Diversity and inclusion strategy: equality impact assessment

Recommendations and Conclusion

This EQIA process serves as an overarching assessment of the implementation of the Diversity and Inclusion strategy. To deliver this strategy, a series of actions and projects will be required by delivery teams across DG corporate. It is of crucial importance that equality is embedded within these activities and that individual EQIAs are conducted when designing and implementing associated policies and procedures and practices.

To effectively monitor, govern and review the work underpinned by the D+I strategy we propose:

• To ensure delivery, action owners and their senior leaders will report quarterly to the Diversity and Inclusion Governance Group on progress against the Action Plan.
• The Group will provide oversight of the strategy impact dashboard, measuring the scale and pace of progress toward the specific changes we want to see.
• Every Six Months we will report to the Scottish Government’s Executive Team. This will consist of a deep dive review of delivery and impact and any issue escalated by governance group.
• Every Year the Scottish Government will publish diversity data and inclusion information about our workforce.
• Every Two Years the Scottish Government will publish the Equality mainstreaming report.
• Every Four Years. Scottish Government Employer Equality Outcomes will be revised and renewed.

As developments arise within the strategy, this will be considered from an equality perspective using the data available to us at any given point. The EQIA will be updated as appropriate in line with any proposed updates and changes.