4b. AROS’ Mission / Strands
Mission
AROS Vision & Mission Document
The concept of stands is first referenced in the AIGG vision and mission document (AIGG, 2023b). They are as follows.
- Co-producing anti-racism with communities
- Building the capacity of institutions and communities
- Holding our public institutions to account
- Building a digital anti-racism library
- Improving data and research
- Communicating clearly and openly with communities and partner institutions
- Being an advocate and speaking up for adversely racialised communities
The strands were informed by community research, as well as the work and learning from the AIGG. The strands appear in several documents subsequent to the vision and mission document. The strands seem to be developed and to evolve from the first iteration. However, the most detailed and developed description of the strands can be found in the signposting document.
It is noted that in the structure and model (which was signed off by Scottish Ministers) the proposed activities for the first 18 months are connected to the strands.
| STRAND | DESCRIPTION |
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1. Community & Co-Production
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Enable community-led co-production to be instilled as the mechanism to ensure principles of anti-racism operate within the Anti-Racism Observatory itself and across Scotland’s public institutions. |
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2. Skills Building
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Communities – Capacity building of our communities to become prioritised to enable access and power to scrutinise and influence policy making and service delivery.
Public Institutions – Capacity building of public institution officials to enable them to take an intersectional, anti-racism approach in their decision-making, policy development and initiative delivery. |
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3. Accountability
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Create systems of accountability with communities adversely affected by racism about the policy and decision-making that intends to address the systemic inequity created by racism.
Developing accountability tools and processes to assess progress and rigour in anti-racism interventions across Government and public decision-making institutions. |
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4. Repository
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To address the implementation gap, the Anti-Racism Observatory will create and host a public Repository of information to allow assessment of the history of anti-racism related policy and initiatives.
To enable those adversely affected by racism, and those whose role it is to address racism, to see what progress is made. The Repository will provide a fuller and more transparent assessment of current progress on anti-racism in Scotland. |
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5. Data & Research
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Ensuring investment in and understanding of adequate “race” and ethnicity data collection, research and analysis to enable independent scrutiny of progress of anti-racism delivery in Scotland.
Use this data to measure and assess anti-racism progress in Scotland’s public institutions. Developing and promoting awareness of safeguarding for data items about “race” and ethnicity to ensure ideologies of race science and systems of racism are not reinscribed through the collection, analysis and reporting of these data items. Through capacity building and community engagement ensuring the data processes for collecting, analysing and reporting of Scotland are not simply recreating mechanisms of racialised systemic inequity. |
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6. Partnerships, public narrative & cultural engagement
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Working in partnership to research and assess:
The Anti-Racism Observatory will host a unique partnership approach within its governance which will include representatives from across Scotland’s public sector. The aim of partnership is to create a more transparent and effective working relationship which has learning and accountability at its core. The Anti-Racism Observatory will exist fully independently whilst working in partnership with public institutions to enable scrutiny and influencing. Sharing best and promising practice from across Scotland and beyond. Developing narratives/messaging through an anti-racism lens recognising the necessity of our creatives and the cultural sector to help articulate the reality of how racism and anti-racism functions in Scotland and the world. |
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7. Advocacy
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To advocate for power redistribution on decision-making, scrutiny of policy and accountability of action:
Development and implementation of power redistribution processes to address all forms of racism and the hierarchy of racialisation. To be a champion for competent education and understanding of anti-racism in Scotland’s public institutions. |
AIGG – Mission & Vision
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