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Hi Yesmean, Race Equality Scheme (RES) and Action Plan would be part of an organisation's 'policy, procedure and function', hence I would say yes. A process akin to impact assessment should have been used when this was produced (i.e. involving the views of service users, staff and champions of race, etc.). My personal view is that RES should have been produced by using race alone as criteria. This is because the production of gender and disability equality schemes would have picked up issues other than race. Some organisations have pre-empted the need for public sector to produce a single equality scheme (SES) and action plan in the future, hence they have already produced a document which encompasses all diverse groups. I would expect that, in these cases, a process akin to EqIA should have been used to produce this. We haven't actually produced a SES yet, however, our impact assessments use the full EqIA process. I'm happy to be challenged on my views. Chaman ________________________________ From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: EIA of RES yes, as I've just been writing that the problem with visually impaired BME people is that VI agencies (sight-loss, blindness, low vision etc) don't think about race and ethnicity; similarly, BME agences forget that black and other minorit people get impairments and disabilities, sight loss, etc.... so, do your VI policies meet the needs of (e.g) South Asians, do your race policies cover people with sensory needs? if not.... Mark R D Johnson Director, MSRC/CEEHD De Montfort University Leicester LE2 1RQ 0116 201 3906 ________________________________ From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK on behalf of Rajyaguru Dipen Sent: Mon 28/01/2008 13:51 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: EIA of RES Hi Yesmean, As far as I know we should do an EIA for all policies and functions to ensure that we do not adversely effect people from other communities. Your RES is specific to race/ethnicity and any actions would need to be seen in terms of how it may impact on other communities. An EIA screening process would in most cases be enough, technically the RES should not have a negative effect on other communities, but its worth screening. Kind regards, Dipen Dipen Rajyaguru LL.B (Hons) Health Equality & Diversity Specialist Barnet PCT 020 8937 7709 -----Original Message----- From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Khalil Yesmean Sent: 25 January 2008 17:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: EIA of RES Are we required to undertake an equality impact assessment of our race equality scheme? and if so has anyone conducted one? thanks yesmean Yesmean Khalil Health Promotion Manager (acting) Specialist Health Promotion Team Nottingham City PCT Linden House 261 Beechdale Road Aspley Nottingham NG8 3EY 0115 8834220