2. Is there an opportunity to better promote equality of opportunity and/or good relations in what you are proposing to do? Please provide reasons. 3. Consultation Tell us about who you have talked to about your proposals, either internally or externally, to help you decide if the policy needs further or no further equality investigation? Members of staff from across the organisation, including TUS, sit on the Gender Action Working Group and were consulted about decisions regarding the action plan. Staff were asked their views on gender issues in a staff survey issued in 2014, and there was an staff consultation on the action plan. The group held a gender workshop in March 2015 to identify key issues and priorities for the action plan, and a guest speaker event was held so that group members could benefit from the learning and best practice in other organisations. In addition, the Group and the Assembly’s Secretariat Management Assembly Commission have been provided with quarterly updates on the development of the action plan. Pre-consultation and consultation discussions were also held with the Equality Commission, and the Commissioner for Public Appointments was invited to comment on the draft action plan.
2. Is there an opportunity to better promote equality of opportunity and/or good relations in what you are proposing to do? Please provide reasons. 3. Consultation Tell us about who you have talked to about your proposals, either internally or externally, to help you decide if the policy needs further or no further equality investigation? Members of staff from across the organisation, including TUS, sit on the Gender Action Working Group and were consulted about decisions regarding the action plan. Staff were asked their views on gender issues in a staff survey issued in 2014, and there was an staff consultation on the action plan. The group held a gender workshop in March 2015 to identify key issues and priorities for the action plan, and a guest speaker event was held so that group members could benefit from the learning and best practice in other organisations. In addition, the Assembly’s Secretariat Management Group and the Assembly Commission have been provided with quarterly updates on the development of the action plan. Pre-consultation and consultation discussions were also held with the Equality Commission, and the Commissioner for Public Appointments was invited to comment on the draft action plan.
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