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Scotland – The Race Equality Framework (REF)

Race Equality Framework – Summary

Link	Description
REF 01: Overaching Work – Accountability	An accountable approach to support and drive forward the implementation of the Race Equality Framework is established
REF 01a: Co-Design of an Overarching Approach	Develop our overarching approach to implementation and monitoring in partnership with key stakeholders, including governance and review arrangements, over the first six months of the Framework’s life cycle
REF 01b: Develop Implementation Planning Mechanisms	Develop implementation planning mechanisms to cover the initial four-year phase of work, with ongoing reviews and updates of the Framework built into longer-term planning over the 15-year period
REF 01c: Develop Progress Reporting Mechanisms	Develop progress reporting mechanisms, establishing a transparent, accountable approach to monitoring
REF 01d: Collaboration	Work with stakeholders to further explore intersectional issues around the goals and actions set out in the Framework
REF 02: Overaching Work – Strategic Work in the Public Sector	Strategic work within Scotland’s public sector better addresses race equality, including through more effective practice linked to the Scottish Specific Public Sector Equality Duties
REF 02a: Improve Equality Practice	Support the wider public sector to improve equality practice through the work of the Scottish National Equality Improvement Project (SNEIP)
REF 02b: Improve Data	Work with public authorities to improve the gathering, monitoring and use of ethnic data in policy and practice
REF 02c: Share Knowledge	Collect and share examples of innovative race equality workplace practices, including best practice in the use of positive action
REF 02d: Consider External Scrutiny	Explore opportunities to further consider the role that external scrutiny can and should play in supporting improvement on equality issues through discussions with audit and inspection bodies about future development of approaches to scrutiny
REF 03: Overaching Work – Improve Capacity	Scotland’s public sector has improved capacity to tackle racial inequality and meet the needs of minority ethnic people
REF 03a: Respectful, Person-Centred and Responsive Service Delivery	Ensure that public sector service delivery is respectful, person-centred and responsive to the challenges, barriers and discrimination experienced by minority ethnic service users by working with public sector partners to look at what can be done.
REF 03b: Review Approaches to Training & Development	Review current approaches to training and development on race equality including within higher education programmes designed for future public sector workers
REF 03c: Staff Induction	Embed race equality effectively into induction and CPD for public sector staff
REF 03d: Work with the Scottish Council’s Equality Network	Work with the Scottish Councils Equality Network to explore potential ways in which Scottish Local Authorities could contribute towards meeting the goals and visions of the Race Equality Framework
REF 04: Overaching Work – Robust Data	Policy processes in Scotland are based on a robust range of data on ethnicity
REF 04a: Build on from Evidence Finder	Build on the current Evidence Finder approach to continue to bring together a comprehensive range of evidence on
REF 04b: Work with Partnerships and Experts	Ethnicity which can be used in policy development and review throughout Scotland’s public sector, working in partnership with experts across sectors to identify relevant content and improve presentation
REF 04c: Improve Range and Scope of Disaggregated Data	Identify opportunities to improve the range and scope of the disaggregated ethnicity data available and make this available to policy makers across the Scottish Government and the wider public sector
REF 04d: Use Data to Inform Action	Ensure that ethnicity statistics and social research findings are effectively used to inform action, including through building it into the implementation process for the Framework
REF 05: Overaching Work – Support of the Voluntary Sector	Scotland’s minority ethnic voluntary sector is stronger, more effective and sustainable
REF 05a: Review Funding Approach	Review Scottish Government’s approach to funding work on race equality to drive forward the actions within the Race Equality Framework and to meet Ministerial priorities for equality
REF 05b: Build Understanding	Build on our understanding of the contribution that minority ethnic voluntary organisations make to communities and public services in Scotland to support our Race Equality Framework and to inform future funding processes
REF 06: Community Safety & Cohesion – Community Cohesion	There is greater cohesion between all communities in Scotland
REF 06a: Improved Understanding of Context	Undertake work to better understand the context of community cohesion in Scotland and identify effective practice in community cohesion work, using the results to inform collaborative approaches with key partners in the public and third sectors
REF 06b: Explore Ways to Foster Good Relations	Explore ways to support public bodies in implementing the ‘fostering good relations’ element of the Public Sector Equality Duties with regard to race equality and community cohesion
REF 07: Community Safety & Cohesion – Improved Access to Justice and Safety for Minority Ethnic Individuals	Access to justice and safety for minority ethnic individuals is improved and the effectiveness of the justice process in dealing with racism is reviewed
REF 07a: Effective Engagement on Issues of Discrimination and Hate Crime	Ensure effective engagement of minority ethnic communities, particularly young people, in considering what more can be done to tackle issues of discrimination and hate crime, to ensure their lived experience informs this work
REF 07b: Better Reporting	Work with Police Scotland and other key stakeholders to identify ways of encouraging better reporting of hate crime, including exploring potential improvements in the Third Party Reporting system
REF 07c: Effective Engagement to Develop Strategic Police Priorities	Ensure effective engagement of minority ethnic communities in the development of the Scottish Government’s Strategic Police Priorities
REF 07d: Co-Design of Mechanisms to Evalute Impact of Stop & Search	Work with Police Scotland and other key stakeholders, including the Scottish Police Authority, equalities and human rights organisations and organisations representing the interests of children and young people, to develop an effective process for monitoring and evaluating the impact of stop and search practice on minority ethnic communities
REF 08: Community Safety & Cohesion – Building Capacity of Police Workforce	Scotland’s police workforce is better able to tackle racism and promote equality and community cohesion in the delivery of police services
REF 08a: Equality and Intercultural Competency Training	Work with the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland to promote effective equality and intercultural competency training within initial training for the police workforce, combined with appropriate CPD for those already in post
REF 09: Community Safety & Cohesion – Police Workforce Diversity	Police Scotland’s workforce better reflects the diversity of its communities
REF 09a: Positive Action to Enhance Police Workforce Diversity	Work with the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland to promote positive action to increase the number of minority ethnic entrants to the police workforce, and to improve opportunities for development and promotion, to reflect the minority ethnic population in Scotland
REF 10: Participation and Representation – Participation and Representation in Local & National Governance	Increase participation and representation of minority ethnic individuals in governance and influence in decision making at local and national level
REF 10a: Boardroom Diversity	Through our Public Boards and Corporate Diversity Programme, continue to drive forward activity to improve the diversity of Scotland’s boardrooms, including outreach activity with disabled people and minority ethnic communities
REF 10b: Co-Designed Plan of Action	Co-produce with equality stakeholders and communities a plan of action to increase diversity in elected office
REF 10c: Review of Grant Funding to Increase Board Diversity	Further review the Scottish Government grant funding process to see what more can be done to promote equal opportunities, for example by making action to progress board diversity a requirement of funding
REF 10d: Review Consultation Guidance	Review the existing consultation good practice guidance through an equalities lens. This will include a focus on improving consultation (including digital engagement) with all equality groups, including addressing concerns raised by minority ethnic communities
REF 10e: Honours System	Work to ensure that the Honours system recognises the contributions made by people across all of Scottish society, including those from minority ethnic individuals. We will consider the use of targets so that lists are representative of Scotland’s minority ethnic population at large
REF 11: Participation and Representation – Proprtionate Influence in Planning	Minority ethnic people have a fair and proportionate influence on community planning
REF 11a: Embed Participation in Planning	Further encourage Community Planning Partnerships to embed effective minority ethnic community participation as part of good community planning; and to consider the needs, circumstances and aspirations of minority ethnic communities in the priorities they set for improving local outcomes and tackling inequalities in their area and in their actions to deliver improvement on these priorities.
REF 11b: Review Role of Third-Sector in Planning	Review the role of third sector interfaces in linking minority ethnic community groups into community planning structures, with recommendations for improvements based on the findings of the review, to inform future development
REF 11c: Develop Resources	Work with stakeholders with expertise in race equality and community engagement to develop a relevant resource to sit alongside the National Standards for Community Engagement which addresses the issues raised in the framework development process around public sector engagement with minority ethnic communities
REF 11d: develop Statuatory Guidance for the Community Empowerment Act	Work with stakeholders and minority ethnic communities to develop the statutory guidance for Participation Requests ready for the Community Empowerment Act coming into force in late summer 2016
REF 12: Participation and Representation – Value and Understand Community Action	Informal community action within minority ethnic communities is better understood and valued
REF 12a: Research to Inform Understanding of Community Action	Consider whether there is a need for a programme of research into informal minority ethnic led approaches to community action that identifies the benefits and impact of this work for individuals, communities and wider society
REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media	Promote inclusiveness and participation by making better connections between minority ethnic communities, organisations and institutions involved in heritage, culture, sports and media
REF 13a: Support Engagement in Festivals, Music and Arts Events	Continue to support engagement with minority ethnic communities in the Themed Years and Scotland’s Winter Festivals, the refreshed 2016/17 Youth Music Initiative and Scotland’s first Youth Arts Strategy, Time to Shine in order to increase and widen the participation of Scotland’s minority ethnic population in culture activities
REF 13b: Encourage Funded Bodies to Share Good Practice	Encourage our funded bodies and other key partners (e.g. Historic Environment Scotland, Creative Scotland, VisitScotland, local authorities, National Performing Companies and organisations which manage our national collections) to share good practice around targeted marketing and promotion and also to consider other opportunities to proactively work together to promote their programmes to minority ethnic communities
REF 13c: Encourage Community Engagement in Arts, Culture & Heritage Organisations	Engage with Scotland’s minority ethnic communities around their involvement in the culture and heritage sectors – at board/senior level, at management/operational level, as artists and performers, volunteers, visitors and audiences
REF 13d: Encourage Funded Bodies to Review Strategies	Encourage our funded bodies and other key partners (e.g. Historic Environment Scotland, Creative Scotland, VisitScotland, Local Authorities, National Performing Companies and organisations which manage our national collections) to review their strategies to ensure that
REF 13e: Ensure Arrangements in Place to Support Engagement	arrangements are in place to help broaden the participation of minority ethnic communities, and where gaps are identified to address these
REF 13f: Advance Work with SportsScotland	Advance work with sportscotland, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and other partners to reduce inequality and increase participation of minority ethnic communities in physical activity and sport, in line with our Active Scotland Outcomes Framework and building on the recent report published by sportscotland into equality in Scottish sport
REF 13g: Representation through the BBC Charter	Work to improve ethnic diversity in the media workforce and how minority ethnic communities are represented and portrayed including through the Scottish Government’s proactive negotiations on the BBC Charter renewal
REF 14: Education & Lifelong Learning – Innovative, Inclusive and Effective Approaches	Innovative, inclusive and effective approaches to education (whether through teaching or pupil support) which take account of the individual needs and experiences of pupils in all ethnic groups are embedded throughout Scotland’s education system
REF 14a: Education & Lifelong Learning – Review Resources	Engage minority ethnic stakeholders in a review of relevant resources available to practitioners within Curriculum for Excellence
REF 14b: Work with Education Scotland to Improve Engagement	Work with Education Scotland to encourage local authorities to engage with minority ethnic communities in the decision
REF 14c: Second Language Choices	making process for L3 choices (the second additional language) within Scottish Government’s 1+2 Language Policy
REF 14d: Work with National Parents Forum to Improve Engagement	Work with the National Parent Forum of Scotland to ensure that the experiences and views of minority ethnic parents and pupils are reflected within the NPFS review of the impact of parental engagement policy and legislation, and continue to support early learning and childcare settings and schools in Scotland to fully involve parents from minority ethnic communities in the life of the establishment and in their children’s learning
REF 14e: Promote Education Maintenance Allowance	Continue to work with delivery partners to ensure the Education Maintenance Allowance programme is promoted so that young people and parents (including those from minority ethnic communities) are aware of the programme, as a means to help 16-19 year olds overcome financial barriers to access and remain in learning
REF 15: Education & Lifelong Learning – Career Guidance	Minority ethnic pupils are provided with careers guidance that helps to improve transition into employment and tackles occupational segregation in relation to race
REF 15a: Work with Education Scotland & Skills Development Scotland	Work with Education Scotland and Skills Development Scotland to ensure that the all age careers service delivered in Scotland meets the needs of all people including those from minority ethnic communities
REF 15b: Ensure that Standards Contribute to Tackling Occupational Segregation	Along with national partners, ensure the Career Education Standard 3-18, the Work Placements Standard and the Guidance for School/Employer Partnerships supports delivery of the best quality careers guidance for minority ethnic young people, transitions to employment and, as part of their broader career education, contributes to tackling occupational segregation
REF 15c: Revisit Developing the Young Workforce Commitments	Work with Education Scotland and national partners to ensure that the experiences and views of minority ethnic parents and pupils are reflected when the Career Education Standard 3-18 and Work Placement Standard are revisited as part of Developing the Young Workforce commitments
REF 16: Education & Lifelong Learning – Respond to Prejudice-Based Bullying and Racist Behaviour or Incidents	Promote inclusiveness and participation by making better connections between minority ethnic communities, organisations and institutions involved in heritage, culture, sports and media
REF 16a: Develop a National Approach to Anti-Bullying for Scotland’s Children	Continue to support anti-bullying services, to build confidence and capacity to address bullying effectively, aligned to the National Approach to Anti-bullying for Scotland’s Children and Young People and taking into account race equality considerations
REF 16b: Provide Support Around Promoting Positive Relationships	Continue to work closely with Education Scotland to provide support around promoting positive relationships with children and young people, and resources around anti-bullying strategies (including around prejudice-based bullying)
REF 16c: Review, Develop, Plan and Implement Policy Frameworks	Continue to work closely with Education Scotland to support local authorities to review, develop, plan and implement policy frameworks on positive relationships and behaviour from a race equality perspective, linked to related key policies and frameworks
REF 16d: Review Process of Inspection	Work with Education Scotland on reviewing and further developing its process of inspection, taking into account race equality considerations
REF 17: Education & Lifelong Learning – Educate and Empower Educators	Scotland’s educators are confident and empowered to promote equality, foster good relations and prevent and deal with racism
REF 17a: Intercultural Competency Training Resources are Developed and Made Available	Ensure that equality and intercultural competency training resources are developed and made available to practitioners at all stages of their careers – through initial teacher education, induction and career long professional learning
REF 18: Education & Lifelong Learning – Workforce Diversity	Scotland’s education workforce better reflects the diversity of its communities
REF 18a: Work in Partnership to Improve Workforce Diversity	Work with the newly established Strategic Board for Scottish Education, which includes representatives of the Scottish Government, the Early Learning and Childcare Quality and Workforce Group, the teacher education universities, the teacher unions, local authorities and other education stakeholders, to consider how to address equality and diversity issues in the Scottish education workforce – in particular the gender balance and the ethnic diversity of the workforce
REF 19: Education & Lifelong Learning – Improve Experience of Minority Ethnic People in Further and Higher Education	Minority ethnic people experience better outcomes in completing further and higher education, and in transitioning to the labour market after completion
REF 19a: reducing Barriers through College and University Outcome Agreements	Through college and University Outcome Agreements, ensure that minority ethnic people do not face barriers to full participation and successful outcomes across Further (FE) and Higher Education (HE) that other students might not face
REF 19b: Representation in Colleges and Universities	Ensure that minority ethnic people continue to be represented across FE and HE proportionately to the general population, and continue to experience positive outcomes in completing courses
REF 19c: Effective Careers Guidance	Ensure access to effective careers guidance and employability support for minority ethnic people in FE and HE to enable positive transitioning to the labour market after completion
REF 20: Employability, Employment & Income – Identify and Promote Practices that Reduce Inequalities & Discrimination	Identify and promote practice that works in reducing employment inequalities, discrimination and barriers for minority ethnic people, including in career paths, recruitment, progression and retention
REF 20a: Respond to the Fair Work Convention Framework and its Recommendations	Respond to the Fair Work Convention Framework and its recommendations, and address the issues raised in the engagement process of the development of the Race Equality Framework including recruitment, retention, career progression, occupational segregation and in-work poverty
REF 20b: Establish Approaches to Drive Good Practice For All	As part of our response to the Fair Work Convention Framework, establish approaches to drive good practice for all equality groups in the workplace
REF 20c: Review Approaches	Review current approaches to supporting in-work training, including Individual Learning Accounts; within this, we will identify the level of take up amongst minority ethnic learners and ensure that any future approaches consider how under‑represented groups could better access these
REF 21: Employability, Employment & Income – Robust Policy	Ensure robust policy responses that support race equality in relation to income and poverty
REF 21a: Approach to Social Justice Considers Measures to Tackle Poverty Across all Ethnicities	Ensure that our response and approach to Social Justice considers measures to tackle poverty across all ethnicities reflecting the public input into our National Conversation on ‘A Fairer Scotland’ and building on the First Minister’s Poverty Adviser’s report ‘Shifting the Curve’
REF 21b: Fill Gaps in Knowledge and Develop Policies	Work to fill the gaps in current knowledge on how and to what extent minority ethnic people are accessing the benefits they are entitled to and work to ensure that relevant policies developed to address benefits take up and provide access to advice services (including financial advice) are equality impact assessed, with a programme of activity developed to address the results
REF 21c: Use the Devloved Powers of the Scotland Bill	Implement the powers being devolved as a result of the Scotland Bill 2015-16 in a way that makes full use of those powers to tackle poverty across all ethnicities
REF 21d: Understand and Mitigate impact of UK Policies	Make all possible efforts to assess, understand and where we can, mitigate the impact of any UK policies outwith our control which have a financial impact on minority ethnic people with low incomes as part of ongoing work around improvements to the Equality Budget Statement and Spending review processes
REF 21e: Funding and Procurement Process Require Recipients Collect Data	Stipulate in future funding and procurement arrangements for money advice services that grant recipients collect data and monitor how far their services meet the needs of people across all ethnicities; we will use this information to feed into future policy development
REF 21f: Work with Credit Unions	Work with the Credit Union Working Group to take forward its recommendations, ensuring that this work takes account of needs across all ethnicities
REF 22: Employability, Employment & Income – Access to Early Learning & Childcare	Ensure access to appropriate early learning and childcare for minority ethnic families
REF 22a: Develop Policy & Practice in Early Learning and Childcare Needs	Work to develop policy and practice so that early learning and childcare meets the needs of parents and children across all ethnicities
REF 22b: Consider Feasibility of Data Collection in Early Learning & Childcare	Consider the feasibility of collecting accurate ethnicity information on children within early learning and childcare as part of our current data transformation work
REF 22c: Work with Keystakeholder to Increase Early Learning & Childcare Workfoce	Work with key stakeholders to promote greater diversity during our expansion of the early learning and childcare workforce
REF 23: Employability, Employment & Income – Reduce Barriers for those New to Employment	Reduce barriers and provide support for minority ethnic people who are new to the labour market, including school leavers and new migrants
REF 23a: Work with Skills Development Scotland ( SDS) in their delivery of the Equality Action Plan for Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland	Work with Skills Development Scotland ( SDS) in their delivery of the Equality Action Plan for Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland, to ensure that the number of individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds who are apprentices increases to equal the population share by 2021. This will be reviewed annually
REF 23b: Develop a Long-Term 2020 Vision for our Contracted Employment Programme – Consider ESOL Provision	Develop a long-term 2020 vision for our contracted employment programme which will be devolved from April 2017 by identifying specific client needs and delivering a fully integrated and aligned service. We will use feedback from race equality stakeholders to continue to examine the inclusion of ESOL provision, work experience and mock interviews for minority ethnic clients
REF 23c: Improve Access to High Quality ESOL Provision	Include measures to improve access to high quality advanced, vocational and conversational ESOL provision, linked to both employability schemes and with employers across all sectors to promote uptake for staff in post within the Implementation plan for the refreshed ESOL Strategy
REF 23d: Work with Partners to Consider Recognition of Overseas Qualifications	Work with partner organisations through the Refugee Integration Forum and New Scots working groups to explore what more we can do on the recognition of overseas qualifications including commissioning a short project to review and update the recommendations of the 2010 'Scoping Study on Support Mechanisms for the Recognition of Skills, Learning and Qualifications of Migrant Workers and Refugees' within the current context
REF 24: Employability, Employment & Income – Equal Access to Business & Enterprise Support	Minority ethnic entrepreneurs and business owners have equal access to business and enterprise support
REF 24a: Map Information and Data Needs Around Self-Employment	Map information and data needs around self-employment and minority ethnic enterprise in order to better understand minority ethnic entrepreneurship to inform a programme of future activities
REF 24b: Ensure Engagement in Developing the Social Enterprise Strategy	Ensure effective engagement of minority ethnic communities in the development of the Scottish Government Social Enterprise Strategy to ensure issues relevant to race are considered as part of this wider review
REF 24c: Consider Data Reporting for Social Enterprises	Consider future approaches to gathering and reporting data on ethnicity in relation to social enterprises
REF 25: Employability, Employment & Income – Representative Public Sector Workforce	Scotland’s public sector workforce is representative of its communities
REF 25a: Review the Scottish Specific Duties	Review the Scottish Specific Equality Duties and their role in improving race equality in employment across the public sector in Scotland
REF 25b: Scottish Government Workforce to Reflect Diversity	Work to ensure that by 2025 the Scottish Government's own workforce reflects the minority ethnic population in Scotland at every level
REF 25c: Consider Targets	Consider the role that targets might play to address under-representation of minority ethnic staff within the public sector
REF 25d: Work with Partners to Consider a Programme of Work	With partners, consider scoping a programme of work around improvements in workplace equality practice which might include: Work to better understand the issues around the reasons for appointment deficit at interview The use of equality impact assessment of HR practice and policy including around progression and retention Best practice in positive action
REF 26: Health & Home – Minority Ethnic People Experience Better Health & Well-Being Outcomes	Minority ethnic communities and individuals experience better health and wellbeing outcomes
REF 26a: promote Preventative Approaches and Health Literacy	Promote preventative approaches through tackling unhealthy behaviours and health and wellbeing 'myths,' and encourage healthy living in ways that appeal to minority ethnic communities (including through partnership working with statutory and mainstream services, peer education and advocacy); and improve health literacy through alignment with Making it Easy, A Health Literacy Action Plan for Scotland
REF 26b: Improved Engagement in the Healthier Scotland Engagement Programme	Ensure effective engagement of minority ethnic communities in the Healthier Scotland engagement programme to ensure issues relevant to race equality are considered as part of this wider review
REF 26c: Effective Engagement in the Developing Our Voice Framework	Ensure effective engagement with minority ethnic communities in the development of the Scottish Government Mental Health Strategy to ensure issues relevant to race equality are considered as part of this wider review
REF 27: Health & Home – Improved Access to Health and Social Care	Minority ethnic communities and individuals experience improved access to health and social care services at a local and national level to support their needs
REF 27a: Embed Race Equality in Partnership Integrated Model	Promote the embedding of race equality in new health and social care partnership integrated models
REF 27b: Work with Partners to Improve Data Gathering	Work with Health and Social Care Partnerships, NHSScotland's Information Services Division ( ISD) and other stakeholders to develop cohesive, effective practice on improving approaches to gathering, collating and publishing ethnicity data on health and social care at a national level
REF 27c: Work with Partners to Develop Guidance	Work with EHRC, Health and Social Care Partnerships and race equality stakeholders to develop recommendations around: Promoting race equality from prevention to treatment and aftercare, with respect for intersectionality and individual needs (including cultural and linguistic needs) Involving minority ethnic communities in developing holistic, user friendly health and social care services which recognise specific needs
REF 28: Health & Home – Health and Social Care Workers Improved Ability to Tackle Racism and Promote Equality	Scotland’s health and social care workers are better able to tackle racism and promote equality and community cohesion in delivery of health and social care services
REF 28a: NHS Board Training	Ensure that every NHS Board can demonstrate that it requires all staff to participate in training on equality, diversity and human rights, including race equality and intercultural competency training
REF 28b: Encourage Social Services to Provide Staff Training	Encourage social services employers to provide opportunities for their staff to participate in training on equality, diversity and human rights, including race equality and intercultural competency training
REF 29: Health & Home – Diversity of Workforce	Scotland's health and social care workforce better reflects the diversity of its communities
REF 29a: Work with Partners to Take Positive Action to Improve Workforce Diversity	Work with relevant bodies to take positive action to encourage a greater representation of the minority ethnic population within the workforce of NHSScotland
REF 29b: Work with Relevant Bodies to Improve Workforce Diversity	Ensure that relevant bodies who will be able to contribute to future work to encourage a greater representation of the minority ethnic population within the social services workforce are identified and engaged with
REF 30: Health & Home – Reduce Housing Inequality	Minority ethnic communities experience fewer housing inequalities
REF 30a: Work with Partners to Identify Issues Using Data	Work in partnership with the Scottish Housing Regulator and other stakeholders to make the best use of available housing data and research to identify issues affecting minority ethnic communities and promote race equality
REF 30b: Strengthen Participation and Engagement in the Review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter	Strengthen minority ethnic tenant participation and influence in the housing sector by enabling effective engagement with minority ethnic communities to ensure that their experiences and views are reflected in the review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter

Race Equality Framework – by Subject

6. Accountability

Race Equality Framework

Arts and Creative Sector – Race Equality Framework

REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media

Charities & Third Sector – Race Equality Framework

REF 05: Overaching Work – Support of the Voluntary Sector

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Culture, Community Cohesion, Tourism, Museums, Galleries, Libraries, Cultural Heritage & Heritage Sites – Race Equality Framework

REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media

Employment, Business, Enterprise, Leadership & Management – Race Equality Framework

REF 15: Education & Lifelong Learning – Career Guidance
REF 20: Employability, Employment & Income – Identify and Promote Practices that Reduce Inequalities & Discrimination
REF 22: Employability, Employment & Income – Access to Early Learning & Childcare
REF 23: Employability, Employment & Income – Reduce Barriers for those New to Employment
REF 24: Employability, Employment & Income – Equal Access to Business & Enterprise Support
REF 25: Employability, Employment & Income – Representative Public Sector Workforce

REF 26: Health & Home – Minority Ethnic People Experience Better Health & Well-Being Outcomes
REF 27: Health & Home – Improved Access to Health and Social Care
REF 28: Health & Home – Health and Social Care Workers Improved Ability to Tackle Racism and Promote Equality
REF 29: Health & Home – Diversity of Workforce

Housing, Planning, Construction & Transport – Race Equality Framework

REF 11: Participation and Representation – Proprtionate Influence in Planning
REF 30: Health & Home – Reduce Housing Inequality

Inclusion, Participation, Co-Design – Race Equality Framework

REF 10: Participation and Representation – Participation and Representation in Local & National Governance
REF 11: Participation and Representation – Proprtionate Influence in Planning
REF 12: Participation and Representation – Value and Understand Community Action
REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media
REF 14a: Education & Lifelong Learning – Review Resources
REF 15: Education & Lifelong Learning – Career Guidance
REF 18: Education & Lifelong Learning – Workforce Diversity

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Policing, Crime & Justice – Race Equality Framework

REF 07: Community Safety & Cohesion – Improved Access to Justice and Safety for Minority Ethnic Individuals
REF 08: Community Safety & Cohesion – Building Capacity of Police Workforce
REF 09: Community Safety & Cohesion – Police Workforce Diversity

Politics, National & Local Governance – Race Equality Framework

REF 10: Participation and Representation – Participation and Representation in Local & National Governance

Research, Training & Education – Race Equality Framework

REF 14a: Education & Lifelong Learning – Review Resources
REF 15: Education & Lifelong Learning – Career Guidance
REF 16: Education & Lifelong Learning – Respond to Prejudice-Based Bullying and Racist Behaviour or Incidents
REF 17: Education & Lifelong Learning – Educate and Empower Educators
REF 18: Education & Lifelong Learning – Workforce Diversity
REF 19: Education & Lifelong Learning – Improve Experience of Minority Ethnic People in Further and Higher Education
REF 21: Employability, Employment & Income – Robust Policy

Sports & Recreation – Race Equality Framework

REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media

Race Equality Framework – Summary

REF 01: Overaching Work – Accountability
REF 02: Overaching Work – Strategic Work in the Public Sector
REF 03: Overaching Work – Improve Capacity
REF 04: Overaching Work – Robust Data
REF 05: Overaching Work – Support of the Voluntary Sector
REF 06: Community Safety & Cohesion – Community Cohesion
REF 07: Community Safety & Cohesion – Improved Access to Justice and Safety for Minority Ethnic Individuals
REF 08: Community Safety & Cohesion – Building Capacity of Police Workforce
REF 09: Community Safety & Cohesion – Police Workforce Diversity
REF 10: Participation and Representation – Participation and Representation in Local & National Governance
REF 11: Participation and Representation – Proprtionate Influence in Planning
REF 12: Participation and Representation – Value and Understand Community Action
REF 13: Participation and Representation – Arts, Heritage, Culture, Sports and Media
REF 14a: Education & Lifelong Learning – Review Resources
REF 15: Education & Lifelong Learning – Career Guidance
REF 16: Education & Lifelong Learning – Respond to Prejudice-Based Bullying and Racist Behaviour or Incidents
REF 17: Education & Lifelong Learning – Educate and Empower Educators
REF 18: Education & Lifelong Learning – Workforce Diversity
REF 19: Education & Lifelong Learning – Improve Experience of Minority Ethnic People in Further and Higher Education
REF 20: Employability, Employment & Income – Identify and Promote Practices that Reduce Inequalities & Discrimination
REF 21: Employability, Employment & Income – Robust Policy
REF 22: Employability, Employment & Income – Access to Early Learning & Childcare
REF 23: Employability, Employment & Income – Reduce Barriers for those New to Employment
REF 24: Employability, Employment & Income – Equal Access to Business & Enterprise Support
REF 25: Employability, Employment & Income – Representative Public Sector Workforce
REF 26: Health & Home – Minority Ethnic People Experience Better Health & Well-Being Outcomes
REF 27: Health & Home – Improved Access to Health and Social Care
REF 28: Health & Home – Health and Social Care Workers Improved Ability to Tackle Racism and Promote Equality
REF 29: Health & Home – Diversity of Workforce
REF 30: Health & Home – Reduce Housing Inequality

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Race Equality Framework – Further Information

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