co-produced with people from communities adversely impacted by racism
Vision – Community Engagement Leaflet
Scotland is going to have a new structure – the Observatory – to hold the Scottish Government and other public sector bodies to account for their commitment to anti-racism. The Observatory will host local, national, and international expertise about how racism functions. It will help the Scottish Government deliver sustainable anti-racism policies and practices.
Vision – Anti-Racism Progress Review 2023
“The Observatory will provide strategic oversight of anti-racism approaches in Scotland; act as a repository to ensure we effectively maintain institutional memory; and will harness the potential of collaborative and coproduction approaches involving those with expertise in the anti-racism field as well as those with lived experience. This will be an important step to effecting deep and lasting change, and will allow us to better track progress in reducing inequality” (Scottish Government and CRER, 2023)
Vision – Scottish Government Stakeholder Event 2024
Vision – Scottish Human Rights Committee 2024
When describing the observatory, the SHRC notes the observatory’s role in relation to broader work. They reference “a permanent external oversight and governance body, which is to include an Observatory bringing together quantitative and qualitative data on ethnic and racial inequalities” (Scottish Human Rights Committee (SHRC), 2024)
Vision – DAG Final Report 2025
“The future Anti-racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) will be one part of a national-level oversight infrastructure for tackling systemic racism in Scotland. It will become the mechanism through which the Scottish Government and other public bodies are supported, scrutinised and held accountable, to deliver genuine and irreversible systemic change”(DAG, 2024a).
Vision – Community Engagement Fund 2024
The Anti Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) will be a new independent body to develop community-led accountability processes to support the Scottish Government and other public bodies to address structural racism. It is anticipated that AROS will launch in early 2025
Vision – University of Strathclyde 2025
“The new body will support community led efforts to tackle racism in the public sector, guided by the experiences of those affected by racial inequality” (University of Strathclyde, 2025)
| What is AROS? |
| What is the role of AROS for the public sector? |
| What are the challenges in tackling systemic racism? |
| Why are communities central to AROS?
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Vision – DAG Cadence Partners 2025
In 2020, the Scottish Government accepted the recommendations from the Expert Reference Group on COVID-19 and Ethnicity, which included the establishment of a new independent body to support community-led efforts to support the Scottish Government and other public bodies in addressing systemic racism, guided by the experiences of those affected by racial inequality.
AIGG – Mission & Vision Document
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